Few things are as sad as a funeral, and when a heartbroken dog is left behind as “Caesar” was, it makes the ...
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Muskrat Love, JRT Style
The Captain & Tennille’s “Muskrat Love” became the duo’s third biggest selling song, but lov...
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Where are the Afghan Hounds?!
Our Afghan Hound readers have been asking us: “When do we get some posts about Afghan Hounds?” We’ll d...
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A Peek at Society’s Thinking?
The Kickstarter platform was good to National Purebred Dog Day, or to be more accurate, the people who helped fund our w...
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The Happy Breed
Despite his disastrous Italian wars, Louis XII of France was known as “good king Louis” and the “fathe...
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A Snippet of Kishu Ken History
Once upon a time in a land far away, a hunter took pity on an injured she-wolf he found in the forest. All the hunter as...
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The _______Coated Retriever
Retrievers are among the coolest dogs on the planet. Inclined to retrieve almost anything, their versatility seems to ha...
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Henri de Falandre’s Hound
Meet the Chien Francais Blanc et Noir, also known as the French White and Black Hound. Occasionally, one of these dogs m...
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Going to Ground
Only one word in the resolution designating May 1 as National Purebred Dog Day was challenged by the Colorado Legislativ...
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The “Official” Clown Prince
Different breeds have claimed the title of “The Clown Prince of Dogs,” and they’re probably right, but...
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Moving Along
One of the hardest things to learn for a “newbie” in the dog fancy is to evaluate movement, particularly in ...
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Shetland “Collie” Sheepdog
The patience of Sheltie owners. One can only image how often one is asked by a well meaning but uninformed person abou...
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The Swashbuckling Rhodesian Ridgeback
The most modern “swashbuckling” movie that we could think of was Johnnie Depp’s “Pirates of the ...
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More Than a Window into the Soul
The Clumber Spaniel’s “work place” is extremely heavy undergrowth thick with bramble, briars and thick...
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The Breed That Got Around
You could be looking at a Mastiff and not even know it. Allow us to clarify. We all know when we’re looking at a M...
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That Delicate but Strong Head
One of the two most commonly recognized head shapes in dogs is the ‘wedge shaped’ head (the other being a &#...
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The OES Who Was a “Show” Dog
When a teenage boy named Wilby Daniels reads aloud the Latin inscription of an ancient ring he’s found, he turns i...
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I-bee-zun or I-bee-then?
Pronunciation of the breed name, Ibizan Hound, is somewhat mired in legend and phonics. We always defer to breed exper...
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Dear Editor, About Those Rats…
To the Editor: The residents of Third Street in Carroll Gardens (“Ratpacks Overrun Third Street,” Jan. 21) s...
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