The dog world can pride itself on the longevity of dog-centric and breed specific events, and among them are Bloodhound ...
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Pretty in Piqué
Clothing for dogs isn’t anything new as seen by this elaborate crocheted coat for an Italian Greyhound from 1873. ...
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A Warrior on Four Feet
Of the many dogs that served the United States in Vietnam, “Nemo” is probably the most famous. On December 4...
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Givenchy’s Dogs (and a Rottweiler He Made Famous)
Givenchy died in March, 2018 at the age of 91, and during that long life, he was a dedicated dog owner. Whether it was t...
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Spitz or Spaniel?
The Papillon is easily one of the oldest known European breeds, something we know from paintings by Goya, Titian, Wattea...
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Good Enough to Eat!
In today’s world, if purebred dogs were created in Silicon Valley, the names of the colors and markings they come ...
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The Japanese Terrier and the Rat Terrier. Only One Has “Menkaburi Donuke”
The uninitiated might mistake a Japanese Terrier for a Rat Terrier, and vice versa, but there are differences. The Rat...
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“Does This Water Make Me look Like a Viking?”
Iceland’s only native dog was brought to Iceland with the first Viking settler, around 874 AD, and while Icelandic...
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New York’s State Dog: Do You Know What It Is?
Back in 2016, New York State governor, Andrew Cuomo, signed legislation that made New York’s official state dog the ...
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Blueticks: Once Upon a Time….
Once upon a time, the Bluetick Coonhound was called the English Coonhound, but in those days (around 1946), some English...
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Whatever Ever Happened to Snuppy?
It’s generally known that the first cloned canine was “Snuppy,” a dog cloned from a cell taken from th...
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What These Particular Labrador Retrievers Can Do!
What the Labrador Retrievers in the video below have in common is impressive: Recognizing the scent of TPPO (triphenylph...
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Can You Pronounce This Breed’s Name Correctly?
Our provocative post title amounts to clicker bait. Sheepish grin, sorry. But the Ariégeois is a terrific breed that w...
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The Anatolian Shepherd: Dutch Marking
In an Anatolian Shepherd, all color patterns and markings are equally acceptable, and one of those markings is “Du...
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Winston Churchill: Poodle Man
Though Winston Churchill was often associated with Bulldogs, he was actually a Poodle man. His first Poodle, “Ru...
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A “Howling” Good Time
Researchers know from audio recordings of wolves that each wolf will change its tone when other wolves join the “c...
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“Wine, opera, fashion, and the Volpino Italiano”
“The flag, mom, and apple pie” is a symbolic idiom used in the United States to refer to things that most Am...
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Snow or Winter Nose
In another post, we briefly discussed the “butterfly nose,” but here we want to touch upon the “snow...
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Parts Judging?
In the world of dog shows, “parts judging” should be discouraged because the whole dog needs to be evaluated...
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Butterfly Nose
When a dog has patches of bright pink randomly situated on its dark nose, the dog is said to have a “butterflyR...
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