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Whippet, color, black, rarity legend

The Black Whippet

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The Black Whippet

May 13, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

There is a particular beauty in the lines of a Whippet, and a black Whippet resembles art deco with a pulse. But highly ...

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Kammerhunde,Great Dane, Englische Dock, Leibhunde, Uradel, Briefadel, German nobility

Only the Best could be Bed Buddies

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Only the Best could be Bed Buddies

May 12, 2025May 12, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

If you were a Great Dane owned by a German noble, you wanted to be Kammerhunde....

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Alaskan Klee Kai, symmetry, marking, facial mask

The Mirror Image Breed

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The Mirror Image Breed

May 12, 2025May 12, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

Each dog’s face and body are supposed to be mirror images from left to right, and spotting subtle differences can be s...

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Patricia Adams Lent, Pat Lent, earthdog trial, American Working Terrier Association

When Concern Leads to Action

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When Concern Leads to Action

April 24, 2025April 24, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

The takeaway from both our story and Pat Lent's should be that if you see a need, fill it. ...

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Norwegian Lundehund, best feet, feet

Six Toes to Glory!

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Six Toes to Glory!

April 21, 2025April 21, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

As with human models, the road to glory starts with one's genes.......

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Bakhmull, Afghan Hound, Barbara Skilton, fort at Chaman, Duran Line,Aboriginal Afghan Hound, Bakhmull Tazi, Tazi Bakhmull

The Bakhmull Guard Dogs

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The Bakhmull Guard Dogs

April 21, 2025April 21, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

We lay the groundwork for the fort's history, and then go back in time to when the fort was said to have been guarded by...

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Labrador Retriever, chocolate, liver, Kennoway's Fudge, Duke of Buccleuch

Part II of a Chocolate Lab: Kennoway’s Fudge

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Part II of a Chocolate Lab: Kennoway’s Fudge

April 19, 2025April 20, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

With this official recognition, breeders began intentionally including chocolate Labs in their breeding programs, knowin...

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Labrador Retriever, chocolate, liver, Kennoway's Fudge, Duke of Buccleuch

A Chocolate Lab: Part I

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A Chocolate Lab: Part I

April 19, 2025April 20, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

When his dog whelped two liver colored puppies, he recorded it - and it was important...

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Leucophyllum laevigatum, Chihuahua, plant, Chihuahuan sage

Barking Up the Right Shrub

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Barking Up the Right Shrub

April 18, 2025April 18, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

Chihuahua owners, let us landscape your yard with - wait for it - Leucophyllum laevigatum!!...

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Weimaraner, coat, Ludwig von Merey von Kapos Mere, Hegendorf, Otto Stockmeyer, Maj. Robert Herber, Prince Hans of Ratibor-Hohenlohe

Weimaraner: The Long Version

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Weimaraner: The Long Version

April 18, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

Since it wasn't present in significant numbers in the United States, it wasn't included in the original breed standard, ...

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Smooth Fox Terrier, Foxhound, standard, 

Terrier like a Foxhound

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Terrier like a Foxhound

April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

Early Smooths worked alongside Foxhounds and needed similar physical attributes to keep up during hunts......

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Middle English, Chaucer, mastiff, A Knight's Tale, alaunt, alant 

Chaucer’s Alaunt

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Chaucer’s Alaunt

April 15, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

In the Alaunt's history, this is what they spoke at one time...

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Bearded Collie, Beardie, Beardie Bounce, herding

Bouncing for a Reason

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Bouncing for a Reason

April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

The Beardie Bounce. A little known aspect of this behavior is that historically, the bounce may have had a practical pur...

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Beauceron, color, squirrel red, Shar-Pei, écureuil roux, Sciurus vulgaris,

The Dog from the Squirrel

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The Dog from the Squirrel

April 12, 2025April 12, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

Many breed standards, particularly the original versions written in a breed's country of origin, use the names of everyd...

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pattern, color, sable, English Cocker Spaniel

The Registerable but not Showable Sable

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The Registerable but not Showable Sable

April 11, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

You don't see them much anymore, if at all. The pattern was removed from the breed standards of major breeding clubs in ...

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Mudi, eyes, oblique

Oblique Eyes and a Zest for Life

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Oblique Eyes and a Zest for Life

April 10, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

There is one more thing that gives this breed the expression of an adventurer, and it is an intangible quality difficult...

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Great Dane, movies, film, Bev Klingensmith, Bill Berloni, The Friend,

The “Cary Grant of Dogs”

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The “Cary Grant of Dogs”

April 8, 2025April 8, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

Bing's performance led Diane Orson of Connecticut Public Radio to call him the "Cary Grant of Dogs." See if you don't a...

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Roseneath Terrier, Poltalloch Terrier, Pittenweem Terrier, West Highland White Terrier, St. Modan, Colin Campbell 1st Earl of Argyll, George 8th Duke of Argyll, Dr. Americ Edwin Flaxman, name, history

The Westie’s Name History

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The Westie’s Name History

April 5, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

History doesn't tell us if there were hard feelings between the three breeders. Our sense is that each worked independen...

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Dogo Argentino, jaw, masseter, Dr. Antonio Nores Martinez

The Dogo’s Masseter Muscle

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The Dogo’s Masseter Muscle

April 4, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

Given its importance, it is curious that more dog breed standards don't mention this, and In fact, only one AKC breed st...

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Labrador Retriever, mascot, Bullmastiff, Win, Tottenham Hotspur Football, Arsenal Football Club

Tottenham and Arsenal: Grrrrrrrr

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Tottenham and Arsenal: Grrrrrrrr

March 31, 2025March 31, 2025 National Purebred Dog Day®

In dog show terms, it was as if the Number One dog in a breed moved into the same neighborhood as the Number Two dog in ...

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