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![The Kennel Club has announced today that 2012 will be the last year the club will register the offspring from two merle parents. Bravo, Kennel Club, bravo! If you’re curious […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/smiling_merle.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "KC Bans Merle to Merle Mating")
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Anton: Many years later……..Researchi ng something and came across Chris’s article and realised I never replied to you UCC. Yes exactly, ridges are found in the general pariah type dog population. Which would be a...
Christopher: BreedMate’s Pedigree Explorer.
Lawrence Dillard: Curious, what program did you utilize to visualize the 80 generation pedigree for ‘Mercury’? Christopher: And easily corrected? Psh. There’s nothing easy about getting eugenicist morons to open their stud books and bring in new blood. History shows just how rarely it has been done. Christopher: Having been around a lot of border collies, the show bred dogs are much more neurotic. Heck, the only aggressive nasty border collies I’ve met were inbred show dogs. I’ve seen plenty of game border collies from... Christopher: Taking it out on the dogs? What? Border Collies are smart but they don’t read and can’t browse the internet. I don’t think a single one of them could possibly be offended by what is printed here. LMFAO.
Lech: i have no idea how i got here, but you Americans are such ignorant pricks. This article is dog snobbery at its finest. I just cannot believe there are people out there that use phrases such as panda collie and barbie collie to...
Stephanie: I do not think that the author is “demonizing” Dalmatians, as some have claimed. It may not be the individual dog itself but the concept of Dalmatians that is morally repugnant to him. I’m not sure why a...
Essere: I am pro science and I’ve guinea pigged myself with a “variety” of food and different temperature environments for many years. A “variety” of food and viruses does lead to genetic diversity. My... Christopher: I’m not sure that you can so easily say that wild animals eat a more varied diet than domestic. We might see kibble or whatnot as mush, but the realities of the modern market mean that what goes into pet food are... Essere: Wild animals eat a varied diet and are exposed to more viruses than captive animals as viruses are airborne. Food and Viruses don’t change our genome and offer protection against inbreeding continuously in the long run?
