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![There are few things more smug than pedigree dog breeders who drink the AKC koolaid. Not only do they believe that they are achieving high art through mindless ribbon and […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Hierarchy-of-Pedigree-Smugness.png?resize=115%2C115 "AKC: Hierarchy of Pedigree Smugness")
AKC: Hierarchy of Pedigree Smugness
Posted on January 6, 2014 | 31 CommentsThere are few things more smug than pedigree dog breeders who drink the AKC koolaid. Not only do they believe that they are achieving high art through mindless ribbon and […] -
![There’s really no excuse for someone who has earned a PhD to be offended at the concept of defending their theses and being held to a standard of evidenced based […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/piled_higher_deeper.png?resize=115%2C115 "Piled Higher and Deeper")
Piled Higher and Deeper
Posted on September 28, 2013 | 20 CommentsThere’s really no excuse for someone who has earned a PhD to be offended at the concept of defending their theses and being held to a standard of evidenced based […] -
![Border Collies are the go-to example of a breed that has been honed and improved through a performance and working standard. They are generally healthy and well behaved dogs that […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sheep_trial.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "Hip Dysplasia an Advantage?")
Hip Dysplasia an Advantage?
Posted on September 11, 2013 | 64 CommentsBorder Collies are the go-to example of a breed that has been honed and improved through a performance and working standard. They are generally healthy and well behaved dogs that […] -
![I don’t think it’s really a stretch to say that dog show culture brings out the worst in people. Notions of racial supremacy, blood purity, twisted eugenics, incest, form over […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Hippocrites_preview.png?resize=115%2C115 "AKC: Big Fat Hippocrites")
AKC: Big Fat Hippocrites
Posted on August 11, 2013 | 97 CommentsI don’t think it’s really a stretch to say that dog show culture brings out the worst in people. Notions of racial supremacy, blood purity, twisted eugenics, incest, form over […] -
![Lusia at Lassie Gets Help puts forth Dewi Tweed, the 2010 International Supreme Champion sheep dog as proof that the “genetic bottleneck” in Border Collies is benign or perhaps a […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Dewi_Tweed1.gif?resize=115%2C115 "The Border Collie Bottleneck")
The Border Collie Bottleneck
Posted on July 12, 2013 | 13 CommentsLusia at Lassie Gets Help puts forth Dewi Tweed, the 2010 International Supreme Champion sheep dog as proof that the “genetic bottleneck” in Border Collies is benign or perhaps a […]
