Border Wars: A Border Collie Manifesto Border Wars: A Border Collie Manifesto Analysis of hot topics in the dog world, especially Border Collies. Agility, Flyball, Sheep Herding, Conformation, AKC, ABCA Articles
Dog Sports - A Cultural Divide
2007-09-30 08:20:00 David and Kate Marshall are do-it-yourself kind of people. They've written several books that allow readers to tell their own autobiography, document their love for their significant other, or even memorialize their pet dogs.Like training guides on the weave polls, the Marshalls' books encourage readers to navigate the obstacle of self-journalism by staying on point, and making it from start to finish without going too far afield while not missing any of the important bits.It's no wonder then that the Marshalls are dog sport people (a very do-it-yourself crowd): Kate and her dog Bo run Agility (Bo got his MACH title this year) and are keen observers of dog-people culture. In her recent blog post titled "Dog Sports : A Truly Cultural Divide," Kate makes some keen observations about the different priorities of the Second and Third Estates of the Border Collie:The difference between Obedience and Agility cultures pales in comparison to the divide between Conformation and Herding worl... More About: Ural
Beauty in Taking It Slow
2007-09-25 23:28:00 The amazing thing about photography is its ability to capture a single infinitesimal moment and allow us to analyze and appreciate that moment for an infinite amount of time. In our daily lives, we rarely experience stimuli that are magnitudes different than normal. We live within a small temperature and pressure ban, our perception of time is virtually constant (even when we're having fun), and our five senses are rarely bombarded with true extremes.One of the few stimuli ranges that biology still surpasses technology on is amplitude of light. The human eye and brain have an ability to distinguish detail and contrast in situations where even the most expensive cameras can't hope to compete. Silhouette is a beautiful effect, but it's also evidence of the camera's inability to capture detail in light and dark areas at the same time. Shallow depth of field is a beautiful effect to blur out the background and bring notice to specific areas like the eyes of a portrait, but it too is... More About: Beauty , Slow , Taking
Sheep Agility
2007-09-25 03:46:00 This video opens up the possibility for the ultimate dog sport, surpassing sheep trials, agility, obedience, herding, tracking, flyball, frisbee, you-name-it.Shee p agility. Wherein a human trainer instructs a Border Collie to guide sheep through an agility course. It combines the best of both worlds, it has herding instinct, athletic prowess, independent thinking on the part of the dog, unpredictability on the part of the sheep, can be played in the city and suburbs with ease, can be done indoors and outdoors, and makes for a great spectator sport.Mark my words, within three years, the versatility breeders will be pushing to AKC to adopt a championship and competition schedule for agilitrialing. It will need to get a better name, but this sport has massive potential!:cP More About: Agility 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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