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Genetic Engineering 101
Posted on November 8, 2008 | 3 CommentsThe always relevant and topical Dolittler blog recently posted about “Franken-animals poised to enter the Franken-food supply,” which started a great discussion in the comments. But sadly Dolittler’s comments hate... -
The Puppy Contract
Posted on November 2, 2008 | 1 CommentA sine qua non of a serious breeder is the puppy contract. It’s the instrument that breeders use to get their puppy buyers to obey their whims after the puppy... -
Happy Halloween!
Posted on October 31, 2008 | 3 CommentsGemma the Princess Mercury the Pirate * * *Comments and disagreements are welcome, but be sure to read the Comment Policy. If this post made you think and you'd like... -
It's Not Rocket Science
Posted on October 19, 2008 | No CommentsRocket Scientists have come to represent the most brilliant among us, even more so than brain surgeons, at least in cliche. But brilliance is not perfection and arrogance leads to... -
A Hero's Welcome
Posted on October 5, 2008 | 3 CommentsFourteen months serving your nation and the greater good of mankind in a desolate, sandy hellhole half way across the world; putting your life on the line every day, all... -
War Puppy, Armed and Dangerous
Posted on September 26, 2008 | 1 CommentIt seems that a Border Collie puppy on the outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland didn’t get the message that those War Kittens are just a gimmick to sell credit cards or... -
A Sense for Words
Posted on September 25, 2008 | 1 CommentOne of the tried, true, and now extinct tests of language acuity on the SAT is the analogy. I mourn its passing. Analogies bring out relationships between words and concepts... -
Embrace Cloning
Posted on September 19, 2008 | 2 CommentsIt’s been ten years since Dolly the Sheep was cloned and it amazes me that many a dog breeder believes in inbreeding (and line breeding, if you must differentiate, but... -
A Breed Apart II
Posted on September 18, 2008 | 5 CommentsThe culmination of the previous post is this statement: Our phylogenetic, clustering, and principal components analyses all suggest a genetic split within the breed between working and show Border Collies... -
A Breed Apart I
Posted on September 18, 2008 | 2 CommentsThose of us in Border Collies have long known that they’re in a class by themselves in the arenas of intelligence, agility, drive, and trainability. They’re different than other dogs...
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