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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A Melting Breed Expression
As of June, 2021, there are 197 breeds recognized by the AKC, and only two have the word, “melting” appear i...
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How “Low” Can You Go?
The AKC recognizes three breeds that have the word “Basset” as part of their name: The Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen,...
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What To Wear With a Great Dane Cocktail
There are cocktails named after the Bloodhound, Chihuahua, and Pomeranian. Move over pooches, make room for the Great ...
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The Lip Synch Challenge, and This Guy
It’s always a good time to hear the song in the video below. You may already know this tune from a video that went...
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A Poodle/ Pointer Recipe for Success
The Pudelpointer may sound like the latest incarnation of a designer breed, but it is, in fact, not only a purebred dog ...
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From Something This Little…..
Some may think that the Great Dane, the breed of the puppy in this photograph, is the tallest dog breed in the world, bu...
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Credit Queen Henrietta Maria
The Brussels Griffon comes in a rough coat and a smooth coat called “Brabancon.” Brabancons, which have exis...
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Gentilhomme Paysagnard
Recognize the breed of the dogs in the video clip below? Being canine villains in a James Bond movie is certainly not ou...
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Do You Know How to Make Your Dog Vomit?
In as much as this subject line sounds like a set up for a clever and snappy retort (trust us, we’ve thought of al...
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Not Just Another Pretty Face #9
How often have we as purebred dog owners, fanciers, and affectionados suffered through the ignorant charge that today...
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German Shepherd Dog or Alsatian?
In 1926, there were 8,000 registered Alsatians in the United Kingdom, and in the United States that same year, a whoppin...
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Talk Dirty to Me: It’s Called “Piloerection”
What some people will do to get read…. In spite of a suggestive subject line, there’s nothing risque about p...
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The “Elite of Working Terriers”
“Spanning.” It helps evaluate whether a working terrier is able to do its job. Can it follow quarry through ...
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Finland’s Dog Fancy*
Back in 2015, we reported that the Finnish Lapphund was Finland’s third most popular breed. That dipped to fourth ...
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A New York Kind of Bulldog
While many breeds can claim ancestry dating back to antiquity, Bulldogs are still an old breed even if they weren’...
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Chuckle at the Original Lap Dog’s Taxonomic Hierarchy
For those of you with “average “dogs (as if any purebred dog is average), it may interest you to know that y...
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The Head on a Shih Tzu Goes Round and Round
Generally speaking, the first thing we notice about a dog is its head because that’s where his or her face is, and...
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