Guardians of the Night
…are hung up in remembrance of them. If memorial is at a kennel, their kennel door is left open indicating they won’t be coming home. And finally, their handler reads…
…are hung up in remembrance of them. If memorial is at a kennel, their kennel door is left open indicating they won’t be coming home. And finally, their handler reads…
National Purebred Dog Day wasn’t a “passing thing.” We meant business because our purebred dogs deserve the recognition. This is a post you pass along far and wide by using…
…a reliance on the traditional dog method of “signal behavior” which was only 60 percent accurate. The new method increased detection accuracy to nearly 100 percent, a result repeated when…
…by Bridget Nowak) became the first Beardie to be awarded an H.C. by the Bearded Collie Club of Canada. Image: “Bearded Collie in Field” by LA Shepherd www.facebook.com/L.A.ShepardArt http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/lee-ann-shepard.html www.etsy.com/shop/TheDogLover…
…Many AWS have titles at both ends of their names, which we think is something to admire and emulate. American Water Spaniel by Kaytee Esser http://www.kayteeesser.com/ www.Kaytee-Esser.artistwebsites.com http://fineartamerica.com Facebook: Pet…
There is, perhaps, no greater compliment to the writers of a breed standard than that their words endure long into the future. Early authors of the Welsh Springer Spaniel standard…
…successive or closely associated syllables). We leave it to experts and historians to sort out, but science may have the final say. A genetic study of 414 dogs from 85…
…around him at all times, but relied on them over his Royal Guardsmen. It’s not the dogs’ fault that Matthias allowed Count Dracula to marry his daughter. If the real…
…Champions in Brittanys, for example, has been increasing, and with 647 duals as of April, 2017, the breed has more Dual Champions than all other sporting breeds combined. Coming after…
A precursor to Flyball was Scent Hurdling, something that a few California dog trainers started in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They simply combined scent hurdle racing with the…
…Vizsla came to be known as the “Gift of Kings,” its breeding once restricted to nobility and royalty. Image: “Hungarian Vizsla with Ghost” by Barbara Keith http://barbara-keith.fineartamerica.com http://barbara-keith.artistwebsites.com/ http://www.redbubble.com http://www.zazzle.com/barbbarcikkeith…
…Photography www.ffirephotography.net www.ffirephotography.com https://www.facebook.com/ffire-Photography-142447528848/?pnref=lhc The photo is of Australian Champion Worgeordie Endidi Na’ema, the first Azawakh imported into Australia. Owned by Debra Huon. Photo taken on the grounds of Sydney…
…a pattern of blue-gray patches distributed evenly over the body and balanced with the base color, sometimes with a predominance of black. Image: Harlequin Great Dane by ARTPERITAS http://www.artperitas.com https://www.etsy.com/shop/ARTPERITAS…
…but not all dragons are Wyverns. Got that? Barb tailed and winged, Wyverns (sometimes called dragonets) are the most common type of dragon. They are outstanding flyers, highly territorial, and…
…what? They are, or were, all real breeds, making this a dreaded “trick question,” and doubly so because the Maltese Bulldog is now extinct. This dog of the small island…
…mostly handheld cameras, it was a huge hit. It’s possible, however, that the real inspiration for the movie was an actual documentary,“Dog Show,” produced by Leandra Little that aired on…
…complaints to the Live Stock Journal about what a real Scottish Terrier was, and descriptions were provided by people writing under pseudonyms, such as “Strathbogie” and “The Badger.” The debate…
…test was developed by Drs. Donna Housley and Patrick Venta using donated research samples, and tested by DNA Diagnostics Center, the world’s largest private DNA testing laboratory. In all of…
…in time, became a test driver for Chrysler where she drove 400 miles a day on the Chrysler Test Track. Jennings has driven Ralph Lauren’s priceless 1938 Alfa 8C 9000…
No, the CAT title isn’t given to the dog most able to irritate a feline. It’s one of the newer events introduced by the AKC last year that didn’t seem…