The first German Shorthaired Pointer was entered in the German stud book back in 1872, but it took a little over 50 ye...
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“Little Miss Whitney”
By 1894, the press had taken to calling her “little Miss Whitney,” but there was nothing diminutive about wh...
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Pacing at Any Speed
As a rule, pacing is regarded as a fault in a show ring where most breeds are judged at a trot. To review, a trot should...
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The Black and White
It often feels like dog owners around the world are downsizing the breeds they own, either because they live in an urban...
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When is a Terrier Not a Terrier?
When is a terrier not a terrier? Well, certainly when it’s a Tibetan Terrier, a name classification it got from ...
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A Boxer is a Boxer is a Boxer
There is only one Boxer. This terrific breed originally developed in Germany toward the end of the 19th Century is one o...
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Aristotle’s Perfect Dog
Everyone knows that Aristotle was important, but not everyone knows why. Yes, he was a famous Greek philosopher. Yes, he...
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Those Pesky Saggy Loins
When you look over the back of a dog from above, some of what you’re seeing is the loin. Loins make up the lumbar ...
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The Bar Sinister
Richard H. Davis was Philly born, Lehigh and Johns Hopkins Universities educated, and literarily employed. In 1890, he...
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The “Coward Dog”
Most young readers and their parents know about “Courage The Cowardly Dog.” The animated comedy horror telev...
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Any Color But This One
The American Kennel Club and Canadian Kennel Club recognize three colors in the Miniature Schnauzer for a conformation s...
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Murder in the Wood
At the first showings of Star Wars, many audiences instinctively booed when Darth Vader appeared on screen. The bad guy&...
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Walks, But Can Run!
Unless we know someone who owns one, most of us who are lucky enough to see a Neapolitan Mastiff in the flesh get the si...
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Dogs at Play: Breed-Type Specific?
Playing. Do you feel that types of dogs, say, hounds, play differently with each other than, say, herding or working bre...
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When was a Terrier Part of the Sporting Group?
It’s mostly common knowledge among terrier fanciers that the Smooth Fox Terrier preceded the Wire Fox Terrier in t...
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What Do These Chest Terms Mean?
“His chest hasn’t dropped.” “She doesn’t have enough fill.” “His chest is wel...
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The Braes of Derwent
Researching purebred dogs is a lot like the children’s book, “If you Give a Mouse a Cookie.” In that s...
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Get a Portuguese Water Dog, They said
In 1297, a monk wrote of a dying sailor who’d been pulled out of the sea by a dog having a “black coat of ro...
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Named for Two Continents
On the list of breeds named after a location, one breed is sometimes forgotten. Ironic, since this breed is named not fo...
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The Chuandong Hound
In 2000, an enormous cemetery was discovered in China near the city of Chongqing. It was an exciting find because, in pa...
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