If you got only a quick glance at this dog, your first impression might lead you to think it’s a heavy Labrador Re...
Read MoreEach Breed Has a Culture
We love the subcultures associated with our different breeds! Take a look (and listen) to the North American Fox Huntin...
Read MoreThe Baroness and the Kooiker
Imagine having a family tree that includes knights, governors, chamberlains and mayors! Such was the pedigree of the Va...
Read MoreNine Characteristics Shared by all Sighthounds
In his career in dogs since 1965, Dr.Richard Meen had Afghan Hounds, exhibited and bred Borzoi, Skye Terriers, Harriers,...
Read MoreThe Preferred Arson Detection Breed
The very first accelerant detection canine – or arson detection dog – was “Mattie,” a Labrador R...
Read MoreSnot’s Dobbs
The American rock band, Snot (charming name, just saying) was formed in 1995 in Santa Barbara, California by former &...
Read MoreThe Legend of the Halloween Dog Show
The legend of the Halloween Dog Show: Newbies anxious to get their first point, handlers, waiting to get that last major...
Read More“East West” Front?
Does your dog have an “east west” front? Or maybe it’s a “ten to two” front? These terms a...
Read MoreHappy National Arctiidae Day (not)
You know you’ve arrived when they name a bug after your breed. Meet the Venezuelan Poodle Moth –Â Artace sp,...
Read MoreThe Bisben: Breed or Landrace?
Occasionally, National Purebred Dog Day will write about a dog that may be less a purebred dog, and more of a landrace (...
Read MoreYour New Hobby
Every dog needs a job, and while most people already have one, sometimes we need a stress-relieving activity on which a ...
Read MoreThey Teach What Others Ought Not to Know
“They love above all things to get away with a young retriever and ruin him forever, teaching him everything he ou...
Read MoreThe Irish Setter That Made Headlines
When it comes to Irish Setters with a high profile in the world of politics, most of us might think of the White House.Â...
Read More“Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog,”was this Uncommon Breed
When “home” is an area that’s also home to wildcats, bears, wild pigs, bears, and other predatory ani...
Read MoreLong, Stubbed, Bobbed, or Docked
Few breeds can claim to have as all-encompassing a view of tails in its breed standard as does the Swedish Vallhund. Fro...
Read MoreCollie Persistence
It might have been one of the creepier books written that was based on real events. The Devil in the White City: Murder...
Read MoreThe Dog as Art
We’re suckers for good art, but even bigger saps for clever art. Check out this Siberian Husky. It’s made e...
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