There’s a name for that! We’re using the famous “Sammy smile” to illustrate that the parts of a ...
Read MoreFeel Like Visiting a Museum? Go to a Dog Show
Can you identify this breed by the following description? “A dog of medium size, rather heavily built, and long bodied...
Read MoreThe Family Nose, Dog Style
The popularity of genealogy is evidenced by the growth of services and sites like ancestry.com, because, in part, knowin...
Read MoreWhat “Modern Breeds” Looked Like 75 years Ago
Written over 75 years ago was a video entitled, “Some Modern Dogs Show Their Link to the Past.” Thank goodne...
Read MoreA DVM Asks:
A veterinarian asks: “I have been a dog person all my life. I am a DVM. I also have allergic rhinitis in response ...
Read MoreAnd a Boston Terrier Started It (Do Do Do)
The first piece of work to feature Subaru Do was a new Forester television commercial in 2016 featuring Lou Reed’...
Read MoreForget Teddy Bears. Fall in Love with a Teddy Roosevelt Terrier
The Teddy Roosevelt Terrier was once referred to as the “Type B,” or Short Legged Rat Terrier. Some independ...
Read MoreI’m a Little Teapot….
As we write, there are 121 days until Christmas, 122 days until Kwanza, and only 108 days until Chanukah, and it’s...
Read MoreIreland’s Only Scent Hound May Also Be It’s Oldest
The Kerry Beagle isn’t considered to be a Beagle, and it’s probably not even from County Kerry in Ireland. S...
Read More“I Had Me a Dog” (And it Was a Basenji)
Most people who went to see the movie, “Goodbye, My lady” in 1956 had never heard of a Basenji before. By t...
Read MoreA Breed You Need to Keep Active!
By request, we reprise a popular video of “Klaus,” a Weimaraner who ran alongside his mountain biking owner ...
Read MoreWhy Something Like a Nasal Bone Matters
Over 500 words are devoted to describing an ideal English Springer Spaniel head, and for good reason. The Springer is a ...
Read MoreBut Can It Hunt?
Compared to other breeds, the Wirehaired Vizsla is a “new kid” on the block, having been developed as rece...
Read MoreThe National Dog of Uruguay
The story of this handsome dog is a harrowing one, and it includes abandonment, near annihilation, and rediscovery ...
Read MoreA Cairn Terrier For the Woman He Loved
In the hours before his farewell speech to his nation in which Edward VIII abdicated the throne in order to “marry...
Read MoreThe Saluki Pluck Test – Fact or Fiction?
The exquisite Saluki comes in twelve colors, five markings, and two coat types. A dominant gene produces a smooth coat, ...
Read MoreThink You Don’t Have an Eye for Type? You Might Be Wrong
Predictability in size, color and overall type is a hallmark of purebred dogs, and while everyone understands color an...
Read MoreSnipy – Do You Know What It Means in a Dog?
And then there are those words that sound like what they are: Snipy (or snipey) can refer to a head, but for this post, ...
Read MoreThe Hounds of the Lord
Gorgeous writing. The best writers don’t write a string of words so much as craft sentences charged with impress...
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