Back in the day, when the blood sport of bull and bear baiting was common before it was outlawed in England by the Cruel...
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A Dog of the Resistance
In English-speaking countries, the name, “Schipperke” was thought to mean “little boatman” even ...
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An Agreeable Breed
An Otterhound’s devotion may lie with his or her owner, but a darn close second is another canine buddy. Otterhou...
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A Border Collie Record
And now for something completely different: The fastest time a dog unwound a non-electric car window is 11.34 seconds an...
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Marie’s Dogs
“Qu’ils mangent de la brioche.” If ever anyone needed a Twitter account to reach the masses, it was Ma...
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Same Standard, Same Litter, Different Coats
Rough Collies and Smooth Collies have identical standards with the exception of the coat, but interestingly, both variet...
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The Techie Drever
You have to love technology. Hunting with a Drever these days is often done with the dog wearing a GPS collar. Not a t...
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The Harrier in Prose
It’s likely that the earliest description of a Harrier appeared in, “The Chace” by William Somerville ...
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Following What Isn’t There
In the world of coon hunting, the hound that “gives tongue” on something isn’t there is called a “ba...
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A Breed or a Strain?
We came across an interesting passage in a book about sporting dogs. The sentence read, “The last successful ̵...
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Screened Eyes
Scroll down. Keep going. Notice anything in the black and white photos below? How about this one? ItR...
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A Terrier for the Classes
When a breed is “tough as nails,” one need only go back in time to learn the circumstances that lead to its ...
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We’ve Lost a Good One
Tim Conway passed away today. His comedic genius spanned generations starting with Baby Boomers who first saw him on the...
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How Predictable is Predictable? Meet the Kromi, Master of Unique Traits
As if its characteristic scruffiness isn’t appealing enough, the Kromfohrlander has a pair of a endearing traits t...
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The Bedlington’s Name
It was a Hungarian nobleman who gave us the first – and earliest – account of a terrier resembling the Bedli...
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Fritz, the overlooked Siberian Husky
In the photo below, meet “Fritz.” He appears at the right at a moment he was sitting in the tundra of the Se...
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Goodbye, Doris Day. You Leave Us With Mixed Feelings
What does one do when the death of an icon brings to the surface mixed feelings? Doris Day passed away from pneumonia to...
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Ireland’s Terriers in Order
Ireland native terriers are much beloved in the Irish counties which spawned them, and each has its own “claim to ...
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The American Hairless Terrier – Not Always Hairless!
Hairlessness is recessive in the American Hairless Terrier. A hairless to hairless breeding results in all hairless pups...
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