About Author: Christopher

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Christopher Landauer is a fifth generation Colorado native and second generation Border Collie enthusiast. Border Collies have been the Landauer family dogs since the 1960s and Christopher got his first one as a toddler. He began his own modest breeding program with the purchase of Dublin and Celeste in 2006 and currently shares his home with their children Mercury and Gemma as well. His interest in genetics began in AP Chemistry and AP Biology and was honed at Stanford University.

Posts by Christopher

  • I was in court all last week fighting the good fight and I’ll be there again this week. Think Erin Brockovich, only I’m brunette, a man, and my breasts are […]

    Off The Mark

    I was in court all last week fighting the good fight and I’ll be there again this week. Think Erin Brockovich, only I’m brunette, a man, and my breasts are […]

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  • When was the last time you carefully listened to the lyrics of your favorite song and asked what was really happening? Too often we are swept away by the melody […]

    Textual Analysis 101

    When was the last time you carefully listened to the lyrics of your favorite song and asked what was really happening? Too often we are swept away by the melody […]

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  • Groupthink is an endemic problem of groups and bureaucracies charged with making decisions when the decision makers use peer pressure to limit debate, enforce an often false consensus, and avoid […]

    The 8 Signs of Groupthink

    Groupthink is an endemic problem of groups and bureaucracies charged with making decisions when the decision makers use peer pressure to limit debate, enforce an often false consensus, and avoid […]

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  • In my recent correspondence with a pet rescuer who has yet to embrace No-Kill, I saw firsthand the phenomenon that Nathan Winograd discusses in Redemption: that we hear so much […]

    Killing for a Myth

    In my recent correspondence with a pet rescuer who has yet to embrace No-Kill, I saw firsthand the phenomenon that Nathan Winograd discusses in Redemption: that we hear so much […]

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  • Here’s an e-mail I got today from a horse and dog rescuer (Help A Horse Organization) who is rather miffed at my “Buy From a Breeder” rhetoric. I think she […]

    Parroting PeTA

    Here’s an e-mail I got today from a horse and dog rescuer (Help A Horse Organization) who is rather miffed at my “Buy From a Breeder” rhetoric. I think she […]

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