He was the “swiftest and strongest lead dog,” breaking the trail in relentless pursuit of lawbreakers in the wil...
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The Stabyhoun’s “Other” Job
By necessity, impoverished farmers and peasants who lived in the Netherlands could only afford one dog, and figuratively...
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An Irishman’s Bernese Mountain Dog
On the second day of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s royal tour of Ireland, they made new friends. But first thin...
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A Borzoi “Cool”
A breed standard that calls for a dog to be at least 28 inches at the withers makes the Borzoi second only to the Irish ...
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A Brief Snippet of Kooikerhondje History
In the photograph is the Baroness von Hardenbroeck von Ammerstol and her pack of Kooikerhondjen at the first evaluation ...
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The Slough Dog
At one time, Bloodhounds were also called “Slough dogs,” a result of working in the sloughs, bogs and mosses...
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Decade of the Pug?
Is this the decade of the Pug insofar as commercials are concerned? Last year, we heard about “Rudy, the Picky Pug...
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Do You Remember Your First?
Is having too many dog books even a thing? With all due respect to Kindles, Nooks, and the like, give us the feel an...
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A Twitter Inquiry
This post fulfills a promise made to a Twitter follower who “tweeted, “We’re considering an Italian Sh...
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The “Horn” of the English Foxhound’s Foot
We credit Bo Bengston and Kevin Shupenia for writing about the term, ‘horn” of the English Foxhound’s foot, ...
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One Breed – So Many Names
In addition to having higher levels of red blood cells than other breeds, it’s said that the Greyhound has bee...
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The Face that Glowed Like a God
The discovery wasn’t a “one off.” In 1935, Dr. George Reisner lead the Harvard-Boston Expedition in e...
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A Broken Ear (and Almost a Movie)
It’s not all that jarring to learn that the term for an injured or deformed dog ear is a “broken ear.”...
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Why a Dog Gargoyle?
One of the more fairytale-like castles in Europe can be found in South Moravia, the Czech Republic. Lednice Castle was...
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The LGD With Sighthound Ancestry
Turkey has provided us with some of the oldest dog breeds in the world, and one of them is a dog whose name in Turkish, ...
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Sight or Scenthound?
The Basenji, as we all know, is part of the AKC Hound group, but is it a scenthound or a sighthound? The American Sight...
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American Magazine
The American Magazine was a periodical published between 1906 and 1956, and focused on human interest stories, social...
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Test Your Knowledge
There are six retriever breeds recognized by the AKC, and they are (in no particular order): Labrador Retriever Flat-Coa...
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“Perfect Demon”
We don’t always know how a breed acquired its nickname, particularly when its history is lost to time. In some cas...
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The First Pet Therapists
We struggle with the work of Dr. Samuel A. Corson who spent years using dogs to conduct research on the effects of stre...
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