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Canine Health & Genetics Archive
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Confusing Hoarders with Breeders
Posted on March 15, 2013 | 70 CommentsAn endemic problem with dog culture is that we are lazily imprecise with our language and willing to throw around very damaging labels where they are not really deserved when […] -
Border Collies Bred Like Alaskan Sled Dogs?
Posted on March 6, 2013 | 26 CommentsAlaskan sled dogs (often called huskies) are unique in that they are an ad hoc breed–some say type–bred to pull sleds over snow, sans registry, that still exist entirely outside […] -
As the Toller Burns
Posted on January 9, 2013 | 39 CommentsComing soon to the PBS² (Polemics Bashing Shoddy Science) channel, the second season of October 2011’s smash hit As the Toller Burns. Last season on the mostly unscripted reality show staring PhDs documenting […] -
Mastino Fails, Owner Wails
Posted on August 23, 2012 | 35 CommentsThis last weekend a Neopolitan Mastiff failed its vet check at the Welsh Kennel Club Championship Show and not a day later the red-in-the-face owner was weeping and slobbering online […] -
No Happy Ending for Blind Dane
Posted on July 27, 2012 | 209 CommentsYou’ll remember the touching story of blind Great Dane Lily and her companion Madison; the news reports were dripping with saccharine anthropomorphisms of how Madison is Lily’s “seeing eye dog” […]