In the late 1700s, Russian aristocracy viewed anything “English” as progressive and prestigious. Importing E...
Read MoreOur Pick to Resurrect From DNA?
We love the idea of Wooly Mammoths, but if we could clone one animal from retrieved DNA, it would be the extinct Talbot ...
Read More“A Winterized Greyhound”
With its clean, elegant lines, it’s little wonder that the Borzoi has been an iconic image in art, and a symbol of...
Read MoreWhat You Don’t Know About Pluto
We can have lively debate over the breed of Disney character, “Pluto.” He’s been drawn as a Pointer...
Read MoreHucklebones – Where are They?
The very pronounced tops of the hip bones, as seen on a breed like the Saluki, Azawakh, and Afghan Hound, are often call...
Read MoreA Scientific Fact About Mondays
Researchers have noted that people over 40 years old suffer more on Mondays than anyone else, and that they spend more t...
Read MoreOrville Wright’s Dog
Orville Wright bought his St.Bernard from Nina Dodd’s White Star Kennels in Long Branch, New Jersey in 1917. He paid $...
Read MoreThe Haggerty Spot. What it Is?
“One of the old founding lines of Bostons way back in the early 1900’s was owned by the Haggertys. Many of t...
Read MoreSort of Like Parts of a Specialty, but for Police Dogs
Tomorrow and until October 20, 2-17, The United States Police Canine Association (USPCAa) will be holding a national tra...
Read MoreThe Guest Bedroom For That “Special” Guest
You know that boorish person you’re forced to call a relative, the one who visits uninvited from out of town, then...
Read MoreGet to Know the Spanish Hound
Meet the Sabeusos Espanoles, also known as the Chien Courant Espagnol, or Spanish Hound. Most of us notice those magnif...
Read MoreCú Faoil. You Know The Breed as the……
The Irish name for the Irish Wolfhound is Cú Faoil which is pronounced koo fil (“cu” meaning “hound...
Read MoreAiredale. Let Us Count the Ways
“The Airedale: An unrivaled mixture of brains and clownish wit, the very ingredients one looks for in a spouseR...
Read MoreWhat Was Charles Cruft’s Breed?
Crufts is touted as being the world’s biggest dog show, and it all started with the son of a goldsmith, Charles Cr...
Read MoreDid You Ever See “Naptown?”
You get about a nano-second to find the dog in the video below that went viral upon its release a couple of years ago. N...
Read MoreYour Life Marked by Your Dogs
“The emotional calendar of my life is the names of my dogs – Daisy, the Springer Spaniel of my childhood; Gr...
Read MoreBelge in the Brussels Griffon
Not long ago, we talked about “belge,” and what it looks like in the Affenpinscher. The color also appears...
Read MoreA Champion Breed for a Champion Swimmer
Everyone knows Olympian, Michael Phelps. Not everyone knows that his wife (he and Nicole Johnson married secretly prior ...
Read MoreThe Poitevin, Saved
This exquisite beauty is a Poitevin, a native hound of France created in the 1600s by the Marquis Francois de Larrye of ...
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