The Bull Terrier is the only AKC recognized breed to have triangle shaped eyes (from the breed standard: Eyes: Should ...
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The Berlin Airlift and the Boxer Who Helped
Show of hands: Who knows what the Berlin Airlift was about? On June 24, 1948, the Soviet Union severed all road, rail ...
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A Snippet of Rottweiler History
One of the oldest surviving herding breeds in the world is the Rottweiler, a breed whose ancestry is believed to extend ...
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Those Small Tan Markings?
Pumpkin seeds. It’s the slang term for the small tan markings over the eyes of the Black and Tan Coonhound. On a D...
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Test Your Knowledge About the Culture of the Foxhunt
The culture of the hunt. There is one, and it’s ancient and storied. It has its own etiquette, its own attire, ...
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Bello e Bravo (and a Topline Break)
Bello e Bravo. It’s Italian for “beautiful and brave,” and it describes only one breed: the Spinone It...
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National Purebred Dog Day Third Annual Fine Art/Poster Competition 2019
National Purebred Dog Day announces the Third Annual Fine Art/Poster Competition 2019 Cash prize for Best in Show: $2,00...
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A Wondrous Llewellin Setter
“Jim the Wonder Dog” was the canine enigma of the 20th century, his amazing feats having astounded people fo...
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Why Akitas Dig
The Akita was originally known as the “snow country dog,” but he was sometimes called Akita-Ainu, meaning &#...
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Quiero un Chihuahua
It was nice work if you could get it, and only one Chihuahua did. Her name was Gidget, 12-pounds of attitude who was pro...
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Known by Several Names, Including the Sicilian Rabbit Dog
To see a dog that is virtually unchanged since the time of its introduction by Phoenician traders 3,000 years ago, look ...
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A Chihuahua Surprise
When Peter Savolainen, an evolutionary geneticist, and his team at the KTH-Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm l...
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High In the Rear
The picture of the Rottweiler (taken from http://www.caninest.com/) shows something we want you to notice – the d...
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The Aussie Wins It!
What do we mean by “purpose bred dog?” Check it out: In 2015, “Dan” was the first non-bor...
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A Man of Firsts: Lionel Hamilton-Renwick
And then there are those giants among us. We first came across Lionel Hamilton-Renwick’s name in our browsing for...
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A Husky Logo Inspired by a TV Character Played by a Malamute
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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