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Archive for December, 2008
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2008 In Review
Posted on December 31, 2008 | No CommentsHere are some fast stats about the Border Wars Blog over the last year: Days in Production: 4972008 Posts: 102Total Unique Visitors: 40,011Returning Visitors: 4,433Feed Readers: 55E-mail Readers: 10Followers: 8Blog... -
Capturing the Spoils
Posted on December 31, 2008 | 1 Commentreprint from 10/7/2007 Although the Border Wars are appropriately framed as a fight between the ABCA and the AKC, the Wars are wrongly categorized as a fight over Border Collies... -
Spoils of the Dog War
Posted on December 30, 2008 | 8 Commentsreprint from 10/7/07 The small elite group of conformation breeders are Platonists; they believe that the substantive reality of Border Collies is only a reflection of a higher truth, and... -
The Dewclaw Debate
Posted on December 30, 2008 | 1 CommentOf all the procedures that are commonly performed on puppies, the dewclaw removal has to be the least controversial. It’s certainly the most minor procedure with the fewest complications and... -
Police Dog Fail
Posted on December 28, 2008 | 1 CommentI suppose they don’t use Border Collies for police work because they’re simply not vicious enough and aren’t known for their bite. Or perhaps they’re too high strung for intense... -
All Hail Cesar
Posted on December 27, 2008 | No CommentsThere are many dog wars that I simply don’t care much about. If you’re going to fight, you should probably fight for a cause that you have a stake in... -
Redemption: Eyes Open and Crying
Posted on December 26, 2008 | 3 Commentsreprint from 12/17/2007 I’m not a bleeding heart type. Most people would consider me an asshole. I speak my mind, call it like I see it with no regard for... -
The Future Language of Dog
Posted on December 25, 2008 | No CommentsThe Ancient, Modern, and Future Language of “Dog.” Part 1. The Ancient. Wherein the Author describes the Border War between Linguists on the history of the proto-word for “Dog.” Part... -
Killing for a Myth
Posted on December 25, 2008 | 1 Commentreprint from 2/24/2008 In my recent correspondence with a pet rescuer who has yet to embrace No-Kill, I saw firsthand the phenomenon that Nathan Winograd discusses in Redemption: that we... -
The Modern Language of Dog
Posted on December 24, 2008 | No CommentsThe Ancient, Modern, and Future Language of “Dog.” Part 1. The Ancient. Wherein the Author describes the Border War between Linguists on the history of the proto-word for “Dog.”Part 2....
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