No one likes to look stupid, but in the world of dogs, there are terms we don’t always understand, especially when...
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The First Dog of South Dakota
Governors of South Dakota have a long history with dogs, and two of them have been immortalized in bronze. When it came ...
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One of the World’s Toughest Sheepdog Competitions
Colorado is home to National Purebred Dog Day, and in 2015, it became the first state in the country to recognize May 1 ...
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The Breed from The Book of Job
Even those of us who are not Biblically well-versed have likely heard of the Book of Job. It is a book in the Jewish and...
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“Hogarthian” Pugs
He was the first great English-born artist to have attracted admiration abroad, and while William Hogarth painted realis...
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World Traveling Bichons
“Oh, a Bichon!” gushes an admirer on the street as they spot you standing with your Havanese at the end of y...
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Not Just a Pretty Face #15
We’ve named the National Purebred Dog Day feature that has been introducing you to dogs who aren’t just lovely e...
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The Argentine Pila Dog
Not every dog we discuss here is a purebred recognized by an established registry: Some breeds are a “work in prog...
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Bedlington Benches
In Northumberland, England in a county situated in North East England is a former mining town named Bedlington, and yes,...
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Pantone 16-1358
Every “season,” the Pantone Color Institute issues its color trend report based on what it has seen being wo...
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Hush Puppy Bassets
Many of us of a “certain age” remember Hush Puppies, the first casual shoe. Made of brushed pigskin and cons...
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Labor Day and Our Working Dogs
Tomorrow is Labor Day, and for many people, it’s a day that doesn’t seem to have the rituals of the Fourth o...
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Día de los Muertos
Day of the Dead (or Día de los Muertos) items like this French Bull Dog Sugar Skull Cookie Jar may look morbid, but whe...
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Hug a Hairless
By all accounts, the Chancay, a pre-Columbian civilization living in the valleys on the central coast of Peru, were bril...
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German Pinscher Colors
The German Pinscher comes in several glorious colors and color combinations: Black and tan, Liver and tan, Red in variou...
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The Bergamasco: A Mountain Sheepdog
By and large, our posts are determined by breed, timing, coincidence, suggestion, or whim. Usually, we want to impart an...
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Yōgi Miyagi and Viktor: Instagram Stars
When setting up an Instagram page, one of the first rules of success is to make the page visually pleasing by providing ...
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Scandinavia’s Only Pointer
The Old Danish Pointing Dog is Scandinavia’s only pointer (according to the Nordic Kennel Union). In its early...
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Beware the Dog That Thinks
It’s every fancier’s dread: A movie will be made in which their breed is either so adorable that everyone wi...
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The Dandie Dinmont Fuchsia
When a breed has faced extinction as the Dandie Dinmont Terrier has, any attention is good attention, but unusual attent...
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