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Tron: Best in Show
Posted on December 26, 2010 | 5 CommentsWherein I propose that the Tron films can be read as a metaphor for dog culture and a criticism of the kennel club system. If there was one day of... -
Uncanny Minor Differences
Posted on December 13, 2010 | 38 CommentsAt my very first dog show, my mother and I were watching the Australian Shepherds massing at ringside before their turn to trot around the ring and my mother commented,... -
Through Anomalous Eyes
Posted on October 14, 2010 | 5 CommentsCollie Eye Anomaly is an inherited genetic disease which causes abnormal structure within the eye. It has variable expression from mild dysfunction to blindness and there is no treatment. CEA is... -
Spoils of the Dog War
Posted on December 30, 2008 | 8 Commentsreprint from 10/7/07 The small elite group of conformation breeders are Platonists; they believe that the substantive reality of Border Collies is only a reflection of a higher truth, and... -
The Third Estate of the Border Collie
Posted on December 23, 2008 | 2 Commentsreprint from 9/16/07 The First Estate of the Border Collie is as a working stock dog. The Second Estate of the Border Collie is as a conformation show dog. The... -
The Border Collie War: ABCA vs. AKC
Posted on December 5, 2008 | 19 CommentsThe most personal border war for me, and the reason this blog is so cleverly named border wars is the battle over the future of the pure bred Border Collie.... -
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... -
Barbie Collies Can Herd, Really
Posted on January 4, 2008 | 18 Commentsreprinted, slightly revised (anonymized) from orignal post 9/14/07 ** Some Names and Images Changed to Protect the Innocent ** The end is nigh. The apocalypse is upon is. Pigs are... -
Third Estate of the Border Collie
Posted on November 20, 2007 | 2 Commentsreprint from 9/16/07 The First Estate of the Border Collie is as a working stock dog. The Second Estate of the Border Collie is as a conformation show dog. The...
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