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Read MoreA Gift for a Newborn in Japan
Japan enjoys many traditions, and many of them are centered around a pregnancy. The first “dog day” of the f...
Read MoreThe Oreo Cookie Center Too Pretty To Eat
When Jackie Chan commissions you to create a portrait, well, that’s pretty darn cool, especially when 64,000 chops...
Read MoreA Snippet of Greater Swiss Mountain Dog History
The oldest of the Swiss breeds is the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, but its earliest origins is still the subject of discu...
Read MoreUnder Their Watch
We don’t think we’re taphophiles – people who are “into” cemeteries (folks also known as ...
Read MoreSkin Pigmentation in a White LDG. What’s Up With That?
As much as we’d love to know everything about everything, we are, like our readers, forever learning about our bre...
Read MoreFrom the Show Ring to the Field
These happy, energetic, and eager-to-please dogs just might be dogdom's best kept secret. They can hunt, compete in agil...
Read MoreDoes Your Breed Reflect Your Personality?
To our knowledge, there has been no update to the research done a while back on whether our breed choice reflects our pe...
Read MoreThe First, and for a time, the Only
The Australian Terrier was the first Australian-bred dog ever to be recognized and shown in Australia, and it follows th...
Read MoreThe Heart Shaped Ear
Unless one is a two year old or teenage human, in which case the ears are closed for the season, most human ear canals a...
Read MoreThe Mioritic Has Friends
A friend of National Purebred Dog Day has done something very cool with the breed of the dogs seen at the left: She got ...
Read MoreBeauty, Brains, and Birdsense – and Eyes
It’s the short posts you tend to recall, so when admiring a Gordon Setter, remember that the ears should be set...
Read MoreWords for a Picture
Some posts we write as an excuse to share a photograph that enchants us. In this case, it’s the group shot of Ita...
Read MoreSheep Coat
It happens to the best of breeders: A puppy is born with an attribute that doesn’t quite meet the standard. When a...
Read MoreCalling all Pointer-Owning Hunters
We’ve read this before, but dismissed is as “breed legend.” When one story keeps coming up during rese...
Read MoreTrussardi Still Loves Greyhounds
Italian menswear label, Trussardi, still loves Greyhounds. Trussardi Greyhounds have been a mascot for the brand since i...
Read MoreThe Dog with the Human Brain, But Which Breed?
“My breed is as dumb as a brick,” said no one ever. Well, almost never. We suspect that the majority of us t...
Read MoreDon’t Touch!
One of the Fila Brasileiro’s most unique characteristics is a dislike of strangers, so much so that at dog shows ...
Read MoreSteampunk Beagle
Twenty-two-year old Igor Verniy is an engineer in the field of metal, and a specialist in the evolution of stars and ast...
Read MorePoodle Pig Latin: Ere’sthay Onay Uchsay Ingthay Asyay Ayay Eacuptay Oodlepay
If you remember your pig latin, you’ll know that our title suggests that you won’t find the terms, “ro...
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