According to Guide Dogs for the Blind, 70 percent of their dogs are Labrador Retrievers because they have found them ...
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The Tasty Rat and the Dog That Hunted It
A full grown reed rat tips the scales at 20 pounds, and it’s never less than 20″ long. A third of this is a ...
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An LGD You Might Not Know
It’s not a breed of which many people are aware, let alone have seen, but the Tatra Mountain Dog (also known as th...
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The Canine Survivors of the Titanic
According to J. Joseph Edgette of Widener University, there were twelve confirmed dogs that sailed on the Titanic. Only ...
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The Widow’s Peak
When it comes to hair styles, people of a “certain age” will know immediately what a “D.A.” (or ...
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Expert Gearhead AND Purebred Dog Person
If you’re a serious “gearhead,” you might know of Jean Jennings, an automotive journalist for over th...
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The Dachshund Brain
We thought you’d want to know. From the genius of Terry Pond http://www.terrypond.com/ http://www.cafepress.com/te...
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The Original “Asta,” Not a Fox Terrier
He was a debonair and savvy, a “gumshoe” who “married up” when he tied the knot with beautiful a...
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What Breed Are These Babies?
The words in the pictures will tip you off as to the breed of these puppies, but we thought this was well worth sharing ...
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Move Over, Maddie
We love “Maddie.” We do! We love her for her unflappable demeanor while balancing on a basketball hoop, wear...
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The First Record of an Organized Breeding Program in Europe
Sometime between 750 and 900, the monks of Saint Hubert, the patron saint of hounds and the hunt, began a regimented bre...
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The Ibizan with a Pink Leg
This past summer (2017), artist, Pierre Huyghe, cut up the concrete floor of a disused and decaying ice rink. It was par...
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Repeat After Us: It’s the Brittany. Period.
Are you still calling the breed the Brittany Spaniel? Stop that. Originally, the AKC did recognize the breed as the Brit...
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The Bichon Frise’s Name
We know the breed simply as the “Bichon,” and some have suggested that its name may have been the result of...
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Maine’s State Dog. Almost.
Maryland is one of only two states other than Maine with an official cat—the calico. Maine’s state cat is, not s...
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Hungary’s Ancient “Gift of Kings”
Owned by Hungarian noblemen wanting a “walking gentleman’s shooting dog,” the Vizsla is one of the sma...
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A Dalmatian Who Made a Difference
A house across the street from a school was on fire. Firefighters were on the scene, but the house was burning so badly ...
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The Dog’s Version of the Fingerprint
Dog paw pads don’t have the same kind of ridge pattern that human fingertips do, but their noses do, and each dog ...
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Mancs, an Extraordinary German Shepherd Dog
“Mancs,” was a German Shepherd Dog who worked as a Search and Rescue Dog in Miskolc, Hungary. “Mancs&#...
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