Don’t anyone ask, “What’s an album?” Back in the day, vinyl was the only way to listen to music,...
Read MoreDelaware’s State Dog (for a year)
The State of Delaware designated the Golden Retriever as its official state dog on August 3, 2016, but allowed the desig...
Read MoreThe 21st Century “Paper Doll”
In a different post, we mentioned that “paper doll dogs” are still around, though a bit more modern than the...
Read MoreWhy the Breed May Have Been Called Chien d’Aubry
Many of the photographs shot by Russian photographer, Andy Seliverstoff, such as the one seen here, were widely shared ...
Read MoreThe Nose that Found 1812
Just how amazing is a Labrador Retriever’s schnozzola? In 1987, construction workers in Fort Erie, Ontario, Cana...
Read MorePaper Dog “Dolls” Still Exist
We’d be dating ourselves if we confessed to having played with paper dolls as children, so we won’t. Okay, w...
Read MoreGerman Wirehaired Pointer and the German Roughhaired Pointer – Differences?
Traditionally, French hound breeds with wiry-coats have been known as “griffons,” but the Fédération Cynologiq...
Read MoreThe Bullenbeisser, Now in a Breed Near You
In a small village in Germany, a naughty dog is called a “bullenbeisser,” but the word is also the name of a...
Read MoreThe Plural of Italian Spinone?
Do you know how to write the plural of Spinone Italiano? Spinoni Italiani (the plural form) have endearing sense of humo...
Read MoreThe Record for the Oldest Dog? (More than One!)
The Australian Cattle Dog was bred to perform one of the toughest jobs Australia had to offer a dog: Tending to, and rou...
Read MoreThe “Dogs” at Rosie’s Dog Beach
Because of breed type, we’re able to recognize the breeds in this public piece of art by Karena Massengill, ̶...
Read MoreBeagle Field Trials
In Beagle field trials, dogs work in pairs called “braces,” and together, they work slowly and methodically ...
Read MoreThe “Dog Beautiful”
The sparkling white, fluffy and “fatally gorgeous” American Eskimo Dog is often referred to as the “Do...
Read MoreOne Breed Helped Another
Between avalanches and an outbreak of distemper, the number of Saint Bernards was seriously depleted at the hospice in S...
Read MoreThe Dog That Lives on Top of Your Head
Many of us have dogs that never leave our side, some breeds better known for this than others. They’re often cal...
Read MoreEngland’s First Pharaoh Hounds
We were chagrined to learn that we missed King Tut Day last month. Evidently, it’s on November 4, the date archeo...
Read MoreThe Cost to the Dogs and a Breed
Dog fighting is a brutal and cruel activity that we won’t even deem to call a “sport,” but, sadly, it ...
Read MoreThe Indian Panther Hound – Better known as the Gaddi Kutta
“Animals grow biggest in India,” wrote Pliny the Elder. The Roman author and naturalist even devoted eleven ...
Read MoreThe First Canine Ever Photographed Was a Purebred Dog!
The world’s first photograph made in a camera was taken in 1826, but we had to wait until the 1850s for the devi...
Read More