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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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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