tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post703341658808317879..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: A Cuckoo In the House of James Bond's "M"PBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-55684980070824480622013-02-28T13:27:08.293-05:002013-02-28T13:27:08.293-05:00Grey Owl was a fake- but he tried to acculturate, ...Grey Owl was a fake- but he tried to acculturate, and loved the life he lived. His memoirs include stories of his pet orphaned beaver kit he raised. It lived in his cabin but constantly stole kindling sticks and dragged in mud and tried to stop up all cracks, doorways, and openings with misplaced dams. <br /><br />I've read that the Rough Collie was developed by Queen Victoria crossing the original Border Collie type with Borzois. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01291042500787976168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-41427886684578971002013-02-28T04:55:50.350-05:002013-02-28T04:55:50.350-05:00Yes --- before they became a hair dresser's do...Yes --- before they became a hair dresser's dog. <br /><br />Modern collies have coats so thick most could not do real field work (300 yard+ outruns, lifts and gathers, and the circling up of relcalcitrant strays where no fence is in sight) outside of the Artic unless scissored. Working Border collies have coats like the one you see here, and even these dogs jump in the stock tank after a hard run on a moderately temperatured day.<br />PBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-33156127732559098892013-02-28T02:30:05.629-05:002013-02-28T02:30:05.629-05:00Is that a rough collie, Patrick? In which case.. w...Is that a rough collie, Patrick? In which case.. wow.. they've changed a bit.<br /><br />JemimaJemima Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05092892697145388048noreply@blogger.com