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Luisa, Get Help!
Posted on May 10, 2013 | 17 CommentsWorking Border Collie snobs like to reiterate that sheep work is serious business, but the truth is that the business of sheep is in serious condition with an unfavorable prognosis.... -
Pit Bull Popularity by State
Posted on March 11, 2013 | 18 CommentsIn the last post, I looked at the Google trends regional interest for the AKC and UKC’s “Top 10″ breeds. The number 2 most popular breed registered with the UKC... -
Border Collies Bred Like Alaskan Sled Dogs?
Posted on March 6, 2013 | 15 CommentsAlaskan sled dogs (often called huskies) are unique in that they are an ad hoc breed–some say type–bred to pull sleds over snow, sans registry, that still exist entirely outside... -
Domesday Reloaded Border Collies
Posted on August 18, 2012 | 2 CommentsIn 1085 William the Conqueror commissioned a survey of England and Wales to “find out what or how much each landholder had in land and livestock, and what it was worth.”... -
Bananas, Famine, Hoover, Cannibalism, and GMOs
Posted on July 13, 2012 | 11 CommentsRemember when I told you about the ever-popular Banana? Besides being an ironic argument against “intelligent design,” the banana is the most popular fruit in the world, dominating international trade and domestic consumption.... -
Uncanny Minor Differences
Posted on December 13, 2010 | 54 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,... -
The Vanishing American
Posted on November 29, 2010 | 6 CommentsThe Vanishing American is a 1924 film and book by Zane Grey about the cruel and inevitable clash of conflicting cultures. History, as portrayed in this film, has been a... -
Capturing the Spoils
Posted on December 31, 2008 | 1 Commentreprint from 10/7/2007 Although the Border Wars are appropriately framed as a fight between the ABCA and the AKC, the Wars are wrongly categorized as a fight over Border Collies... -
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 Future Language of Dog
Posted on December 25, 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...
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