Over forty years ago, “sex sold,” which is why leggy beauties and manly hunks were always part of advertisin...
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Lions and Otters and Butterflies, Oh My
There are some breed standards that use other animals to describe their breed, and the Chinese Shar-Pei is certainly one...
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“Roo” Dogs
While NPDD dedicates itself to the celebration of purebred dogs through education, we think it’s in the best inter...
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We All Loved Dug!
“Squirrel!” It’s shorthand among dog people and refers to a dog suddenly distracted by something the rest of us do...
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What’s in a Name? Collie: Dog, Fish, or Dark
No less of an authority than the Agricultural Dictionary said that “collie” was an obsolete name for sheep t...
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The Deaf Dog
Deaf Dog Awareness week isn’t until September, but this is advanced notice that we’ll be covering these dogs...
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To Our Colorfully Pedigreed Counterparts Today
Every dog deserves kindness, care, and the affection of people they can call their own. Today we reach across the aisle ...
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Breed Panache!
Author, John Gribb, contended that the Springer Spaniel is the best all-around choice for hunting upland birds and game ...
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The “Amertoy”
The Toy Fox Terrier is a breed that straddles two inheritances. A terrier background gives the TFT a “superdogR...
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The Breed Owned by a Knight
Its nickname is “The Daredevil,” and though we may all have that one of those in the family, only one breed ...
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Angel Wings and a Fish Hook Tail
In an earlier post, we told you about the fascinating traits of the Carolina Dog, an animal definitively classified by t...
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River Dog. Got One?
We had always figured that a dog that can sit quietly in a boat while his person fishes, and be able swim ably across a ...
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The “Yaller Dog”
In 2016, biologist, Dr. I. Lehr Brisbin, gave a talk in which he said, “We know more about pandas in China, pola...
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Carolyn Scott and Rookie
Yesterday, July 28th, was National Dance Day – and yes indeedy, dogs can dance. In fact, there’s a discipl...
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The Four Horsemen of Boxerdom
New Boxer owners interested in their breed’s history will want to know about the “Four Horsemen of Boxerdom....
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Poodle Hair: The Art of the Art
The tools used to groom a Poodle predate the breed by a lot. Earliest combs were probably the desiccated back bones o...
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A Girl in Every Port?
“A Girl in Every Port” is cringe-worthy with today’s sensibilities, but it was a “winkie winkie&...
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The “Happy Breed”
This utterly appealing face belongs to the Briquet Griffon Vendeen, not to be mistaken for a Petite Basset Griffon Vende...
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A Snippet of Finnish Lapphund History
At the end of WWII, a series of major outbreaks of distemper broke out and killed the dogs at such a rapid rate that ma...
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A Whippet with Turn Signals
Willys-Overland Motors was an American car company better known for its design and production of military Jeeps during...
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