The Dog as Art
…broadening her education by studying iron sculpting, pottery, jewelry and ceramics. Although her newly acquired skills helped develop as an artist, it was at her father’s theater sets workshops that…
…broadening her education by studying iron sculpting, pottery, jewelry and ceramics. Although her newly acquired skills helped develop as an artist, it was at her father’s theater sets workshops that…
…dog into the loving and loyal Hachi. For a month, Chico barely looked at him. The Akita sneered at normal dog training techniques, and Harden knew he had to change…
…to present Gem to Uncle Will. Gem is really a very nice small bow-wow, but Mother found that in this case possession was less attractive than pursuit. When she takes…
…was cut by the Rams, but picked up by the New England Patriots and played in the AFC Championship in his first season with the Pats (they lost to the…
…posted below, but it’s always interesting to listen to dog people “talk dogs” while you’re grooming dogs or making dinner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b6IFuIl200 Image: Barbado da Terceira by Manuel Ferreira/Dreamstime.com …
…Photo Challenge Sponsor: AKC Government Relations Department Prize: The AKC’s 22nd edition of the New Complete Dog Book How to Enter: Click here Challenge: “Someone’s In The Kitchen” Photo…
…we leave this part to breed experts). He was so well known, in fact, that he was seldom entered at benched dog shows because other Setter owners complained about competing…
…founded in part, to protest the rose-shaped ears. The club threw its first specialty show in New York City in 1898 at the famed Waldorf-Astoria. The FBDCA website described the…
…product industry) has a new regulatory regime for sourcing canine blood products, this for the third time in 20 years. Since 2001, blood products for dogs had to come from…
The original Milk-Bone® dog snack was created in 1908 by the F.H Bennett Biscuit Company at a bakery in the Lower East Side of New York City. The biscuits were…
…in Long Branch, New Jersey in 1917 for $75.00. According to Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, Orville still had pictures of his dog in his wallet at the time…
…and fortune. She found work in soap operas as a “voice,” and came to be known as the “Soap Opera Queen of Chicago.” She soon moved to New York City…
…that runs through his body, like a skeleton. Just like most of the other characters created by Aardman Animations, Gromit is made from Newplast, a modelling clay made in Newton…
…transmutations. The breed is, of course, the Silky Terrier. Back in 1906, fanciers in Sydney, New South Wales drew up a standard, but a separate standard was created in Victoria…
…New Hampshire. He and his friend, George Blunt from Morristown, New Jersey purchased “Rake” and “Rachael” from the Duke of Gordon kennels in 1842. Blunt kept Rake, the big black,…
…welcomed its new Regimental Mascot during a handover ceremony at Wellington Barracks. The six month old Wolfhound’s formal name is Turlough Mór (pronounced Tur-Lock more) after an ancient king who…
For anyone who was wondering why New Guinea Singing Dogs are called “singers” by their owners, here’s why: These dogs have been singing their haunting and spine chilling tune for…
…the schedule nor the time to keep them up. But what they also don’t realize is as a companion or family pet, the OES won’t let you down…” It’s a…
…English Setter and Irish Setter, the Irish Water Spaniel, and the Sussex Spaniel. And then there was silence. It would be another seven years before any new breeds were admitted…
We pass them by all the time without notice, unless, of course, we’re looking for them. Photo from www.wisconsinhistoricalmarkers.com We’re talking about historical markers, commemorative plaques made of metal, ceramic,…