A living pastoral culture in which practical experience, symbolism, and superstition coexist......
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An Ancestral Mountain Color
The Cão de Castro Laboreiro's coloration is not about ornamentation; it is a visual record of centuries of adaptation, ...
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Imperiales: Kaiser Meets Poodle
The modern result, some opine, is that eventually, the "clean-shaven" face of the hunter won out as the official breed...
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A Dress, A Dog, A Design
We segue from a 1970s fashion craze to the perfect Dachshund and Basset Hound chest...
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Talk Dirty to Me
Sometimes, the naughtiest word in a sentence can be completely innocent......
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From Breeches to Britches
Think “britches” only belong in period dramas and old family sayings? Think again. This aristocratic pant leg has sn...
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Plain-English Guide to “Standing Over Plenty of Ground”
To a child standing ringside, we might explain the term in this simplest of ways: “That first dog looks like a little ...
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Why Chestnut Belton is More Rare
Meet the elusive chestnut belton: a stunning shade few have the chance to see in the flesh....
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Form, Function, and Every Tooth
In some breeds, a dog's mouth is part of its core working equipment...
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Texas Fronts, Texas Hound
Texans have a weather word that can drop temperatures 40 degrees, glaze the world in ice, and clear the sky to a painful...
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Vertical Hunters of Appalachia
From its unique "heads-up" scenting style to its legendary "tightness on the tree," this Appalachian athlete isn't just ...
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Why Some Shibas Still Think Like Working Dogs
This image of a red-scarfed Shiba Inu taken by Aliaksei Smalenski went viral as soon as it was uploaded to Pexels (a fre...
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The Breed Built to Face Nature’s Bayonet
To a hunter, the plants and thickets...
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A Tale of Two Standards
It wasn't about "fixing" what wasn't broken—it was about the intent to translate an island treasure into a European st...
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A Lost Terrier Behind the Yorkie
A ghost breed with a silk coat and a street fighter’s soul, the Clydesdale Terrier slipped out of history just as the ...
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Travels far Distances
Walking or running over long distances is a facet of many working breeds, but there is more than one way to bridge the g...
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The “Thousand Dogs” of the Temple
You have to admire one dog that has discernment. When 1,000 of them have it, you have a legend that transcends time and ...
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When Names “Go Home”
Once appearing in AKC records as the Mexican Hairless, the 2011 re-recognition was not a “name change," but a fresh re...
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The Goldilocks of Hounds
What do Bloodhounds, Beagles, and Coonhounds all have in common? A "ghost" ancestor.......
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The “Tie-Breaking” Color
When nothing else separates them, the breed standard has a surprising tie-breaker, but only if you don't know the AKC st...
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