In honor of National Dog Day today, National Purebred Dog Day shares a commercial from 2014 that featured both ends of t...
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What “Eye” Means to the Sheep
Herding breed owners who work their dogs on flocks, stock or a brace, already know all about “eye.” It ref...
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Ireland’s Early Setters
What magnificent creatures are setters! In the field, they carry their head high to ‘triangulate” the scent ...
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You’ll Love This Video!
This moment is brought to you by @gaemungchi who presumably videotaped it, PuppiesMoments which posted it on their Face...
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The Basenji: Why Barkless?
As much as we would love to claim expertise on all things canine, we are, like our readers, perpetual students and alway...
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A Snippet of Cimarron Uruguayo History
José Gervasio Artigas, a national hero of Uruguay and sometimes called "the father of Uruguayan nationhood" for having ...
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Watch This First, Jog with the Pup Later
We have Animal Physiotherapist, Kirsten McAndrew of Physio Evolution to thank for sharing the video below on its Facebo...
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What, Me Worry?
The AKC currently registers 190 dog breeds, and only two of them have standards which mention “frowning” as ...
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It Was The First To Deal with Breed History
Today’s dog owner is spoiled by the rich assortment of books written about dogs, and in particular, specific breed...
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The Chessie Color: Urban Legend?
It's said that the origin of the term, "deadgrass" lies with a long departed Chesapeake Bay Retriever breeder from Maryl...
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Is Your Dog Square, Rectangle, or “Off Square?”
By and large, the dog you have at your side is either built like a square (as in the Boxer), built like a rectangle (thi...
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Shih Tzu Monikers
Nicknames. We have them for our dogs, and breeds are known to have them, as well. To wit: the Weimaraner is known as the...
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Blanketbacks
Treeing Walker Coonhounds got their descriptive moniker, “treeing coonhound” because they were faster than English...
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“Susan” Wasn’t Not Elizabeth’s First Pembroke
The only people who aren’t aware of Queen Elizabeth I’s affection and affiliation with the Pembroke Welsh Co...
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A Case for Terriers
“It sometimes takes days, even weeks, before a dog’s nerves tire. In the case of terriers it can run into mo...
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“The Bravest Dog He’d Ever Seen”
In 1946, a stray Labrador Retriever was recruited to fight against Hitler. Named, “Rex,” the Lab helped dete...
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Out of the Mouths of Babes
Antonio was only 18 years old when he decided to develop a breed specially suited to hunt wild boar. He shared his visio...
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What’s Spotted, Wrinkled, Hairless and Has Six Toes?
Dogs that are spotted, wrinkled, hairless and have six toes can be found in the AKC’s Non-Sporting Group, as dive...
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It’s Not Like There is More than One Blue Terrier
You get one chance to get this right. In Irish, the name of this breed is “Brocaire Gorm,” translated literally as t...
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A Snippet of Coton de Tulear History
Where the Coton de Tulear originated before it found its way to the island of Madagascar in the 16th century isn’...
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