Called by many ‘the King of Sheepdogs,’ the Beauceron is certainly the largest of the French sheepdogs. With no fo...
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The Canine Mitch Buchannon*
Newfoundlands are not like other dogs. Having stated the obvious (by people who believe that every breed is unique and s...
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Not a Retriever, Not a Spaniel, Can Earn Titles for Both
It’s a sporting breed that is not really a flushing spaniel, but neither is it a retriever. It doesn’t work ...
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Who Doesn’t Love the Daeargi Cymreig*?
While the Welsh Terrier is said to be one of the least quarrelsome of the terriers, it would be a mistake to regard the ...
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Pomeranian On Point
If you are an Australian with an interest in dance, you might be curious to know how ballet as a professional presence b...
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A Golden Age of Dogs
It’s said that if you remember the 60s, you weren’t there, and if you were around in the 70s and remember th...
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What a Painting Can Tell Us
Art is not just an insightful expression of the artist, but also an insight into time. Depictions of dogs go back thousa...
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Panda Bears and Purebred Dogs. Read it and Weep
Today is National Panda Bear Day, and it’s a fine time to offer a reminder that there are far too many dog breeds ...
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The Ancient Paw
One thousand years of history courses through the veins of the paw protruding out of this basket. It belongs to a youngs...
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If I Only Had a Brain…..
Our post title will be familiar to anyone who’ve ever seen the film, The Wizard of Oz, and for the twelve of you w...
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Not In Kansas Anymore
Kansas House Bill 2513 turned out to be more controversial than anyone would have thought at the time. Ridiculed on soci...
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So This Fox Terrier Meets a Grand Griffon Vendeen
There once was a little Fox Terrier, who met a GGV who was hairier… The subject line and opening sentence sound li...
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The Entertaining Briard
Only fans of old black and white reruns or people of a certain age will be familiar with the TV series, “My Three ...
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“Festival of Hunting”
It’s not too early to make plans for special event coming up on July 17, 2019, especially if you’re already ...
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Will That Be Chimp, Rhesus, Bonobo, Siamang or Orangutan?
The breed standard (AKC) for the Tibetan Spaniel calls for its eyes to be “set fairly well apart but forward looki...
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Giving the Pekingese Credit
Andrew Soutar was a British novelist and journalist whose novels were often serialized in newspapers, many of them even ...
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The Border Terrier: A Family Affair
Many breeds were named for the area in which they were developed, and some of those breeds are still known by those name...
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New York’s Official State Dog
On December 23, 2016, then New York State governor, Andrew Cuomo, signed legislation that made New York’s official s...
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From English to Bluetick
Once upon a time, the Bluetick Coonhound was called the English Coonhound. In those days (around 1946), some English Coo...
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A Change for the Iggie
John George Wood, also known as Rev J. G. Wood, was a late 19th century English writer who popularized natural history w...
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