The breed isn't known as the "Jansenns Shepherd Dog," of course, but back in the day, they were sometimes called "Bleech...
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She Put the First Dog on the Cover of Vogue
Her covers for Vogue set traditional magazine cover design on its ear, and it was she who was responsible for putting th...
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A Wagging Tail by Any Name
Some sources refer to the Drever as the Swedish Beagle, possibly for its hound coloring, but by any name, this is a toug...
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Mammals that Don’t Need “a Hand”
Did you know that in the United States, ferrets are the third most popular pet after cats and dogs? And that it has some...
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The Norwich in an American Hunt
At one time, several Hunt Clubs kept Norwich Terrier kennels to take part in hunts. These working terriers were often ca...
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The Dog of Mary Quant
When Dame Mary Quant passed away last month at the age of 93, another icon of the era, Dame Lesley 'Twiggy' Lawson, was ...
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Taikoo” and “Dinkai”
When Cutting and his wife returned to Tibet two years later, that was when the Dalai Lama reciprocated by sending them a...
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How To Teach A Dog To Play Chess
It is a gross oversight, in our view, that no chess piece represents or depicts a dog, though it's a fun mental exercise...
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Pop Quiz: Where is the Superciliary Ridge?
Back in the day, there were phrases and terms in those old standards that today might be regarded as floral (read: super...
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All Day Long
According to the AKC, the Brittany has earned the title of Dual Champion more than any other Sporting Group breed as of ...
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“What Would a Ridgeback Do?”
As the story goes, a group of college buddies friends got together at sporting event, and the bright-orange pants worn b...
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The Bauhaus Old English Sheepdog
The illustrator and artist Saul Steinberg suggested that the dog's owners buy him a zipper so he could take off his coa...
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“What’s a Rhodesian Ridgeback?”
There were other Lulu and Lobo commercials, and one of them elicited a scathing remark from the Commercial Curmudgeon wh...
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Tell Me a Story: Don’t Forget the Collie
Perhaps it is nostalgia on our part to appreciate Norman Rockwell's unpretentious portrayals, what some would call syrup...
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LCs Rule!*
It's curious to many that it took so long because the two varieties are the same breed under their coats. As the parent ...
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Music to Walk Dogs By*
Hollywood wasn't good about giving dogs credits back then unless they were Lassie, Asta, or Rin Tin Tin....
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You Might Be a Phillumenist If….
They used to be a common way for companies to advertise at a time when people smoked more (one beer company ordered 10 m...
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Almost Human
It's not all that surprising that breed standards for dogs would include references to humans. One will find our species...
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The Diamond Dog
In the 1960s and 70s, Sweden, Russia and Finland used "ore dogs" to search for nickel for the steel industry. In a compe...
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The Story Told by a Button
The dog fancy is a subculture, a good example of a group of people who have a common interest that others in the dominat...
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