Monthly Archives: February 2011

Old Scotch Collie Club Suggested in 1892

An article in The Fanciers’ Journal, January, 1892 suggested the need for an “old Scotch Collie” club to represent the old fashioned, working type collies as opposed to the show types which were already at that time evolving into something different. Read the full article at http://www.oldtimefarmshepherd.org/2011/02/16/old-scotch-collie-club-1892/

How Backcrossing Works

There are a lot of misinformation out there related to “purebred” dogs. One of these things is the notion that after backcrossing to another breed it takes a lifetime of breeding to get back to the original type (14 generations is what I have heard from certain sources). The evidence however seems to point to   Read More >>