What does three-quarter jump height actually even mean?...
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A Butterfly in the Blaze
Few people familiar with dog breeds don’t recognize a Papillon when they see one, or know that the breed is known ...
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Two Harlequins, Two Very Different Dogs
A harlequin Beauceron is not a white dog patched in black. A harlequin Great Dane is not a black-and-tan dog mottled in ...
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Spread the Word
We have an exciting new t-shirt for you to wear grocery shopping, at training class, or just hanging out. It looks like ...
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The Spinone Nose: A Certain Fungibility
It is not official AKC Standard language, but one look at a Spinone’s large, bulbous, spongy-looking nose makes the co...
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The Schipperke Wears It Best
America cannot claim to have dressed the Schipperke in his jabot, Belgium had already seen to that. But the AKC did give...
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The Saddle: Grown, Not Groomed
The true Afghan saddle is grown, not groomed—a natural sweep of short, close coat along the mature dog’s back that s...
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When Is It Sedge and When Is It Deadgrass?
Think "sedge" has always been an official Chesapeake Bay Retriever color?...
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A Sweet Face, Not a Show Face
Somewhere between the loyalty in a Labrador Retriever's eyes and the specifications on a printed page lies the argument ...
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“The Most Jerez Dog There Is”
Local press has taken to calling the breed simply "el perro más jerezano," an homage to the breed's historic and indisp...
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A Pedigreed Bourbon Label
South Carolina, in its own understated way, ended up with two native sons on the same shelf: one that doesn't rock the b...
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The 25% Pink
From the AKC standard: On the merles it is permissible to have small pink spots; however, they should not exceed 25 per...
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Fetch the Bumbershoot!
Today's "Word of the Day" was bumbershoot, and naturally, we went looking for the purebred dog angle...
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A Milestone for the Nenets Laika!
The announcement is more than another rare breed entering a database. It introduces more of the world to a reindeer-herd...
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An Irish Wolfhound Stepping Off a Whiskey Label
This is a story about the Molloy siblings of Tullamore, a family fortune that landed in the Court of Chancery, and a gen...
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By Royal Appointment
The mystery is resolved: no intrigue, not a competing registry, just a 150-year-old institution granted the crown it was...
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France’s Comeback Pointer
Whatever its linguistic ancestry, the breed type is old!...
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Your Yellow Lab
Every so often, someone writes to us absolutely certain that their pale Labrador and their relative's fox-red Labrador c...
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The Dandie Who Helped Buy a Goya
For a small and increasingly rare terrier, the Dandie Dinmont has left a remarkably large mark on cultural history....
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The Rookie with the Bigger Mission
Touchdowns excite a football crowd, but this "player" is training for a victory that will matter long after the stadium ...
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