We take advantage of a Pantone "Color of the Year" to mention the only AKC breed that mentions "rose" in terms of color,...
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The Saint and the Dragon
We like to have fun with legends and myths, and don't promote the idea that dragons are real. Or are they?...
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Argo, Brita, Lejdy, and Sarik
The result of an experiment in the 1950s was a new breed that was quick learning, rarely barked, had better navigational...
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“Ol Red:” Bloodhound & Bluetick “Love”
On an inky dark night, he escaped from the prison and headed north in the direction of Tennessee. The warden turned Ol' ...
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Look, Up in the Sky!!
Potential owners of the breed need to be aware of the breed's "relationship" with birds if there are feathered pets in t...
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Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun)
As of this writing, no AKC recognized breed standard mentions this word, but that will change when the Danish-Swedish Fa...
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The Podenco Valenciano
Answers to the question reveal that the breeds many of us own and love are - for other people - out-of-reach dogs, if ...
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The “Indian Doberman”
Blame the Brits who occupied India in the mid 19th century for calling the Pandikona dog the "Indian Doberman." In the...
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Rocking Around (the Poodle tonight)…..
Always a dog person, Brenda made the newspapers on December 31, 1962 for the wrong reason: Then 18 years old, she and si...
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Meet the Calupoh
Aztecs held a profound belief that Calupohs were descendants of two species embodying a powerful duality that attracted ...
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….Said No Rottweiler Show Judge Ever
If one skims the written critiques of a few Rottie judges from the past, one will get the impression that a lack of enou...
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When Pigs Fly (Or Invade Your Country)
All in all, these super pigs are an ecological train wreck, but there is hope, if only because we think so. Over the yea...
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The “Hot” Dogs
Given that between 2005 and 2017, the number of new houses built with wood burning fireplaces in the United States drop...
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The Glow of Moonlight on an ACD
There is often more than one explanation behind the unique attribute of a dog, and sometimes it can be quite fanciful. ...
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Purple, uh, Puce Haze
Originally named fuchsine by the French chemist François-Emmanuel Verguin who invented and patented the color, it was ...
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Where to Begin?
Imagine that you are examining a heavily coated breed, but shaved down to the skin. Because you remember the breed stand...
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A Pudel and Pointer Walk into a Bar…..
A Poodle marries a Pointer, and when they have kids...they find themselves in a real "mixed breed" situation. The Poodle...
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An Iggie’s Guide to Non Sequiturs
Today we learn that campaign hats and Italian Greyhounds have nothing in common, and that non sequiturs can be fun!...
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Portugal’s Largest Breed
Interestingly, once a Transmontano is away from his flock, he loses any aggression and becomes actually docile and reser...
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It’s Not Easy Being Green*
Biscuit cream. Sounds delicious, doesn't it? The Eskie is a member of the spitz family, and interestingly, white was not...
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