Try as we might, we couldn’t find much information about Ruth Crockett or her Poodle. We know that she played a ke...
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Was the Icelandic Sheepdog “Icelandic?”
The Icelandic Sheepdog was one of the few dog breeds William Shakespeare mentioned by name. It was in his play, “...
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The Living legend of the Tian Shan Mountains
Native to Central Asia are the Kyrgyz people, a nomadic Turkic ethnic group whose main livelihood has been to keep cat...
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The Colored Working Terrier
Unlike the Airedale or the Welsh Terrier, Lakeland Terriers come in a wide variety of colors. When Lakies are in a hand ...
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The Clumber SAR
While Clumber Spaniels can be laid-back and easy-going, contrary to popular belief, they are not lazy, and the descripti...
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Tip #5: Dog Dates
Tip #5 could be subtitled: “Do ‘they’ hate breeders more than ‘they’ love rescue, or the o...
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“Dog of the Šar Mountains”
We stray from posting the artwork or gorgeous professional photographs we normally use in favor of sharing a poorly exec...
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It Wasn’t a Bird
Pointers have long set the bar for pointing dog performance, and they’ve had lots of practice. Pointing dogs have ...
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Silent Workers
We’re suckers for dog-breed-folklore, and while some defy belief, others are harder to dismiss. Early livestock do...
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“The Puppy Beautiful”
To our knowledge, the only spitz breed created and developed in America is the American Eskimo Dog, though the breed is...
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Tip #4: Keep Calm and Make Pie Charts
Here’s another in the series of tips we’re sharing to help you prepare to deluge social media this May 1 wit...
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Breaking the Ice
The beauty of purebred dogs – gosh, where do we start? Certainly predictability is a valued attribute, and the Che...
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Tip # 3: Gifs
Tip #3 in preparation for May 1 – National Purebred Dog Day – has to do with “gifs” (short for G...
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Happy WHAT Day?
So apparently, today is National Devil Dog Day. Who knew. We’ve all had brushes with a “devil dog.” ...
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A Giant Schnauzer First
Back in 2015, Tammy Murray proudly shared a picture of her “granddog,” “Tyr” (aka Hugo von ...
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Weight Pull
Weight pulling. According to the owners of dogs who like it, their dogs love it, and any breed of any size can play. In ...
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Tip #2: Memes: Preparing for National Purebred Dog Day
Tip #2 is about memes – pronounced meems. We’ve all seen them. They’re an effective way to get a post ...
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Tip #1 in Preparation for National Purebred Dog Day: Hashtags and the @ Symbol
Tip #1: Hashtags and the “@” symbol: For the benefit of folks who’ve never needed to know (or cared) a...
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Now THIS is Trivia
The stuff we never think about. Wikipedia, that all-knowing and often amended website, describes trivia as bits of info...
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