You know that boorish person you’re forced to call a relative, the one who visits uninvited from out of town, then...
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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 ...
Read MoreThe Australian Terrier, a Breed of Firsts
When the AKC officially admitted the Australian Terrier to its registry in 1960, it was the first terrier added in 24 ye...
Read MoreSine Qua Non
We would bet that only one breed standard includes the phrase, “sine qua non” – translation: An essent...
Read MoreChopper the Biker Dog Still Going Strong
Chopper the Biker Dog wasn’t always a celebrity. Born in 2009 in Santa Clarita, CA and originally named “De...
Read MoreUh, Your Dog is Pily
Who among us haven’t had a “pily” sweater? Some of us make an indoor sport out of picking little fab...
Read MoreWild Boar – What Is It?
“Wild boar” refers to a color in Dachshunds most typically seen in wirehaired coats (and sometimes in smooth...
Read MoreOne of the Three Best LGDs in the United States
The other day, we talked briefly about the Great Pyrenees’ style of livestock guardian work, and today, we touch u...
Read MoreIt’s Not a Pom Pom
We’d be willing to bet that when referring to the round tuft of hair left at the end of a trimmed show Poodle̵...
Read MoreMen are from Mars, and Bitches are from Venus?
“A bitch is more faithful than a dog, the intricacies of her mind are finer, richer and more complex than his, and...
Read More“Dog and the Not Yous”
One has to wonder why it was decided that the Longhaired Dachshund would come out the winner in this ad by Realtor.com, ...
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