On February 24, 1975, an Old English Sheepdog named Ch. Sir Lancelot of Barvan became the first herding breed¹ to appea...
Read More“Then ‘Fang’ Let Loose a Great Echoing Bark…..”
“Then ‘Fang’ Let Loose a Great Echoing Bark making Harry and Ron jump out of their skins.” If yo...
Read MoreThe Spanish Water Dog, an Integral Part of “Trashumancia”
Scroll down to the video to get you in the mood: With tongue in cheek, we use Rodney Dangerfield’s signature comme...
Read MoreSNL Goes to the Dogs
Last night on Saturday Night Live, Pete Davidson, Chris Redd, rapper, Meek Mill, and star of M. Night Shyamalan’...
Read MoreWhy Dogs Are Better Than Boy/Girl friends
The Honest Kitchen sent out this infographic back in 2013 explaining “Why Dogs Are Better Than Boyfriends (or girl...
Read MoreFrance’s Most Common Basset Breed
Imagine owning the same breed that sat at the feet of a king, a queen, or a famous historical figure? Many of us can, of...
Read MorePut on Your Knickerbockers
Beagle field trials, a sport found only in the United States and Canada, was historically limited to people of means. Th...
Read MoreA Breed By the Yard
In ancient Ireland, only nobility and royalty were allowed to possess Irish Wolfhounds, and just how many Wolfhounds one...
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Chinook!
The 17th of this month marked the 102nd birthday of a very special dog for whom an entire breed was named. That dog was ...
Read MoreHis Vision of Americana Included Dogs
When illustrator, Stevan Dohanos, visited his local firehouse in Westport, Connecticut, to get a permit to burn brush, h...
Read MoreGuess What Breed Bill Belichick Goes Home To?
Bill Belichick is notorious for his taciturn nature and being anything but loquacious, but even if his New England Patri...
Read MoreReptile in Dog’s Clothing
With tongue in cheek, we write that the Cretan Hound is either the “missing link” between scenthound and a...
Read MoreLet’s Have a Parade and Invite Swamp Poodles
How much do Boykin Spaniel people love their breed? In South Carolina, there is an annual Boykin Christmas Parade, and t...
Read MoreThe “Flat-As-Possible” Flat-Coated Retriever
Back in the day, the Flat-Coated Retriever was developed as a retriever that could work on land and in water (or as the...
Read MoreA Recycling Lithuanian Border Collie
Back in 2016, a new recycling system was introduced in Lithuania, and a Border Collie helped spread the word in the tele...
Read MoreYour Toy Spitz Sheepdoghound
Whatever breed you own, did you know that it descended from the spitz? It didn’t, of course, but that’s what...
Read MoreRemember Ruswarp
Back in 1990, forty-one year old Graham Nuttall went for a walk on a January day with his Border Collie, “Ruswarp,...
Read MoreBullmastiff: Track, Trap, and Hold
“…His name was ‘Grumbo’…I saw the back of one of the men, his figure stationary, his hands...
Read MoreThe First Recipient of the SAR Title
The AKC has been doing a good job of keeping up with offering titles that reflect not only what our various breeds were ...
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