In Portugal, the Portuguese Water Dog is called Cão de Água (pronounced Kown-d’Ahgwa): ‘Cão’ meanin...
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The Most At-Risk Russian Sheepdog Breed
You might never have heard of the East European Shepherd, but the breed created in Russia at the end of WWII has been on...
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The Win/Win Mongolian LGD
Reintroducing one species to save other makes us marvel as the interconnectedness that nature can be. Three kids, a cat ...
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That Bump In Your Dog’s Mouth
The next time you’re in your dog’s mouth (you do brush his or her teeth, right?) notice the bump on the roof...
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Believe It or Not!
A Parisian music teacher, Alphonse Durand, named seven of his children Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, and Si. His eighth and l...
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The Shibutani Maltese
The closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics happens today, and it seems fitting to mention Alex and Maia Shibutani,...
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The Long and Short of It (Chihuahua Coats)
The first Chihuahuas registered with the AKC around 1904 were all long coated Chihuahuas, a coat variety already well kn...
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The Miniature American Shepherd Takes Gold! Sort of
What’s better than the “home team” winning a gold medal at the Olympics? Having them appear on the cov...
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Your Bloodhound Ate WHAT?
As the story went, it was in the grooming area of a dog show that a Bloodhound snagged a can of soda off a table on his ...
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Prepare to be Dazzled by These Border Collies
In southwestern Ireland in County Kerry is the “Ring of Kerry,” a 111-mile circular route popular for day tr...
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Stock Number V8048 (or: If You Can’t Be Good, Be Lucky)
If you know how it feels to find money on the street with nary an owner in sight, you’re going to like this: As th...
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From the Leauvenaar Came Two Breeds
Some sources still suggest that the Schipperke is a spitz, but there is no doubt in the mind of the experts: The Schippe...
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The Favored Breed for Arson Dogs
If you were a bad guy making a Molotov cocktail, you’d have to wash your hands at least 17 times before a dog wouldn&#...
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Dog Parkour, and the Am Staf that Nailed It
Strictly speaking, the sport of “parkour” is the act of moving from point “a” to point “b” using the...
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The Irish Red and White Setter’s “Bloom”
Is the Irish Red and White Setter a red dog with white areas, or a white dog with red spots? The FCI, and the breed club...
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Our MOST Viewed Photograph
The photograph at the left is the most viewed “pin” on NPDD’s Pinterest page (clicked over 16,000 time...
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Lost or Confused. Who You Gonna Call?
The earliest known report of a Bloodhound’s trailing abilities comes from a philosopher, chemist, physicist and in...
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Billy Graham: Dogs and a Matter of Faith
Evangelist, Billy Graham, died yesterday at the age of 99, and whatever our backgrounds regarding faith, few can describ...
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The Belgian Malinois: A Trend
When 81 Navy SEALs descended on Osama Bin Laden’s compound on May 2, 2011, only one name of a member of SEAL Team Six ...
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We’re Aging. Who Isn’t?
It is a reality of the dog fancy that its demographics is “greying, so when a commercial like the one below comes ...
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