In herding terms, “wear” is when a dog will move from side to side to group stock, let’s say sheep, an...
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The OTHER Sled Dog
When we consider dogs bred to pull freight and work as sled dogs, we generally think of a dog like the Alaskan Malamute:...
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The Author Loves His Bullies
It seems appropriate to follow a post about Jack the Ripper with one about a crime novelist, and fans of that genre will...
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“Burgho” & “Barnaby”and Jack the Ripper
Edwin may have been ahead of his time, but his ideas made him the object of mockery and ridicule during a decidedly seri...
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A Cord is a Cord is a Cord – Isn’t It?
Back in 1966, a research scientist and expert on Hungarian dog breeds, Dr. Ocsag, presented to the World Kynologic Congr...
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What do the Australian Shepherd, Great Dane, & German Koolie Have In Common?
What the Australian Shepherd, Great Dane, and German Koolie have in common is a misnomer of a name. The Australian Sheph...
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Just Don’t Call Me Shelly
“If you’ll be my bodyguard I can be your long lost pal I can call you Betty And Betty when you call me You c...
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The Old English Sheepdog: From a Dream to Disney
Once upon a time, a shaggy dog was forgotten and left behind when his people broke camp. An old man who’d already ...
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The Remarkable Animals of Friesland
A northwest county in the Netherlands called Friesland seems to produce exceptional animals, and we point to the equine ...
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The Monk Breeders
The highest church in the world is found in the Alps, 8,ooo feet up on what was once considered to be the most dangerous...
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The Dog Who Can Spot the Devil
One of the most ancient Tibetan myths is the legend of Shambala. This lost valley is hidden somewhere in the Himalayas i...
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The Vamp was “Pet-Drunk”
It’s time to get you in the mood, and while we couldn’t find good video, “the voice” should be e...
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A Big Step for American Russian Toy Fanciers
American enthusiasts of the Moscow Toy Terrier (better known in North American as the Russian Toy, or Russkiy Toy) got e...
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The Agár: NOT a Hungarian Greyhound
We know you want to say, “aa-GAR.” Don’t do it. In Hungarian, the emphasis is on a word’s first ...
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The Great Bambino and “Dot”
If you know that in the 1920s, ownership of a purebred dog was akin to a status symbol, you’ll better understand w...
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The Bingley Terrier. No, Make that the Waterside Terrier. No, it’s the Airedale Terrier!
We don’t know why the Airedale Orchestra renamed itself in 1982 from the Keighley and District Orchestral Society...
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Did You Fall in Love Your Breed Before You Even Met It?
How many of us, we wonder, have acquired our breed because of our ethnicity? It’s possibly the worst reason to get...
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Louis Leakey, Famed Paleoanthropolgist and Dalmatian Fancier
Very few people have never heard of Louis Leakey, the famed paleoanthropologist whose work expanded our knowledge of hu...
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How Owners of At-Risk Breeds Can Learn From Saito Hirokichi
There’s nothing like pride to make one appreciate that which they’ve taken for granted. In the 1920s, rising...
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