Watch the video below to see something you don’t see in a commercial every day: It’s not that there’s ...
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Because He Lived Between Northumberland and Scotland
The Reedwater Terrier. We think it’s one of dogdom’s best kept secrets, even though a random check of dog sh...
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Guess What Someone Paid For This?
In another post, we talked about the role of dogs on cigarette cards, and mentioned as an aside that in 2008, $2,800,0...
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Before They Give Up on the Dog…..
Forty three seconds into the video below, you notice it. Fifty anxious dogs in a Colorado Humane Society shelter quiete...
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Those Giant Schnauzer Eyebrows
Be still our hearts. It’s a Giant Schnauzer in a show groom. Outside of a show ring, it’s unlikely that one ...
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She Loved a Collie and Rode to the Stars
She was a California teenage tennis champion who considering turning professional after being told by Billie Jean King t...
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Lara Croft As You’ve Never Seen Her
The sequel to the PC, Xbox One and PS4 “Tomb Raider” and “Rise of the Tomb Raider” is coming out...
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Not Just Another Pretty Face #8
Our “Not Just Another Pretty Face” series has been introducing you to dogs who are not just beautiful examples of th...
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Hand-Stripping (or Grooming a Lakie)
There are some topics that are so big, we wonder why anyone would to attempt to tackle them in a short post. We’re...
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“Lies require commitment”
André Malraux once said, “Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.” In his heart, this little te...
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The Purebred “Big Red Dog”
Having the last laugh. Norman Bridwell wasn’t good at too many things. As a teenager, the Indiana native struggled...
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This Baby’s Breed Is…..
When you first saw this photograph, did you guess that this puppy is an Australian Cattle Dog? This breed’s accept...
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A Briard By Any Other Name…
The word “Briard” was actually a surname. It was originally found in the region in north-eastern France, th...
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A Snippet of Eurasier History
The Eurasier‘s story began in the late 1950s and early 1960 when German dog owner, Julius Wipfel, set out to deve...
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Perhaps You Know This Breed By a Different Name?
It can be challenging to keep up with the many names by which one breed may be known. One’s “knee jerkR...
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The “Little Woman” Who Wrote “The” Book: Purebred Dog Owner
It was the best selling book in history second only to the Bible. It sold even more copies in Great Britain than it did ...
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Running Out of Space
Land use is becoming more restricted all over the world, and especially so for land on which to hunt. France is no less ...
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The Reverse Side of a Magnifying Glass
We would be hard pressed to improve upon the phrase crafted by Dr. Bonnie Wilcox and the talented writer, Chris Walkowic...
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The Ancient Alaunt
Among the list of dog breeds that have gone extinct is the Alaunt, an ancient mastiff-like dog. Some sources write tha...
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Can You See This On Your Australian Cattle Dog?
In the history of the Australian Cattle Dog, one of the “cast of characters” was Tom Bentley, alternately d...
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