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Queen Victoria
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Juicing The Sheep
09 April 2009 11:11 AM | No CommentsThe Journal of Queen Victoria Thursday, October 21, 1868 “Juicing the Sheep“ At a quarter to twelve I drove off with Louise and Leopold in the waggonette up to near the “Bush” (the residence of William Brown, the farmer) to see them “juice the sheep.”...
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Queen Victoria’s Border Collies
26 January 2009 4:40 AM | 18 CommentsFor well over a century the “Collie” name has been co-opted by show breeders who have created a monster whose face looks like a door stop with beady eyes set in triangular slits. These same people have co-opted the notion that Queen Victoria was deeply...
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Show Me the Collie
22 January 2009 3:38 AM | 1 CommentHaving established that Queen Victoria’s direct influence on the proliferation of the show Collie is insubstantial at best, let’s explore what impact the Monarchy may have, in fact, had on the culture of dogs during her reign. Five. If the show Collie owes more to...
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The Queen and the Collie
20 January 2009 2:57 AM | 2 CommentsThe old wisdom on the rise of the show Collie is that Queen Victoria met them on a trip to Scotland in the 1860s, became infatuated, acquired them, sponsored them in shows, bred them, and her abundant trend-setting prowess lead to their bountiful rise to...
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The Victorian Collie Myth
19 January 2009 8:03 PM | 3 CommentsThe prevailing creation myth among show Collie enthusiasts is that Queen Victoria’s infatuation with the breed set the ball in motion, elevating the humble farm dog to aristocratic splendor. Queen Victoria saw her first Collies in the 1860′s, and she enthusiastically began to sponsor them,...
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Juicing The Sheep
Archive for January, 2009
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A Collie for Barbie
Posted on January 6, 2009 | No CommentsComing full circle from working border collies ⇒ sheep ⇒ wool ⇒ yarn ⇒ fiber art ⇒ needle felting ⇒ border collie, “Tip” the super mini border collie would make a fine companion for your favorite barbie doll since he’s only a few inches tall.... -
Feedback
Posted on January 4, 2009 | No CommentsFeedback is either that really shrill, paralyizing noise you hear when some innocent peep gets blown up beyond all recognition and thrown back in your face or the process by which future output becomes easier because you recycle successful past output to maintain quality and momentum. ... -
In the Womb: Dogs
Posted on January 3, 2009 | 2 CommentsNational Geographic’s In The Womb series has to be some of the most interesting television I’ve seen in a long time. I first watched the program a year ago just before Celeste gave birth to her litter and I was captivated by their use of... -
Dumber than the Average Bear
Posted on January 3, 2009 | No CommentsMilking a dead bear for all it’s worth, Animal Planet has been running an 8 episode series called “The Grizzly Man Diaries,” where we get to hear more about the crazy Timothy Treadwell but still are denied the gory tape of his final moments on... -
The Joke’s On Ewe
Posted on January 1, 2009 | 2 CommentsTwo trends are so cutesty, I just can’t stand them. One is talking in the first person though your animals and the other is using “Ewe” in your kennel or dog name in some slightly clever and often cliche way. One of the family Christmas...
Queen Victoria's Border Collies