For new readers, belton is the English Setter's signature coat pattern: a white coat flecked with small spots of color, ...
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A Gin Named After a Collie?
Every weekend, there is cause for celebration: a nice win at a dog show or herding trial, new puppies, a junior handler'...
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Do You Speak Otterhound?
Most hobbies, sports and avocations have a language all their own. For fun, see if you can name the arena each of these ...
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Tousled by Rule (subtitle: Scruffy Rabbit Hound from Vendée)
Few breed clubs have worked as hard to keep a dog looking messy as the club for the Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen, the s...
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You are Invited to a Dutch Shepherd Party!
Save the date! You are invited (and a Plus One) to celebrations on June 30, 2027 when the Dutch Shepherd will become eli...
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Why Are Dalmatian Spots Round?
Do you remember being warned as a kid that too much television would give you square eyes? Nobody ever said what it migh...
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When a Karelian Bear Dog Barks at a Bear
When a Karelian Bear Dog barks at a black bear in a Lake Tahoe neighborhood, it is drawing on centuries of Finnish and w...
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Cairn Terrier: Foxy Expression, or Foxy Head?
It was a memorable description. An early breed standard printed in the 1914/15 Cairn Terrier Club Year Book stated: "A g...
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A Hippo in the Show Ring
A hippopotamus might seem an unlikely place to begin a discussion of purebred dogs, but here we are. The hippo gives us ...
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Miniature Bull Terrier: Any Color? Not Anymore
A breed standard doesn't merely describe an attractive dog; its precise wording establishes the boundaries by which the ...
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Family Bulldog with a Day Job
Not every college mascot gets to go home at the end of the day and be someone’s dog. Rocky did. In 2009, a rescued Bul...
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Should an Azawakh’s Hip Bones Show?
An Azawakh's protruding hip bones look like a problem to an unfamiliar eye. They are required by the standard, and the r...
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Would You Approve of a 19-Foot Dachshund?
A Texas town just got a 19-foot Dachshund. We usually pass on biggest-dog stories, so why are we cheering for this one?...
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The German Wirehaired Pointer’s Paper Trail
Follow a pedigree backward and you'll eventually wish you could put a face to a name. The papers behind one breed's 1959...
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The Old English Sheepdog: Gone Pear-Shaped
Look at an Old English Sheepdog from above and you'll see a shape you didn't expect. What it is, why it helps a herding ...
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Would Your Dog Know You After Death?
We say our dogs know us. How far do you think that knowing goes? ...
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“Reach and Break” in the Min Pin
Correct Min Pin movement is animated, but it is never merely ornamental foot work. ...
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Breed Instinct Redirected
If a breed’s original job disappears, does its usefulness disappear with it? Not necessarily. Meet Mawhai, a Jagdterri...
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Peru’s Living Treasure Heads for the Hound Group
“New” to the AKC Hound Group doesn’t mean new to the world. As the Peruvian Inca Orchid approaches full recognitio...
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The Breed Standard You Can Hear
For the New Zealand Huntaway, a good voice is working equipment. Its breed standard calls for a deep, loud bark that can...
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