Knowing how a dog moves isn’t just for show dog people, it’s for every dog owner who cares about the comfort...
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Early Dog Photography
We tend to underestimate one of the more remarkable aspects of photography in its infancy: How often people brought thei...
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What Inspired Ewoks?
A few years back, George Lucas was accused of stealing from a Canadian writer the name and concept of the “Ewoks&#...
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So Much More than a Keg-Wearing Dog
The chap in this picture is Orville Wright of the Wright Brothers, and he was a devoted Saint Bernard owner. The dog, n...
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Once Known as the Norfolk Spaniel. Or Was it the Shropshire Spaniel?
Many experts say that the Norfolk Spaniel is extinct, but this is only half true. Maybe. In the 17th century, spaniels w...
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Lean on Me
We’ve read more often than we can count that Great Danes are “leaners.” Danes aren’t content t...
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When Carpathian Wolves and German Shepherd Dogs Got Together
It almost sounds like a bad joke. What happened when 48 German Shepherd Dogs and 4 Carpathian Wolves “partied̶...
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Stockings and Socks
While the terms, “stocking” and “socks” are very similar, in the dog world, there is a differenc...
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“Only My Dogs Will not Betray Me”
“Only my dogs will not betray me.” – Maria Callas Unless you are a fan of the opera, are a historian w...
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Seeing Spots
The Dalmatian does not come as a multicolored dog, but the breed does appear with black spots and liver-spots. The latte...
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They Were Using This Word Back in 1681
Did you know that the German name, “Dachshund” (properly pronounced “doxhoont”) was being used a...
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Cheekiness
We’re going to mention some breeds to you along with how their breed standards describe these breeds in the “...
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All the Virtues of Man Without His Vices
“Near this spot Are deposited the remains of one Who possessed Beauty without Vanity, Strength without Indolence, ...
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A-chasing the Wild deer, and Following the Roe
Ponder upon this Robert Burns poem and see if it doesn’t conjure up for you images of Scottish Deerhounds standing...
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The Movie, “A Star is Born:” A Bone To Pick
Have you seen “A Star is Born” yet? There isn’t much to dislike about a movie that has talented peo...
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The Hackney Horse and the Min Pin’s Hackey Gait: Apples and Oranges
The Hackney horse been described as “The [equine] Ballerina of the Show ring. One look at the video below and few...
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The First Siren Was a Dog
A natural affinity for horses is what lead to the Dalmatian being associated with fire departments. Back in the mid 19th...
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The Matagi and the Akita
The Matagi culture has been traditional hunters of bear and deer found in the forest of Northern Japan for over four hu...
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A Breed Borne of Technology
We don’t always associate advances in technology with the creation of a dog breed, but just such an advance provid...
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