Thomas Hood, an English journalist, humorist, and poet who died 175 years ago, was a complex chap. Particularly known fo...
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The Delage Greyhound
In the early years, automobiles had radiator caps outside of the hood (or bonnet, if you’re a Brit). The exposed r...
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Seeing Heaven and Earth At the Same Time
The United Kennel Club breed standard for the Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog (what the AKC simply refers to as the Cata...
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Lou’s First Christmas
No word on how Lou, the Bulldog enjoyed his first Christmas, but we’re betting that his owner, Reese Witherspoon,...
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The Esteemed Blue Chow Chow
There are five colors in the Chow Chow, and one of them, blue, was thought by ancient Chinese and Mongolians to be the c...
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It Started with “Charles”
Derrick Campana is one of some ten to twenty people in the world who can make custom prosthetics for animals of all shap...
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The Bulldog Cafe
It was a different time, a simpler time when it didn’t take much to shock and awe us. Those of us of a certain age...
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Landpinschern to the Rescue
It’s not the kind of bragging rights that an owner or breeder of a particular breed wants to have, but with only 2...
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One of Poland’s Five National Breeds
Poland has five national dog breeds, and one of them, the Polish Hunting Dog, is the subject of this post. Poland is a c...
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“What Kind of Dog Was That?”
We delight in commercials that feature one of the world’s purebred dogs, and never more than when it’s an un...
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‘Tis the Season (Or Ray and Mariah’s’ Dogs)
As we write, we are a day away from Christmas, and chances are good that you’ve been hearing Christmas music for s...
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When “MAS” is Less (size)
In 2015, the Miniature American Shepherd became the newest member of the AKC’s Herding Group, but it wasn’t ...
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The “Lump of Ink” Shih Tzu
In China, solid black Shih Tzus were called “Yi Ting Mo,” which translated into “lump of ink,” and genetical...
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Only 200 in the US*
The Czechoslovakian Vlcak (pronounced “veel-chuck”) got its start in 1955 in what was Czechoslovakia at the ...
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Why You’ll Never Forget “Blaireau”
And then there are those posts in which we share something so annoying that you’ll never forget it precisely becau...
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The Greyhound and “Levrier 1”
What’s in a name? There are various explanations for the origin of the name, “Greyhound.” Some experts...
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Hawking Revival
A gundog’s task is to find game for its hunting master, not catch it, herself. These dogs were developed long befo...
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Mascot of Uruguay’s National Army
Here in Colorado, there’s a group of peaks in the San Juan Mountains called the Cimarrón Range. There are also vi...
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“The Look”
We all know that look. It’s a stare, really, and its meaning is never mistaken: Don’t forget me. Don’...
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Three Colors, Three Colors Only
Black is the original, if not classic, Labrador Retriever color, and genetically speaking, it is the most dominant of th...
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