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Aiding the Enemy or Cleaning House?
Posted on March 30, 2013 | 77 CommentsBy speaking out so often against the unethical actions of other breeders, am I unwittingly aiding the enemy? The main thrust of this blog is breeding ethics, how we should... -
DogTime’s Slobbering Hatred for Breeders III
Posted on March 27, 2013 | 52 CommentsTo recap the series so far, we have my rebuttal to DogTime’s EIC Leslie Smith trashing No-Kill, attacking breeders for both making money selling dogs and filling shelters, and an... -
Confusing Hoarders with Breeders
Posted on March 15, 2013 | 60 CommentsAn endemic problem with dog culture is that we are lazily imprecise with our language and willing to throw around very damaging labels where they are not really deserved when... -
No Happy Ending for Blind Dane
Posted on July 27, 2012 | 106 CommentsYou’ll remember the touching story of blind Great Dane Lily and her companion Madison; the news reports were dripping with saccharine anthropomorphisms of how Madison is Lily’s “seeing eye dog”... -
Hobby, Lifestyle, or Profession?
Posted on July 14, 2012 | 13 CommentsWestern Culture likes labels, boxes, and boundaries that divide and categorize people into conceptual groups. We avoid a continuum mentality. We like fractions more than percentiles, we like our device... -
The Equestrian Order
Posted on June 15, 2012 | 7 CommentsIn a series of posts I would like to compare and contrast the major groups in the mammalian fancy: breeders of horses, dogs, cats, and rodents. While these groups have... -
Münchausen by Harley
Posted on June 12, 2012 | 62 CommentsAnimal companionship has numerous documented mental and physical health benefits for humans, and in moderation, there is little harm. But moderation is illusive and harm comes when animals are valued for... -
The Chalk Got In Their Eyes
Posted on March 9, 2012 | 74 CommentsThe backlash against even the most basic of health demands on Best of Breed winners at Crufts began almost as soon as the independent Veterinarians found visible impediments to the... -
AKC Gazette: Merle Dilemma
Posted on March 5, 2012 | 53 CommentsThis month’s AKC Gazette has a feature on Merle to Merle breeding in Collies written by Marianne Sullivan. Considering the source and the venue, I see this as a positive... -
Westminster Rewards Cruelty
Posted on February 13, 2012 | 292 CommentsUpdate: Qualzucht Wins Big at Westminster The son of blind and deaf double merle stud, Wyndlair Avalanche, has won Best of Breed at the 2012 Westminster Kennel Club dog show. You...
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