After near extinction, the breed was getting discovered by middle class Portuguese suburbanites who found its lovely tem...
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“See Spot Run.” Was it Your First?
About 80 percent of first-grade students in the United States used the books to learn how to read. And for all anyone kn...
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The Knickerbocker and Beagle
Follow along on one of our tortured path to learn why a certain breed standard is the only one to contain a certain word...
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The “Dog Word” that Baffled Legislators
Many dog owners have witnessed unofficial such tests in their own backyard every time the dog goes out, but the first of...
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The Lundehund’s “Party Tricks”
We digress for a moment in the article to explain that the term, "double-jointed," when referring to this aspect of the ...
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The Giant Guardian That Captivated 19th Century England
Figuratively speaking, many of today's breeds stand on the shoulders of spectacular dogs that came before. In the spirit...
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Shall We Dance?
As nobility started to die out, however, the breed almost went extinct as nobles had been the primary owners of the dogs...
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A Scottie in Gumnut Land
She was a passionate about Scottish Terriers, a breed that she regularly featured in her illustrations, and later in her...
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Who Won “The Title?”
Never challenge a terrier, nor his or her owner. Just saying....
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A Doggie Homonym in the Manchester Terrier
We came across yet another definition for this partiucular word in the AKC's book on Purebred dogs from 1929......
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Agouti and the Kooiker
Generally speaking, "agouti" is a genetics term, while "sable" is a dog world term....
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Shark and Roman
There are two terms in the dog fancy that you won't find in the AKC breed standards of the two breeds in which the terms...
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Leia’s Anchors
This is a long post that doesn't get to the topic of dogs until the very end, but we wanted to pay tribute not only to a...
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“High on Both Ends” & “Roading a Bird”
As always, we defer to the wisdom of people who actually hunt with either breed, but when we find verbiage unique to a c...
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Most “Blue” Group
The term "blue" in dogs, we should note, often refers to a specific coat color caused by a dilution of the black pigment...
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How Old Is Your Puppy?
As we discuss the age of the Portuguese Water Dog breed, we have to go back to before than 1958. WAY back....
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The Maytag connection to Field Trials
Lewis' passion for bird dog and field trials was well known, and it probably surprised no when when he bought the 14,000...
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Barks – and Why Size Matters
Anatomical differences explain why a Chihuahua's bark sounds so different from a Rottweiler's bark even though they both...
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“Nip and Duck”
So why is the Lancashire Heeler sometimes referred to as Ormskirk Heeler or Ormskirk terrier?...
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From Meme to Manhole
You REALLY notice them when one is missing!...
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