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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
dogs Archive
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We’re in DogJoy, TWICE!
Posted on October 10, 2009 | 2 CommentsMy dogs only subscribe to one magazine, and that’s The Bark. And yes, it comes in their names. I tolerate their subscription, despite the magazine being published by the dirty bears in Berkley … sssssssssss … and the rather granola overtones of some of the... -
Melatonin = Stress-Free 4th of July
Posted on July 4, 2009 | 1 CommentNothing can ruin a 4th of July like a noise-phobic dog. You can’t leave your house to enjoy the fireworks because you’ll likely return to a distraught dog and a destroyed couch, and even if you stay home, there’s not much you can do to... -
Question & Answer Time
Posted on May 8, 2009 | 3 CommentsMore fun than keeping track of visitor traffic and subscribers (almost 90 readers and 20 followers now) is looking to see what search terms bring people here. The preponderance of image searches for dog !@#%ing makes me wonder about the state of humanity and my... -
Queen Victoria’s Border Collies
Posted on January 26, 2009 | 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... -
The Queen and the Collie
Posted on January 20, 2009 | 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... -
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. The Modern. Wherein the Author describes Dog’s omnipresence in modern language. Part 3. The Future.... -
These Dogs Count Sheep!
Posted on December 16, 2008 | No CommentsFrom Popular Mechanics, September 1947 These Dogs Count Sheep! Dewey Jontz’ piercing whistle drops Tess instantly no matter what she’s doing. He uses spoken commands, too, in ordering his canine “hired hand” to help with the chores. During field test the dog must drive a... -
Happy Birthday Puppies
Posted on December 6, 2008 | 4 CommentsA year ago today I was up all night with a very pregnant Celeste, taking her temperature and watching as she continually remade her nest in her kennel, then dug fruitlessly in the extra dog bed, then shredded the paper and the pads I had... -
Dublin’s Love Children
Posted on November 29, 2008 | 13 CommentsThis is what happens when people pay you money for your Border Collie to have sex with their Border Collie. Cute as hell, no? The one on the left is Elbert, and the one on the right is Hanz. It’s true, Dublin is now officially... -
Grizzly Man Mockumentary
Posted on January 20, 2008 | 7 CommentsAnimal Planet ran a marathon of the Werner Herzog documentary “Grizzly Man” today against the AFC and NFC championship games. I assume most of you watched football. So did I. But seeing the movie on the small screen once again was a sign that I...
Queen Victoria's Border Collies