Boasting that one school mascot is better than another might get you into a bar fight, but certainly among the most fam...
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The First Postage Stamp With a Dog – What breed?
Philately. It’s stamp collecting, and postage stamps featuring dogs have been among the most appealing of small an...
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The Irish “Wolf Dog’s” first Reliable Mention
Many of our dog breeds have been touched by the influence of the clergy, whether it’s through development (Reveren...
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Size Doesn’t Always Matter!
Toy breeds are too often dismissed by people who’ve never lived with one. Owners know better. These dogs are far f...
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Not Just Another Pretty Face #7
We’ve been introducing you to some dogs who are “Not Just Another Pretty Face,” our series on dogs who aren&...
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Color and Water
It’s been long observed that many Livestock Guardian Dogs are white, the supposition being that the white dogs ble...
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It’s Enough to Make You Crabby
Crabbing. It’s easy to spot in a moving dog. In “dog speak,” crabbing is when a dog should be moving...
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The Prague Ratter
One could be forgiven, we suspect, for mistaking this dog for another breed, in part because the Prague Ratter is so rar...
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What is Vicky’s Breed?
“Vicky,” the dog in the photo, was six years old at the time of the photo was taken. Can you determine what...
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Blinking: A Man Made Problem in a Bird Dog
The term, “blinker,” is not something one wants to be true of their hunting dog because it refers to a dog w...
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Who was Nana?
One of the most famous roles written for a dog is that of “Nana,” the doggie nursemaid in Peter Pan, but ove...
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The Round Rear
Many folks would be highly offended if they were described as having an “apple round rear,” but it’s a...
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There’s a Name For That
On the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, there is usually a white mark on the dog’s tail tip, feet, chest and/or...
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Toy Breed that Inspired a U.S. Marine Corps War Dog
Because Miniature Pinschers were used to kill rats back in the day, there were many who believed the dogs were actually ...
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Stealth, Strength, and Speed!
It’s a tried and proved adage. Find a need and fill it. The foundation of the breed that filled a particular niche...
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The Wool Felt Purebred
It’s not quite Christmas in July time yet, but you can never start planning ahead too soon when it comes to a real...
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Your Dog’s Unique Clavicle
News flash (to no one:) Dogs are adapted to run. For that reason, they don’t have the need to lift, push, pull ...
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How to Tell if You’re Ready For a Mastiff
This clever list that follows below originally appeared on the Facebook page of A Home for Every Mastiff back in 2013 ...
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Why a Muzzle?
A happy accident. That’s what we call it when we come across information at the same time we find a photograph fro...
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National Dog of Spain
Though the Spanish Mastiff is named a mastiff, it has filled the role of Livestock Guardian Dog for hundreds of years. A...
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