How many of us can say that our breed was once considered to be a guide for humans in the Underworld? Xoloitzcuintli own...
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Do “Ewe” Know This Neck?
Necks are pretty important, and just the thought of a “broken neck” evokes a visceral cringe in most of us. ...
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The Welsh Dog Owned by an Irishman
Only two terrier breeds originated in Wales, and it’s no surprise that one of them is the Welsh Terrier. What may...
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A Snippet of Borzoi History
The Borzoi has long been associated with Russian nobility, and indeed, the breed has been an integral part of the nati...
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Feast Your Eyes….
The Bull Terrier is the only registered breed that has triangular eyes, and they go on one of dogdom’s most di...
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What Is This Baby’s Breed?
It’s a little unfair of us to ask you to identify the breed of a puppy when it’s a breed most of us will nev...
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Who’s on First? Ask an English Setter
English Setters were first in many things: The very first dog registered with the AKC, the owner of registration number ...
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Don’t Sit on the Dog!
We’ve shared the Puli inspired chair, and the chair that suggests a Chinese Shar-Pei, but now we’re showing ...
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The “Navy Seal” of Dogs
If it’s on the Internet, it must be true, right? And if it’s on Animal Planet, it must be really true, righ...
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Billy, the Breed
The breed created in the 19th century was nearly extinct by the end of WWII, and had the developer's son, Anthony, not r...
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Dancers and Dogs (Don’t Miss This Video!)
So one day, Kelly Pratt had this idea…… She asked her partner, Ian Kreidich, “What if we did picture...
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How Well Do You Know the Chihuahua?
Think you know Chihuahuas? We came across this quiz on the breed that won’t stump Chihuahua owners, but it may be ...
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Your Call: A Grouping of your Breed
We love collective nouns if for no other reason that many of them are inexplicable: A “murder” of crows, a &...
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He Created Jeeves, He Loved Pekes
He was great friends with Arthur Conan Doyle, the genius behind Sherlock Holmes, but he, himself, was no slouch, either;...
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Would Rather Work than Eat
As the story goes (which is what we always say when we don’t know how else to start), the Rutherford strain of Col...
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Put Your Lips Together and Blow
We know of people (Millennials, if truth be known) who won’t watch a movie if it’s black and white. Some of ...
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Black Dog Hill
There is a dog standing guard in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia who never eats, sleeps, or barks. He stands in...
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Life Magazine’s Only Trifecta Dog
The Pit Bull is the only dog to have ever graced the cover of Life Magazine three times, and as you can see, the covers ...
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Samoyedes and the Samoyed
The Samoyede people of Northern Siberia were a very hardy people, and very good-natured. If what “they” say ...
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