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Showing posts with label dog fancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dog fancy. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Question for the Peanut Gallery

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What caused the sudden spike in AKC registrations in 1991 and 1992? I cannot for the life of me think of anything that happened during those...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

The Emperor's Striptease

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Until about 2006, the American Kennel Club published its registration statistics every year -- how many dogs of each breed registered, the ...
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Monday, March 1, 2010

Dispatches from the Before Time

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I recently jumped at an opportunity to acquire a well-worn, slightly water damaged, mildly smelly time capsule that has, however, miraculous...
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Sunday, February 14, 2010

It Has Never Been About the Dogs

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The Grey Lady writes about the M-word in dog pageants . Karma points for the scare quotes around the word "pets." US Today gives F...
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Friday, January 22, 2010

Now We See The Violence Inherent In the System

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In a move that reveals recently unprecedented clarity of self-interest and public relations goals, the American Kennel Club has just announc...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

There were few takers

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H/T to commenter "straybaby" over at the Pet Connection for this article about veterans and homeless dogs. Hooray! One of my...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Pedigree Dogs Exposed: US

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The BBC documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed will air tomorrow -- Thursday, December 10 -- on BBC America. 8 pm Eastern, 7 pm Central. Check ...
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Blog Remix: Gaiting Away from Omelas

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With a clamor of bells that set the swallows soaring, the Festival of Summer came to the city Omelas, bright-towered by the sea. The ri...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Pedigree

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H/T to Patrick over at Terrierman for this post about the AKC's streamlined merchandise-handling software for puppy-mill retailers. See...
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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Blood Boiling

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A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast. Proverbs 12:10 YesBiscuit posted this story about a mother and son who left dogs in their...
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Monday, January 26, 2009

All that is gold does not glitter

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Retrieverman is mad. Retrieverman thinks that anyone else who loves the golden retriever breed should be mad, too. You betcha. My first dog ...
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Whitney on Pip's Ancestors

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The army jeep of farm dogs: cheap, compact, low-maintenance, versatile, no-frills. It will not be improved by morphing it into a Lincoln Na...
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Monday, October 13, 2008

No Show

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The most thoughtful of the people who are not embarrassed to call themselves "fanciers" of dogs -- and even "in The Fancy...
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