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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.... -
Conformation at Westminster
Posted on March 12, 2013 | 12 CommentsThey call it conformation for a reason. * * * If this post made you think and you'd like to read more like it, consider a donation to my 4... -
No Repeat for Qualzucht Collie
Posted on February 11, 2013 | 9 CommentsAfter reigning over 2011 as the top Rough Collie in the USA, GCH CH Wyndlair Cherokee Vindication was awarded Best of Breed at last year’s Westminster Dog Show, which I documented... -
The Peke Doesn’t Stand a Chance
Posted on February 10, 2013 | 17 CommentsUnlike last year’s Westminster Best in Show Peke, GCH PalaceGarden Malachy, this year’s top winning footstool doesn’t stand a chance at taking home the big prize. Malachy was the #2... -
Mastino Fails, Owner Wails
Posted on August 23, 2012 | 35 CommentsThis last weekend a Neopolitan Mastiff failed its vet check at the Welsh Kennel Club Championship Show and not a day later the red-in-the-face owner was weeping and slobbering online... -
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.”... -
Fancy Mice
Posted on June 23, 2012 | 35 CommentsOn the opposite end of the prestige-cost-difficulty spectrum from Thoroughbreds lies the modest rodents. There’s no glory to be had in breeding a perfectly shaped rat or mouse–although if you... -
Problems in Thoroughbreds 1
Posted on June 18, 2012 | 14 CommentsJust as pedigree dog breeding takes major cues from purebred horse breeding, we can see institutional problems in thoroughbreds that directly mirror the issues we see in the dog fancy. Lack... -
The Equestrian Order
Posted on June 15, 2012 | 7 CommentsIn a series of posts I would like to compare and contrast the major groups in the mammalian fancy: breeders of horses, dogs, cats, and rodents. While these groups have... -
Removing All Doubt
Posted on April 7, 2012 | 27 CommentsEven a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed as a man of understanding. Proverbs 17:28 Instead of taking the...










