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Odds of a Double Merle Puppy
Posted on February 17, 2012 | 17 CommentsWhen you breed merle to merle, there is a 25% chance PER PUPPY of producing a double merle and those puppies are quite often blind and deaf. It’s not a... -
The Blind Collies of Westminster
Posted on February 14, 2012 | 38 CommentsThere were two blind double merle Collies represented at Westminster this year but if you blinked you would have missed them. I don’t blame you, neither one was actually AT... -
Westminster Rewards Cruelty
Posted on February 13, 2012 | 279 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... -
Double Merle Progeny at Westminster
Posted on February 12, 2012 | 154 CommentsThere are 5 Rough Collies invited to compete at the 2012 Westminster Dog show. Those dogs are: CH Colebrae After Midnight GCH CH Clarion Ribbon In The Sky GCH CH... -
A Long Tail Cut Short
Posted on December 17, 2011 | 9 CommentsIn Without a Tail to Sit On I laid out the current body of evidence regarding deleterious health effects of the Bobtail gene and in the Like a Bobtail Without... -
Parasite Breeders
Posted on December 10, 2011 | 10 CommentsOh Claire, I’m sorry for all the suffering you’ve experienced in your life. It’s one thing for me to write about qualzucht, torture breeding, and to think and debate about... -
Like a Bobtail Without an Anus
Posted on November 25, 2011 | 83 CommentsIn a previous post I spoke about new research making Dr. Bruce Cattanach’s old understanding of the Bobtail Gene obsolete and reopening the debate about the ethics of this gene... -
Sheer Force of Will
Posted on November 18, 2011 | 27 CommentsA few hits came into the blog just now from a Sheltie Forum and I was curious what the folks were saying. I expected to find the usual maverick novice using... -
Without a Tail to Sit On
Posted on November 17, 2011 | 29 CommentsI am somewhat amazed at the positive responses to this [Toller x Aussie] cross. I have had 20 years of vitriol against my Corgi x Boxer cross for every reason... -
The Deaf Mute Blind and Lame Sheltie
Posted on November 6, 2011 | 10 CommentsThe blog got a nice shout out in the comments of a recent post at Pharyngula: “Written by a border collie owner who is interested in and actually understands a...








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