Some Smooth Fox Terrier owners have been puzzled by the meaning of a portion of their breed standard that refers to, &#...
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The First Documented Identical Twin Puppies?
The Irish Wolfhound has long been celebrated in the art and literature of Ireland, but one of the following was not an e...
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The Playwright’s Dachshunds
He is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history, but not many people know that he was a pr...
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Thoroughly French
Meet the Basset Fauve de Bretagne (or the “Basset Fauve, for short), a special breed for a few reasons: It’s...
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HOW many Border Collies?
What does it look like when 576 Border Collies get together to break a world record for the highest number of their bre...
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“Frou-Frou” Dog? Hardly. The Poodle in War
Did you know that Poodles were participants in several wars? Prince Rupert of the Rhine owned, “Boy” (also s...
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That’s No Mutt!
How many who saw this cute ad realized the concerned pup wasn’t a mutt, but an uncommon, and centuries old breed? ...
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The Breed You Know as the Afghan Hound…
When the first Afghan hounds came to England in the early 1900s, they were called Barukhzy Hounds most likely because th...
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Speckled, Flecked, Ticked or Spotted?
Would you say the dog in this painting is speckled, flecked, ticked or spotted? Actually, all the terms are appropriate ...
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The Real “Red Dog,” and the “Actor” Red Dog
The first exposure that many people had to the Australian Kelpie breed was seeing the movie, “Red Dog.” The ...
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The “Frill” of it All
According to its website, the Newfoundland Club in the UK founded in 1886 is the world’s oldest continuously regi...
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Just Look for the Pink Poodle Sign
It was an icon of the Gold Coast in Australia, synonymous with the glitzy allure of a surfing paradise. The hotel it rep...
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Thank you, Mendel
The huge variety in the colors our different breeds come in makes it all the more amazing to us that only two basic pigm...
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Helen Keller: “A Dog has Never Failed Me”
In her essay, Three Days to See written in 1933, Helen Keller described what she would do if she were suddenly to have v...
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Portugal’s National Breed Comes in Your Choice of Size and Coat!
Figuratively speaking, there’s something for everyone in a Portuguese Podengo. The breed comes in three sizes (gra...
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The Movie Star’s Dachshund Hero
In the first month of 1958, a little Dachshund named, “Blackie” started barking his head off at 3 a.m. The l...
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Not Just Another Pretty Face • #1
Hunt tests are a terrific way to see how a retriever stacks up against a certain working standard, but frankly, a lot of...
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E=mc² (or Measuring Your Dog)
It may not be rocket science, but measuring our dogs, whether it’s for a winter coat, or to see if she meets her b...
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The Biggest Challenge in Owning a Picard
Back in 2014, we asked Berger Picard owners on our Facebook page what the biggest challenge was in owning their terrific...
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The Romany’s Impact
These days, the name, “gypsy” is regarded by some to be an ethnic slur when referring to a particular grou...
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