Only one AKC breed has a standard that uses the word "ponytail." Here's why simple is the rule, and why fancy head styli...
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Winn-Dixie Loses Miss Franny
If you are of a certain age, you already know what it is to lose friends and family to age. But few things drive home th...
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A Dandie of a Gin
A club reaches 150 years only once. Having a gin created to help mark that milestone gives “a toast to the Dandie” a...
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Welshies: “Love to Get Wet and Mucky”
A protective coat, a strong nose, and the ability to swim suit this breed to the rough, often wet country it has always ...
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Everything You Wanted to Know About a Kekhor & Didn’t Know Who to Ask
The kekhor is striking enough to stop us in our tracks. What kept us looking was the realization that, beneath all that ...
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Drop the Leash? Not So Fast
The Royal Kennel Club says Bloodhound handlers no longer have to drop the leash before the final line-up. So can every h...
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The Black Sea’s “Gate Dog”
It wasn’t until we came across a study of the Zerdava in 2019 that we’d ever heard of this dog, let alone the effort...
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So Three Breeds Walk Into a Snowbank….
Flat feet are usually bad news in a breed standard. For this breed, they’re exactly right—provided those toes don’...
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A Tale of Two Terriers—and One Wrong Name. Oops!
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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