Very few breeds have a standard that specifically calls for the head to have no stop (a reminder that “stop”...
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What WAS the Secret Sauce?
What do the Rottweiler, Great Dane, Weimaraner, German Shorthaired Pointer, Beauceron, Greyhound, Manchester Terrier, an...
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Never Let a Dog Know He is Funny
“I started back to the house, and in the drive I met Jeeves. He was at the wheel of Stiffy’s car. Beside him, lookin...
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The Red Underwear Defense
If you have a breed of Chinese origin, we have a couple of points of interest for you, but if you have a Pug, pay close ...
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The Welsh Hillman, Gone Forever
While we are all aware of the fact that there are endangered species, there is a tendency, we suspect, to think of the e...
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The Rottie’s Pivotal Year
In 2021, the AKC listed the Rottweiler as the 8th most popular breed by rankings. Indeed, if you show dogs, it’s h...
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Beauty and Brains – and her Breed
Though no one has ever complained, we are cognizant of the fact that when we post about famous people, many of them are ...
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It Matters in a Ring because it Matters In the Field
Those not friendly to the sport will insist that dog shows are nothing more than beauty contests, but fanciers know bett...
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My Blue Heaven
What do you get when twenty-four colors and nine allowed markings acceptable to the AKC are for just for one toy breed? ...
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“The White Dog that Breeds White”
Most of the first Samoyeds that came to England (and the United States) at the end of the 19th century were descendants ...
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The Little Things That Had a “Why”
If we don’t know the history of our breeds, we may not always know why our dogs are “built” the way th...
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A Fashion Icon & his Yorkies
We knew someone whose young teenager was scouted and recruited by a high fashion model agency to do runway work. The kid...
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A New Wave of Pug…in the 19th Century
Recently, a reader shared photos of a couple of items donated to the shop in which she works. She shared them with us to...
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When You Have Lemons – Make a Beagle!
“Any true hound color” ‘is not terribly helpful to the potential Beagle owner who wants to show, and p...
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The Italian….Herding Dog?
Strong. Brave. Fast. Some say even fearsome looking. A hunter, a companion, a guard dog, even catch dog. These are a f...
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Wallace, the Regiment’s Saint Bernard
His name was Alexander. He was named after the chap who was the Pipe Major of the 1st Battalion The Canadian Scottish Re...
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Prize-Fighter of the Canine World
Uruguay’s only recognized native breed, the Cimarrón Uruguayo, is so little known outside the country that as of 2002...
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Before the Dunker, There Was the Russian Harlequin Hound
You would be forgiven for being unfamiliar with the Russian Harlequin Hound. The dog found almost exclusively inside of ...
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Bull Terrier: Oink Oink
A curious thing happens to breed standards over time. Some get shorter, some get longer, some have old words substitut...
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Thunder and Fracture
“Thunder” and “Fracture” seem to us to be perfect names for a terrier, and as it happens, both w...
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