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Recent Battles
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 | 5 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
Cats Archive
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TNR Doesn’t Add Up
Posted on April 8, 2010 | 8 CommentsThe numbers behind the new “study” showing “comprehensive TNR would cost about $2 billion less than eradication” for local municipalities simply don’t add up. Literally. Advocates for TNR should not use this study puff piece to bolster their position lest they discredit the entire movement... -
Genetic Engineering 101
Posted on November 8, 2008 | 2 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 me and randomly reject my replies 9 out of 10 times. I think it’s a... -
War Kitten, Armed and Ballistic
Posted on April 23, 2008 | 4 CommentsAnd now for an important message from the galactic empire: .. I love the concept of “war kittens.” I mean, just sit and think about it for a while. W-a-r K-i-t-t-e-n-s. Ahhhhh. And on this middle of the week Wednesday, the hump day, the I... -
The Myth of Christmas Puppies
Posted on January 9, 2008 | 1 CommentThe second most popular Christmas meme in the dogblogosphere was discussing Saturnalia and the pagan roots of the holiday celebration; I wrote one, Terrierman wrote two, and Christie kicked off the trend last year with hers. The common message was to expose the weak foundations... -
Cats Are Evil
Posted on December 13, 2007 | No CommentsCats are the work of the devil. Perhaps they even are the devil. While you often hear of “hell hounds” and “devil dogs,” those aloof yet alluring fur balls that allow us to pretend to own them have managed to avoid any sort of association... -
Mike Rowe Sells KatKrap
Posted on November 23, 2007 | No CommentsI hate cats. I hate QVC. I quite enjoy Mike Rowe. Here he is in his first really dirty job: trying to sell a plastic crinkle bag with a cat on it for $24.95 on QVC. Most entrepreneurs, inventors, designers, and marketers would KILL for...
Queen Victoria's Border Collies