While Mr. H.C. Payne’s wording was unfortunate, he summed up the importance of the Welsh Springer Spaniel’s ...
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Poodle Grooming, Sabella Style
Occasionally, a professional groomer will be asked to give a pet a rounded head like a stuffed teddy bear, and indeed, t...
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The Kennel Club’s First Registered Dog
The first national kennel club in the world was the United Kingdom’s Kennel Club which, of course, also makes it t...
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What’s a Mallomar?
A few years ago, we astonished a friend when we confessed to not knowing what a Mallomor was. By virtue of context, (and...
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Vive la différence
Boys and girls, males and females, dogs and bitches. In the dog world, there are often phenotypical differences between ...
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After Louis Dobermann…
The first Dobermann Pinschers were bred around 1890 in the town of Apolda in central Thuringia, Germany by Louis Doberma...
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Your Love of Purebred Dogs: Maybe He Influenced You
When it comes to the preeminent illustrator of birds, the name, John James Audubon, is the name that occurs to most peop...
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The Communicative Tail
In the course of investigating our beloved purebred dogs, we look at a lot of books and articles (if only we could retai...
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Bulldog of Arabia
His capacity for drink was infamous, especially when his acting pals, Richard Burton, Michael Caine, and Richard Harris,...
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The Kaiser’s “Brutes with Jaws Measuring Half the Length of their…Bodies”
Kaiser Wilhem II was devoted to his Dachshunds. He buried at least five beloved Dachshunds in the park at Huis Doorn, hi...
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Nothing Says Scotland Like These Three Things
It’s funny how a hat can be associated with a dog breed, but test yourself and see it it isn’t true. Look at...
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The Cat-Like Dogs of the Orient
The Japanese Chin is not a delicate breed, but s/he is dainty, and interestingly, the word, “chin” in the br...
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A Very Happy Tail
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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