His name was “Mee Too,” and in 1887, he became the first Xoloitzcuintli registered by the AKC. In 1940, a do...
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Short Backed but Over Plenty of Ground
The standard writes that the back is short, strong, and straight with a slight rise from the root of the tail to the wit...
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Cultural Treason
It should have been considered cultural treason when Italian poet, Filippo Marinetti, declared this to be “an absurd I...
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Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way
Why did Patton care if his young lieutenants knew their way around a foxhunt? It comes down to the phrase, "An Officer A...
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Say These Names, Speak This Language
Most people believe that the language is dead, having vanished with the last of the Aztecs in the 16th century, but if y...
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From Rock Concerts to Herding Trials
You have to admire someone who packs a lot of living into one life, and this guy went from being a rock star legend to n...
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Soft as…….
It is sleek, it is soft, and because it was expensive to produce at one time, it has a long association with royalty. Sc...
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Have Water Will Travel
As “fluffly” as a Leonberger may appear to some, the breed actually has a water resistant coat as required b...
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Will the Philippines Get Their Own Official Breed?
Most countries in the world have a dog breed considered to be indigenous, many of them officially recognized by establis...
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Jingle Trucks and Gull Terriers
You see hear them before you see them. And they are an astonishing sight. Commercial trucks so heavily decorated with be...
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Diamonds, Dobermans & the Pink Panther: The Connection?
Scroll down to the video that will get you in the mood for this post, and we promise, we eventually make a dog connectio...
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Wackeldackel!
The Wackeldackel. Literally translated to “wobbling dachshund” in English, Americans would know it better as the D...
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Mayor Herb and Sadie
When Mayor Herb Drinkwater passed away in 1997 at the young age of 61, he left behind a legacy of which any civic leader...
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The Dreaded “Finer than Frog Hair”
The “ear action” of a dog moving his or her ears around as if they’re picking up a satellite signal is...
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“Every Breath You Take”
A tune to get us in the mood: ...
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Ground/Ramp/Table
The terms, “table breed” and “ramp breed” are self apparent terms in the world of dog shows: &nb...
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Only Breed Standard With This Word
When one investigates which felines are regarded as “big cats,” the jaguar appears on the list along with th...
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Full Circle for the Appenzeller
When the first International dog show was held in Winterthur in the Swiss canton of Zurich in 1898, eight of the dogs th...
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Mistaken Identity
It is the fortunate owner who has fallen in love with a breed never mistaken for something else, but others aren’t...
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