Swagman was the term given transient laborers who travelled on foot from farm to farm carrying his earthly possessions i...
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The Schensi Dog
The tired old joke asks: What’s the difference between a wife and a dog? Answer: The later you get home, the hap...
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Schweisshunden
When we hear the word, “Bloodhound” (capital B), we commonly think of the breed, but a blood hound (smal...
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Grooming an American Cocker Spaniel’s Head
The smallest member of the Sporting Group, the American Cocker Spaniel, is also one of the eight sporting breeds that ca...
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The Coat Difference
Older than the other three Belgian Sheepdogs, the Laekenois is similar to the others in having a square, well balanced o...
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It’s So Not a Tibetan Mastiff
Seventy years ago, experts believed the Tibetan KyiApso to be a variation of the Tibetan Mastiff*, and while it’s ...
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He’s Heavy!!
Pop Quiz! Scroll down to the video and see if you notice something the judge does with the Pekingese entry on the table....
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Color On the Nose
As a rule, you can tell a dog’s actual color by his or her nose. Genetically speaking, black dogs have black noses...
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Move Like an Afghan
“Type” is an important word in dogdom, and we’ve discussed it a fair amount on these pages. In terms o...
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The Fox Red or Ruby Labrador Retriever
Color is a hot button topic in many breeds, and the Labrador Retriever can be one of them. Let us be clear from the onse...
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Red Dirt Girl
One of the longest concerts we ever attended was at the now defunct Rainbow Concert Music Hall in Denver. In 1999, the p...
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The Gull Dong
Many of the breeds originating in South Asia are gone, and in India, over 50% of the known native dog breeds are complet...
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Does Your Weim “Nook?”
The fabulous Weimaraner is an interesting breed! In addition to the light patch of hair found on the heads of some Weims...
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Home Schooling the Kids….
Shepherds, farmers, and ranchers will tell you that puppies learn by watching the behaviors of experienced dogs. By obse...
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Hot Air Balloon Dogs
History doesn’t tell us much about the first dog in an American hot air balloon flight other than that he or she w...
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Calling the Dog
It’s a different way of looking at it. Some breeds are named after the person who developed it: The Saint Bernard ...
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The Shih Tzu & The Four Beauties
Her beauty was said to be so dazzling that when she leaned over to look at koi in a pond, fish forgot to swim and sank b...
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A Chien de Grande Venerie
Few breeds today closely resemble the dogs from which they descended. Selection, whether man-made or natural, shaped man...
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How the Border Collie Does That
We’ve all seen it. The eye a Border Collie gives sheep when he or she is working them. The breed is famous for tha...
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Something Different About Opha May
When Opha May Johnson died on August 11, 1955, her funeral services were delayed two days until August 13, 1955 so that ...
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