If the statue at the left looks familiar to you, you might be a fan of James Bond movies. More on that in a minute. Roya...
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Is Your Dog Misbehaving, or Simply Bored?
NPDD veterans know that we’re big fans of Lili Chin. Her instructional posters demonstrate (with the help of her B...
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Chihuahueño
The Chihuahueño, the Spanish word for Chihuahua, is cited by several sources as having the biggest brain in the dog wor...
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Like Air, They Were Taken For Granted
This photo of “Monty,” a Bernese Mountain Dog from St. Clair Shores, Michigan was named among the 50 “...
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Piccolo Levriero
The “Iggie,” or “IG,” almost certainly dates back to the Roman Empire, so it’s not a surpr...
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If There’s Something Strange in Your Neighborhood, Who You Gonna Call?
Let’s get in the mood, shall we, by listening to a little Ghostbuster music: In the Middle Ages, Great Danes were...
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A Friday Afternoon Break with a Pair of Silly Sibes
On a Friday afternoon, it feels right to spend two minutes getting goofy with a pair of Siberian Huskies playing with c...
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Great Pyrenees: Night Owl
The Great Pyrenees is not bred to be a guard dog, not of people, anyway. His or her job is to guard flocks at night when...
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The Lion of Belfort, and the Story of a Boxer You Might Not Know
In Belfort, France, an absolutely massive sculpture of a lion sits at the foot of the citadel. The lion alone measures 3...
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A Snippet of Spinone History
As with many old breeds, the origins of the Spinone Italiano is difficult to pin point; history has offered indications ...
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A Lakie By Any Other Name
There is no template for the kind of person who creates and/or preserves a breed, be it a tax collector (Karl Friedrich ...
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Spunky Dachshund
A real friend tells you if you have spinach stuck in your teeth. Just saying. At 8 to 9 inches tall, and anywhere from 1...
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Alexandra Palace and the Scottie Connection
Alexandra Palace opened in 1873 on Queen Victoria’s 54th birthday. Known as “The People’s Palace,” the str...
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Would You Know What the Finkie Had in Common with “Laika?”
On November 3, 1967, “Laika,” a dog found as a stray, became the first animal to orbit Earth. She probably g...
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Literature and Film’s Rat Terrier
For some folks, the Rat Terrier’s recognition by the AKC in 2013 was the first time they were exposed to the breed...
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Purebreds: No Strangers to the Guinness Book of Records
According to the Guinness Book of Records: The longest lived dog in the world remains “Bluey,” an Austral...
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The Fox Terrier’s Bragging Rights
The Fox Terrier is a very old breed of terrier, and by 1885, American enthusiasts of the breed organized themselves into...
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Faithful Pacheco (*and the difference between nude and naked)
Julio Romero de Torres was a Spanish painter whose works became famous during the first quarter of the 20th century. Whi...
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The Decker Rat Terrier
As the story goes, Milton, the owner of a plant nursery near Eugene, Oregon, was shopping for plant stock. No sooner had...
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