The first African American sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, was formed on the campus of Howard University, but it i...
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The Broholmer, an AKC FSS Breed Since 2013
If you look at this dog too quickly, you may think you’ve seen a Mastiff, but a more studied examination dispels a...
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The Shar-Pei’s Solid Blue Black Tongue – But Not Always
The Chinese Shar-Pei is one of two breeds noted for its solid blue-black tongue (the other is the Chow Chow), but not e...
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Texas’ State Dog
Like the Plott, the Blue Lacy takes its name from the Lacy family that created and nurtured it, the “blue” i...
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Green. Most Decidedly Not in the Golden’s Standard
As a rule, heritage breeders don’t love surprises in the whelping box, but surprises do happen. Still, we’re...
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Why Cultural Figures Sometimes Hurt Us
As we see it, one of the biggest challenges facing purebred dog enthusiasts is getting the message out about our dogs: Â...
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North Carolina’s State Dog
In the 1989,  the General Assembly of North Carolina decreed with Senate Bill 832 the Plott to be the State Dog of Nor...
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The Pyr Shep: A Breed with an Interesting Coat
The Pyrenean Shepherd is the oldest and smallest of the French shepherds, and a very interesting breed with regards to c...
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The Prussian Pointer
The German Shorthaired Pointer comes in eight different colors, and among those eight colors is black, white, black and ...
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The Artist of Fantastic Planet’s Fantastic Dog
Scroll down to the video, we have to get you in the right mood for this: What you just saw was the trailer for “Fa...
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The Hungarian Herding “Terrier?”
The Pumi has sometimes been referred to as the “Hungarian Herding Terrier,” a moniker that may have come fro...
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The Purebred Enthusiast’s Building Block
Move over kids, the grownups are here, and they want to play with a grownup version of Legos. JEKCA are Building Blocks ...
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How To Celebrate a Big Win
When 23-year-old tennis player, Jiri Vesely, won the Czech Open last month, he celebrated in a way most friends of Natio...
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The Old Welsh Grey – a Beardie Ancestor?
To more completely understand the legacy of today’s purebred dogs, it helps to know of the dogs in their past, and...
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A Question For NPDD Readers
Occasionally, we come to our readers to verify information we’ve found because many of you own the breeds in quest...
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Pembroke Welsh Corgis Were Not Her First
Queen Elizabeth’s affection for Pembroke Welch Corgis is well documented, as is her famous kennel of Labrador Retr...
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Corded Poodles Back in the Day
Corded Poodles always get a lot of attention, but there was a time when it wasn’t very welcomed, at least among so...
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The Bakharwal: A Breed to Protect
People who stand to lose something precious to them tend to gravitate towards other people vulnerable to the same loss, ...
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From the Brink of Extinction
Meet the Sapsal, more commonly romanized as “Sapsaree,” one of four dog breeds native to Korea (along with ...
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Singer-songwriter, Paul Allen,and His “6 Degrees of Separation”From This Terrier
The music of Peter Allen, an Australian singer-songwriter and entertainer (and first husband of Liza Minnelli) has bee...
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