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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
Christmas Archive
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Merry Christmas
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More Christmas Lies
Posted on December 18, 2008 | No CommentsTurns out that the holiday myths just keep pouring in. According to a new study done at the Indiana University School of Medicine, we can add the following myths to our Christmas list: Suicides increase over the holidays? Not true. [A] pervasive myth is that... -
Christmas Lies
Posted on December 17, 2008 | No CommentsSanta, the dot com era, blind dates, etc. Tis the season of delusional traditions. Something about the waning daylight and colder weather means people believe the strangest things, and these lies are really good at staying around for a long time. (1) There is no... -
Not the Reason for the Season
Posted on December 17, 2008 | No CommentsI have to chuckle when people complain each year that Christmas has become so commercial. As if at any time in the past it has not been. And by “at any time” I mean right back to the beginning. While such complainers are just bemoaning... -
The Myth of Christmas Puppies
Posted on November 28, 2008 | 5 CommentsIt’s the day after Thanksgiving, so it’s time to think about Christmas! And, like clockwork, the dogblogosphere is again abuzz about “Christmas Puppies.” Much ado about next to nothing, I say. Caveat does a nice recap of several other dog blogs covering the issue with... -
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... -
He’s NOT the "Reason for the Season"
Posted on December 25, 2007 | 2 CommentsI have to laugh when people complain each year that Christmas has become so commercial. As if at any time in the past it has not been. And by “at any time” I mean right back to the beginning. While such complainers are just bemoaning...
Queen Victoria's Border Collies