“….now, they’re racing to their besotted owners.”  The phrase comes from the video below, and it sounds about right. Who couldn’t love this Dandie Dinmont face at the left?

You heard us say many times that several purebred dog breeds are in trouble in their country of origin, some even outnumbered by Panda Bears. The Dandie Dinmont is one of them. In 2010, 151 Dandies were registered in the UK. Four years later, that number fell to 88 dogs. A little on-line sleuthing revealed that last year, over 300 cobras, vipers and rattlesnakes were kept in homes throughout the UK, presumably as pets. To each his own, we say, but we’d find it hard to cozy up to a viper instead of this fuzzy face. Just saying.

Image of “Sala” with permission from Jessica Drenthen