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![The 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 […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/Queen-Victoria-and-Sharp-at-Balmoral_trim.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "The Queen and the Collie")
The Queen and the Collie
Posted on January 20, 2009 | 4 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 […] -
![The 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 […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/Collie-Fraud.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "The Victorian Collie Myth")
The Victorian Collie Myth
Posted on January 19, 2009 | 8 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 […] -
![From Donald McCaig’s The Dog Wars, you’d swear that there were too few working dogs and too much work to do, thus the dire need to “save” the entire breed […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/Celeste_and_Mercury_chill_out.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "Too Many Working Dogs, Too Little Work")
Too Many Working Dogs, Too Little Work
Posted on December 4, 2008 | 17 CommentsFrom Donald McCaig’s The Dog Wars, you’d swear that there were too few working dogs and too much work to do, thus the dire need to “save” the entire breed […] -
![Dublin has always loved the Frisbee, originally uploaded by AstraeanBorderCollies. It’s easy for a young man like myself to surmise that sheep trialers are on whole an aged, if not […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/old_shepherds.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "A Dying Breed")
A Dying Breed
Posted on December 3, 2008 | No CommentsDublin has always loved the Frisbee, originally uploaded by AstraeanBorderCollies. It’s easy for a young man like myself to surmise that sheep trialers are on whole an aged, if not […] -
![The culmination of the previous post is this statement: Our phylogenetic, clustering, and principal components analyses all suggest a genetic split within the breed between working and show Border Collies […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/split_tree.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "A Breed Apart II")
A Breed Apart II
Posted on September 18, 2008 | 5 CommentsThe culmination of the previous post is this statement: Our phylogenetic, clustering, and principal components analyses all suggest a genetic split within the breed between working and show Border Collies […]
