He was a Christmas present in the winter of 1940, but the name he came with, “Big Boy” didn’t suit th...
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Tibetan Breeds – Not Tibetan?
What Tibetan breeds have in common would appear to be obvious: It’s their country of origin, Tibet. But according ...
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The Working Pemmie
Sources vary on the real meaning of the word, “corgi.” It’s sometimes translated as “dwarf dog&#...
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Does Your Breed Have a Grindle Tail?
Serious dog people (read: dog nerds) often wear the hat of a sleuth as they dig into their breed’s past, and it is...
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And Your Little Dog Too
Not until 1977 did the AKC recognize the different ear carriages of the Norwich Terrier and Norfolk Terrier as separate ...
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The First Dog of Any Breed To Do This….
He was the first dog of any breed to win advanced titles in field, conformation, and obedience, and his name was Dual ...
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You Can’t Tell Them, “Stay Exactly As You Are”
The British artist was best known for life-size watercolors of nightclubs and city scenes, but in 2015, then 73 year ol...
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Head and Tail Above the Rest: Pointer Hallmarks
What is the hallmark of your breed? Most might say that a corded coat is a hallmark in our own breed, the Puli, but what...
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Bulldog Buyer Beware
The Internet is a wondrous thing, but its impact on purebred dogs is mixed. It certainly allows excellent breeders to sh...
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Rolf, Precursor to Talking Dogs
Blame Paula Moekel. She owned an Airedale Terrier named, “Rolf” whom she’d gotten from a local animal ...
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Newfoundland Color: Which Came First?
It’s a surprising theory, if not debatable, that original Newfoundlands were not solid black. Or solid anything. B...
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An American Staffordshire Terrier: Civil War Dog
It was the Civil War, and Sallie Ann was a local beauty who frequently visited the camp set up by the 11th Pennsylvania ...
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Poodle Boing
Though this is evidently an old story, it’s new to us – and perhaps to you, as well. As if Poodles werenR...
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The Ever Colorful Dachshund
It’s the only breed in the entire AKC Hound Group that allows the color, “Isabella,” and that would be...
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Old With the New
For many years, expeditions took place in the Sahel area by Azawakh enthusiasts from several countries who visited dif...
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Do Rescue dogs Think Humans are Idiots for Constantly Needing Rescuing?**
Meet “Morty.” The Golden Retriever was deployed in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria and jumped 30 feet ou...
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Raising Cane’s
When the new fast food restaurant opened outside Denver a few months ago, lines to the drive-through window wrapped arou...
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Those Marvelous Papillon Ears
As of now, no gene test exists that will help determine ear type (and in dogs, there are a whole lot of them), but cani...
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Before the Poodle was AKC Registered…..
One of our most popular posts ever had to do with the Standard Poodle as a hunting retriever, and it was accompanied by...
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Hair and Fur: What’s the Diff?
The short answer is that there isn’t any, at least not according to Nancy Simmons of the American Museum of Natur...
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