It’s been estimated that by the time a Livestock Guardian dog is five years old, it only has to save five lambs a ...
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What is More Essential in This Breed than Tails…..
One of the most genuine of Sweden’s dog breeds, the Swedish Vallhund (sometimes known as the “wolf corgiR...
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“The Ugly Dachshund’s” Great Danes
“It’s a happy honeymoon until a Great Dane disguised as a Dachshund crashes the party!” That was the &...
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Respect the Wheaten!
It’s one of dogdom’s ironies that the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier didn’t get its official name until 1...
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What Happened to Amelia?
We don’t know the breed of Amelia Earhart’s childhood dog, “James Ferocious,” other than that he wa...
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“And Betty, When You Call Me, You Can Call Me, uh, Bläss?”
It’s telling. When we challenged our Facebook fans to name the breed from which a detailed photo came (a close up ...
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Heading and Tailing
Flipping a coin dates back to the ancient Romans who knew it as “navia aut caput” (“ship or headR...
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Are You Inked?
Did you know that the word, “tattoo,” is derived from the Polynesian language, and specifically from the word, ̶...
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The Three R’s
What breed do you supposed was being spoken with the following quote: “He does not throw away his priceless devotion a...
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Words of Wisdom Learned from “Chaser”
The video below is about Chaser, the Border Collie who knows a thousand words, but in sharing Chaser’s story, John...
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What Hundreds of Golden Retrievers in One Place Looks Like
In August 2013, 222 Golden Retrievers met in front of Guisachan House in the Scottish Highlands to celebrate the origins...
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The Little Big Dog
Denmark has five native dog breeds, and one of them may be the only breed whose official name reflects two nations becau...
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“Dog” Inside Out
You know you’re a serious student of dogs if you wish you owned a reticulated canine skeleton. Most of us would b...
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If Looks Could Kill…
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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