BorderWars: Recent Episodes
Christopher Landauer
While this blog speaks often of genetics and shepherd dogs, coat color genetics holds little interest to me save when it represents a moral issue. But, coat color genetics is […]
If you’re a type 1 Diabetic, do you stop being diabetic if you cut sugar out of your diet? If you have a genetic predisposition to alcoholism or drug addiction, […]
A cutting edge treatment for canine arthritis with no cutting and no toxicity. There’s a widespread, serious, and almost universal welfare issue in dog ownership — perhaps larger in scope […]
Furries of the world have a lot to celebrate this Spring as Disney rolled out two anthropomorphic talking animal blockbusters: Zootopia and The Jungle Book. Despite the universal praise for […]
In a post from 2010, Through Anomalous Eyes, I exposed how statistical analysis proves the long rumored–and often denied–belief that Wiston Cap, the most popular sire in Border Collie history, […]
You really don’t hear much about Border Collie maulings against humans. One such incident hit the news recently, so I figure that an analysis is in order. It certainly isn’t […]
One of the most pernicious mantras in the dog world is “It’s all in how you train them!” Let’s pretend for a moment that this statement is true. What other […]
As 2014 draws to a close, a little reflection is in order. The blog was big on stats this year with over 320,000 visitors according to WordPress and 418,000 page […]
shel·ter noun 1. a place giving protection from bad weather or danger. 2. a place providing food and accommodation for the homeless. 3. an animal sanctuary. 4. a shielded condition; […]
It’s an often reiterated rule of etiquette to never discuss religion or politics in polite company. And this is why etiquette is for pussies. See, “religion and politics” are essentially […]
The 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 […]
The unending human fascination with novelty is seemingly unhindered by ethics all over the dog breeding world. Not only are there countless examples of breeders and leaders turning a blind […]
The “dog days” are the stretch of time in midsummer when the combined heat and humidity make the afternoons unbearable and send humans and dogs alike seeking shelter in cool […]
Questioning the decision to bring two live, infected, and contagious US citizens home for treatment of their Ebola is not simply fear mongering or hysteria: there is a perfectly rational […]
For the first time in history a live human with infectious Ebola virus has set foot on American soil, and another one is on her way here. While there is […]
The following is an image gallery and transcript of Episode 001 of the WarHorn which you can listen to with the embedded player on this post: The WarHorn Podcast: Why Border […]
Exciting news, Border-Wars fans: Today is the launch of the inaugural episode of The WarHorn, a dog culture podcast! Like the blog, the podcast will tackle dog culture, breeding ethics, […]
My dogs make it through the 4th of July with the selective use of Melatonin and a ThunderShirt. I suggest you use them too if you have noise phobic dogs. […]
Life With Dogs, whose business model is exploiting animal suffering by aggregating and plagiarizing dog stories that are emotionally manipulative, has come out harshly against dog breeders over a bogus […]
From Anecdotes of Dogs by Edward Jesse, Esq., 1858 The Colley Or Shepherd’s Dog: a sheep-dog remembers all the turnings of a road The sense and recollection of the sheep-dog were shown […]