As with human models, the road to glory starts with one's genes.......
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The Bakhmull Guard Dogs
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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Part II of a Chocolate Lab: Kennoway’s Fudge
With this official recognition, breeders began intentionally including chocolate Labs in their breeding programs, knowin...
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A Chocolate Lab: Part I
When his dog whelped two liver colored puppies, he recorded it - and it was important...
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Barking Up the Right Shrub
Chihuahua owners, let us landscape your yard with - wait for it - Leucophyllum laevigatum!!...
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Weimaraner: The Long Version
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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Terrier like a Foxhound
Early Smooths worked alongside Foxhounds and needed similar physical attributes to keep up during hunts......
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Chaucer’s Alaunt
In the Alaunt's history, this is what they spoke at one time...
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Bouncing for a Reason
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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The Dog from the Squirrel
Many breed standards, particularly the original versions written in a breed's country of origin, use the names of everyd...
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The Registerable but not Showable Sable
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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Oblique Eyes and a Zest for Life
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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The “Cary Grant of Dogs”
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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The Westie’s Name History
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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The Dogo’s Masseter Muscle
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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Tottenham and Arsenal: Grrrrrrrr
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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From Accelerants to Arrests
We ask a rhetorical question in jest, but what *can't* an arson dog do?...
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The Cirneco: When Movement Follows Function
When reading breed standards, we should always ask ourselves: Why? ...
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Extreme Winds and an Extraordinary Dog
It was a costly decision for an aging dog, but is that because we are looking at the decision from the lens of 2025 dog ...
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One of the Shiba’s Genetic Ancestors
It is always unfortunate to lose dogs that went into the gene pool of a beloved "modern" breed like the Shiba In, but th...
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