In this breed, the coat needs to have correct texture to protect this hunting dynamo in underbrush or ground holes....
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Foo Foo Dog? Guess Again
In our experience, one of the most misunderstood breeds is the Poodle. The breed is wicked smart, and only fools and the...
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One of the Rarest Herding Breeds
The Welsh Sheepdog has been called by some as one of the world’s rarest herding breeds, and certainly, it may be o...
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English Springer Heroes
We often come across unforgettable stories while researching dog breeds, and in this case, we can across two of them inv...
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Anyone? Anyone?
We first saw Ben Stein in the unforgettable movie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Haven’t most of us had a teach...
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Shared Ancestry, Different Breeds
Back in the day, Foxhounds, Beagles, and Harriers, which to the uneducated eye look like different sizes of the same bre...
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The First English Springer Spaniels
Thanksgiving 2019 is still 154 days away, but we thank providence every day that John Goodman, a 25-year-old passenger o...
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The Oldest of the Native Swedish Breeds
The Sami people of Lappland, indigenous to northern Scandinavia, were the first to breed Swedish Lapphunds. For the Sami...
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Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Van Morrison recorded a big hit with Brown Eyed Girl, but today we’re talking about “blue eyed dogs.” ...
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From the Moulin Rouge to the House of the Romanovs
The drawing seen here may not be the most faithful representation of a French Bulldog, but the artist is certainly among...
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All Aboard the Saluki!
Many of our readers already know that the Saluki is the school mascot for Southern Illinois University, but how many als...
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Head to Head
When we learned that this Neapolitan Mastiff was from Hungary, the heretofore quiet, reserved dog that had been keeping ...
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In Remembrance of North Carolina’s State Dog
In 2017, on a cold and rainy day in Hazelwood, North Carolina, a dedication was held for a public piece of art, “The P...
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The Rim of the Eyes
Many breeds standards call for dark eye rims, particularly in working breeds like the Alaskan Malamute (“in all co...
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Threat Perception Instinct in the Boerboel
It’s not just that one of the Boerbole’s great talents is his tracking ability, but that among dogs that can eas...
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The Breed with a “Majestic Personality”
The Cane Corso descended from Roman war dogs known as ‘Canis Pugnax,’ and technically, it belongs to a subca...
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The Collectable Airedale Terrier
Dog fanciers can be notorious for collecting objects d’art in their breed. We’d guess that Scottish Terrier ...
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Welcome, Deputy Hondo
Does it seem to you that we’re seeing more and more Malinois becoming police K-9s? In light of an earlier Facebook...
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Splayed Feet
The Irish Water Spaniel’s breed standard indicates that the feet should be “large, round, somewhat spreading...
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The Cadillac of Bird Dogs
The American Kennel Club and Canadian Kennel Club lists the breed as the Pointer, and both the Fédération Cynologique ...
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