Anti-Fatigue floor mats have become de-rigueur in offices, kitchens, and work shops, but dogs don’t have the optio...
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The Crooner’s German Shorthair Pointers
There are those vocalists whose voices are so unique that simply to hear their name sparks an audio memory in our heads....
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Dachshie Digits
The trouble with a cute meme is that it gets passed around so much that along the line, the name of the original author ...
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The 800 Pound Great Dane
A statue named “Champ” brings new meaning to the name, Great Dane. Falling under the category of things ...
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The Pointer of Bourbonnais
He loved to collect specimens of the natural world, and organized several expeditions to collect plants for his herbariu...
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“A Fluffy Little Dog”
When a new breed standard for the Bichon Frise was devised in 1933 by Madame Boutovangniez, President of the French Toy ...
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The Biewer a’ la Pom Pon
We promise that the video below will either make you want to howl with laughter or howl from pain: The hair. The mullets...
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The Trabzon Zerdava Dog
It wasn’t until we came across an abstract on the Turkish Zerdava Dog that we’d ever heard of the breed, let...
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Austria’s Only Non-Scent Hound Breed
In his native country, he’s known as the Osterreichischer Kurzhaariger Pinscher, and in 1928 when it was first rec...
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The Treeing Walker v the Running Walker
Ed note posted 8/22/20: Nearly a year ago to the day, we posted this article and concluded it with our hope of crediting...
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The Drab Yellow Hound
If ever there was an unfortunate name for a dog breed, it might be this one: The Drab Yellow Hound. Mercifully, the bree...
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Copacabana’s Glen of Imaal Connection
To set the tone for this post, scroll down for a little mood music, and yes, it’s Barry Manilow, but a good song i...
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Dedicated to a Border Collie
Jane Siberry is musical royalty in her home country. The Canadian singer-songwriter with the signature sound uniquely he...
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The Smallest German Pointing Dog With Steel Jaws
It’s something that may never be considered by someone who neither hunts nor owns a sporting breed, but there̵...
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The “Mastiff With a Touch of Bull”
Most “dog nerds” know that the Bullmastiff introduced around 1860 was a fortuitous blend of 60% Mastiff with...
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Germanic Form of the French word ‘Pincer’
In a post that is now a few years old, we wrote that the German word “pinscher” has a few interpretations, i...
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A Bedtime Story for Borzoi Owners
The great Russian writer, Leo Tolstoy, is probably best known for his epic novels, “War and Peace” and “Anna Karen...
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Dog Gaits: A Visual Video
One can go cross-eyed trying to determine certain gaits on a dog, especially if they’re heavily coated. Even this ...
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Brocaire Gorm
In Ireland, the Kerry Blue Terrier has been known as the “Brocaire Gorm,” literally “blue terrier,” with no refe...
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The Andy Dinmont Terrier?
Pretty much all “dog people” know that the only breed named after a fictional character is the Dandie Dinmon...
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