A playmate, protector, and foil to those that would harm either. Try finding one. ...
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The Legend: Likely to Have Brought in the First Toller
When Canadian Kennel Club had officially recognized the breed in 1945, it renamed it the "Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retri...
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Food, Fur, and Fat
There's more to this breed than endurance and scenting prowess. There's the whole tree thing.........
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They Don’t Hunt On Their Ears….But……
A Brittany does not hunt on its ears, of course, and this isn't a "head breed," but ears surely contribute to the breed'...
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Unicorn of the Poodle World
It is said to be the rarest color for a Poodle in the world.......
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“Showing on the Flags”
We are fans of tradition, and are appreciative that a few (too few, if you ask us) benched dog shows remain. We love t...
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What a Xolo’s Wrinkles Tell Us
As long as individuals know a few things, wrinkles are clues!...
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What They Have in Common
As they are seen here, the German Pinscher (at the left and seen with uncropped ears), the red deer stag, and the Miniat...
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The “Dropper”
According to some sportsmen, such breedings produced a lot of dandy gun dogs, but others regarded these mating with a s...
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Tell the Bees
The belief that bees must immediately be told about significant events in their "household," occasions such as a death, ...
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Who We Know About Red
Palmerston, Young Phil, Frisco - influential dogs that we know about over 130 years later thanks to people who cared eno...
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How One Golden Made the Lockdown Better
Looking for distractions during the lock-downs, many people found the talented artist online through the "Covid videos" ...
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Do These Bones Make Me Look Fat?
While the Basset was considered an ideal hunter for the older hunter, this is still a working breed. Bassets were design...
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The Greyhound “Smiler”
To a person unfamiliar with the Greyhound breed, being the recipient of a Greyhound grin can be unsettling...
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What the Standard is Not…
It was news to us. Perhaps it is because we've been "in" dogs long enough to have "absorbed" that the awareness of what ...
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Stand By Your Pom
Every year until her death, she renewed that license noting that "she could always go back to hairdressing" if her other...
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Earrings and Rings, Oh My
There is no accounting for personal preferences even when a breed standard permits an aspect of a dog....
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When an “Apple Noggin” Isn’t Okay
There is no one reason as to "why" such a head is a fault or undesired in all but one AKC breed (as of this post), but...
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The “Posterior Postic”
We've heard Borzoi-owning acquaintances call it a "butt wig," and a "tush toupee," and one highly educated owner we knew...
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What It Isn’t
A casual encounter with dog owner in a shoe store turned into a mind-numbing conversation about what, exactly, a purebre...
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