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Bio-Sensor is Bad Science, Part 1
Posted on January 24, 2012 | 30 CommentsDog culture is lazy and unoriginal, and profoundly stagnant. The desire for easy answers, simplistic how-tos and formulas for success is rampant. Just do this one simple thing! Breeders eschew... -
£10,000 Pounds Sterling
Posted on August 6, 2011 | 9 CommentsI received an extortion e-mail from Rik and Diane Stirling “Collie Breeders in Minnesota.” They want me to pay over $16,000.00 to them to “license” the images I used in... -
Brand-New Old-Time Farm Shepherd Puppies
Posted on November 18, 2010 | 7 CommentsIn researching Border Collie history and in postulating what might happen in the Border Collie future, it’s informative to look at the rise and fall of the Old Time Farm... -
And Puppy Dog Tails
Posted on March 14, 2010 | 3 CommentsThe best part about having a dog at stud is ample access to puppies with none of the hard work of being a breeder: no baths, no mopping, no puppy... -
Mercury Puppies at 4 Weeks
Posted on February 19, 2010 | 7 CommentsAlthough Mara’s unique expression of the Merle gene (or a heretofore unidentified modification gene) is still making exact classification of the pups a challenge, the one thing that’s for certain... -
Mercury Rang the Bell
Posted on January 19, 2010 | 21 CommentsMy little baby Mercury is a father! His present for his second birthday was his first co-ed sleep over with that hot red head Mara, and now she’s given birth... -
In the Womb: Dogs
Posted on January 3, 2009 | 2 CommentsNational Geographic’s In The Womb series has to be some of the most interesting television I’ve seen in a long time. I first watched the program a year ago just... -
The Dewclaw Debate
Posted on December 30, 2008 | 1 CommentOf all the procedures that are commonly performed on puppies, the dewclaw removal has to be the least controversial. It’s certainly the most minor procedure with the fewest complications and... -
Happy Birthday Puppies
Posted on December 6, 2008 | 5 CommentsA year ago today I was up all night with a very pregnant Celeste, taking her temperature and watching as she continually remade her nest in her kennel, then dug... -
Dublin’s Love Children
Posted on November 29, 2008 | 13 CommentsThis is what happens when people pay you money for your Border Collie to have sex with their Border Collie. Cute as hell, no? The one on the left is...
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