Fortunate visitors to the Jock Safari Lodge in South Africa’s Kruger National Park may come across this sculpture ...
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The Cardigan Front: Think Eggs
Once seen, it can’t be unseen. Eggs. That’s the power of using a mnemonic device (something that helps you r...
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One of the “Old World Bichons”
An owner with a sense of humor might name their Bolognese, “Oscar Meyer,” but the breed predates processed m...
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Chien d’Ordre
Over the centuries, most countries developed their own hound breeds, but the French were so good at it that not only do ...
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Heritage Breeders: What You Don’t Hear About
If you weren’t at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, or perhaps you missed the broadcast, you also missed the i...
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An Open Letter to CNN and John Berman
Following the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, CNN’s John Berman and Alisyn Camerota spent a few moments on the s...
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Westminster: Good Genes Always Out
The incredible scenting ability of dogs has been used to detect bombs starting in the early 1940’s, their legacy p...
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Poor Us and Our Cart Dog
Any excuse to share the next best thing to puppy breath: Wallonia is the French-speaking region of southern Belgi...
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The Most Endangered Hungarian Dog Breed**
Over 1,000 years ago, Hungarian tribes that invaded the Carpathian Basin brought with them a dog cynologists refer to as...
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Keeping Up With the Kardashian Dogs
Ask why the Kardashians are famous, and you might be told that they’re famous for being famous. In reality (ha, a ...
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The Viking Irish Wolfhound
In the movie, his name was “Rekkae,” and if you scroll down to the video clip, you’ll spot the dog wit...
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Royals and Those Darn Laws
We suppose it was the ancient version of today’s “sin tax,” but Sumptuary Laws from previous times see...
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The Saluki: Desert Breed, ROO, or COO?
A serious interest in the Saluki will inevitably expose one to the words, “Desert bred,” “ROO,” ...
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Attached with a Gold Chain
She was the Bible’s bad girl, one of histories earliest Femme Fatales. She couldn’t be compared with the B...
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Museau Normal
Smooth faced Pyrenean Shepherds have always existed in the Pyrenees Mountains, but since the 1920s, the breed has been a...
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Bouvier des Roulers
Last year, we posted about the “other” Bouvier, the Bouvier des Ardennes, and wrote with regret that of the ...
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Frog, Froggie, Frog Faced and Frog Legged
Some say we live in an age of suffocating political correctness. Others say our sensibilities have simply matured. Eithe...
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A Cat Named Dog
A few weeks ago, the voice of someone who sang about a cat named dog was forever stilled Perhaps you remember her song...
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Deerhounds in Harry Potter
Some people think that Sirius Black was the focal point of the movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but as ...
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Not Like Any Other Sighthound
It’s an Afghan Hound thing. The topline of these hounds is not like the topline of other breeds, and not even like...
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