He is cultured, witty, erudite, and is well versed in opera, jazz and the finer points of John Coltrane. He speaks fluen...
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Stonehenge and Predictability
John Walsh, writing under the name, “Stonehenge,” wrote in 1849 that many then present-day breeds were the r...
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The Harlequin Great Dane
There’s a white pattern found in Great Danes called,”Harlequin.” From here on out, we wade into the ...
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“The Amsterdam Dog Market”
Old art is a wondrous insight into how different dog breeds appeared at the time of the image was created. “The ...
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More Than Expected
One of the biggest misconceptions about the Pekingese is that they’re all coat with no body, but when you put your...
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The Non-Slip Retriever
Much of what we know about dog structure comes from the world of horses in England, and many of the terms we use “...
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The “Uncommon” Cast Member
The popularity of certain breeds in the movies is not lost on us, so we delight when an uncommon breed shows up on the b...
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“Black & Gold”
A sneak preview below of a documentary called, “Black & Gold,” directed by first time director Jane Dav...
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What’s a “Basal” Breed?
The breed of the dog you see here is considered to be one of six so-called “basal” breeds. There’s no ...
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Canine Super Hero
What do you notice about the dogs in the video clip below? What you may have noticed is that all the dogs are Labrador R...
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The Ubiquitous Labrador Retriever Nearly Wasn’t
The ubiquitous Labrador Retriever is such a fixture as a great all American pet that those of us who don’t hunt so...
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Can You Believe It?
Remember this? As hard as it is to believe, the 20th anniversary of the classic movie, “Best in Show,” is ne...
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The Clydesale Terrier
It boggles the mind, the mental visual that “Clydesale Terriers” evokes: Tiny little Clydesales pulling a ti...
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RIP, Roy Clark
A tip of our hat and final respects to Roy Clark, country music legend and a star of “Hee Haw,” who passed a...
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The Leaf Gathering Vizsla
Why would a dog gather vibrant orange and red leaves and arrange them into separate mounds? Meet “Ochre,” a ...
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What Do You Notice?
What do you notice about the following sentence: “Dogs should average in height from 23 to 28 inches and bitches m...
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The “Missing Link”
As the story went among the Sami people, two dogs were on a hill watching people trying to round up a herd of uncooperat...
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Friends are Family You Pick For Yourself
Never again complain about your in-laws. During the reign of Matthias Corvinus, the King of Hungary from 1443 to 1490, i...
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The Finnish Canine Museum
If only more countries did this. In Finland, there is a museum that collects, preserves and exhibits online items relat...
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White as the Driven Snow?
In the course of casual research, we came across a source that wrote that when Samoyeds first gained attention in the mo...
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