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Spoils of the Dog War
Posted on October 31, 2014 | 2 CommentsThe small elite group of conformation breeders are Platonists; they believe that the substantive reality of Border Collies is only a reflection of a higher truth, and their activity is […] -
Historical Videos of Border Collies and Sheep Trials
Posted on April 27, 2014 | 1 CommentFor a few years now I’ve been collecting links to British Pathé clips of Border Collies and Sheep Trials from their original webpage, but as they lacked a means to […] -
Pastoral Big Hats Are Dogmatic Bigots
Posted on March 28, 2014 | 21 CommentsThere’s a lot of symmetry between the Church’s dogmatic and bigoted stand against gay marriage and the sheeple arguments against breeding Border Collies for sport or any other activity save […] -
Sheepdog Trials Began with Beauty Pageants
Posted on October 7, 2013 | 18 CommentsContrary to popular myth, early trials were gentry sponsored and therefore heavily freighted with elite values concerning the nature of the shepherds’ craft. Early trials accented speed, agility and obedience […] -
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 […]