Ingram Shavitz had been born to Jewish parents in Manhattan, but once Ingram finished high school in 1953, he changed hi...
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The *Other* Gameskeeper Dog
Within dog circles, the “gameskeeper dog” is widely regarded as a nickname for the Bullmastiff, but there is...
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The Beagle Ear Incident
Like most scent hounds, a Beagle’s ears hang low and close to the dog’s face. When the dog picks up a scent,...
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Muster Dogs
The other day, we came across a video showing a litter of Kelpie puppies that one day might become “muster” ...
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The “Live Long and Prosper” Airedale Owner
She’s been around Hollywood long enough to have acted in television classics, including Dr. Kildare, Gunsmoke, Bon...
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The Vizsla’s Many Expressions
“Blunt” and “chiseled” appearing in the same sentence would seem to be at odds with each other, ...
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Four Talbots and a Fountain
We credit reader, William Hutchinson, for alerting us to a marvelous fountain located near Leeds in the UK. Today, the...
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A Good Idea At The Time
Astor z Potattal was a solid brown German Wirehaired Pointer who may have looked like this. Like others in his breed, As...
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A Spinone By Any Other Name….
If you’ve lived in different parts of the world that share a common language (say, English), you already know that...
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Super Dog of the Cosmos
After watching the video clip below, it’s hard to believe the Belgian Malinois was bred to be a sheepdog, and not,...
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The “Five Point” Red
We take a circuitous route to our subject by pointing out that color is about the last thing that enters into the mind o...
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Hobo Coins
The image you see here caught our attention because it was posted on National Purebred Dog Day by a coin company on Twit...
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The Fancy during the Great War
World War I was known as the Great War, and “The War to end all Wars,” and sadly, it was either outdone by subse...
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Lumber, Cloddy, and Cobby, Oh My
The magnificent creature below is a cob horse: Specifically, he’s an Irish Cob, but cobs are not a specific breed ...
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A Weighty Bulldog
In a recent post, we mentioned that in the AKC, Dachshunds are shown in two sizes, standard and miniature, and compete i...
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Treadmill: Walk, Run, or Rest?
A lot of us know what it means to walk a sweaty “endless mile” on a treadmill, so it may not surprise some o...
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Dachshund Philosophy: Bunny or Bust
Some readers will remember what this means: 36-24-26. The numbers are the bust-waist-hip measurements of the “clas...
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Wolf Dog of the Canary Islands
In addition to covering established breeds, we sometimes touch upon breeds that might well be recognized as purebred dog...
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Balkan Wars, a Soldier, and Dalmatians
It all started in Macedonia. The Young Turk Revolution of 1908 had brought into power a ministry that insisted on centra...
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The Bear Dog’s Tail
There are a lot of breeds we think of first when considering breeds that can be born with bobtails, or naturally short t...
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