In 1928, Saito Hirokichi started an effort to protect and preserve the native Japanese breeds. He was alarmed that in ma...
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The Story of Breeds is the Story of Real People
Around the time George married Lydia, his interest in “rough Greyhounds” began in earnest, dogs he’d s...
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Could This Be the Daddy of Them All?
The term, “sighthound” can be misleading when describing certain hounds from the Mediterranean region. Why...
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Give This Breed an Inch, and They’ll Take a Mile
A dog’s gotta do what a dog’s gotta dog, and Cairn Terriers have gotta dig. Nature sees to it that they can...
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Now THIS is a Tough Breed Quiz
When we came across an on-line quiz touted as the “hardest dog breed quiz ever,” we took a look at it and th...
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A Remarkable “Reinvention”
Bill probably did it for all the wrong reasons, but it’s to our benefit (to say nothing of the dogs’) that h...
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Curly, Wavy, and Flat. Which Survived?
If you’re aren’t familiar with the writer named, “Stonehenge,” you’re not a dog nerd yet, ...
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What’s Up With That Grooming?
We recently shared what we thought was a surprising bit of information about Boris Karloff, and now we want to expand a ...
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Elroy and Boudewijn, the Solar Corgi and Solar Dachshund, Respectively
People of a certain generation will remember bobble head dogs nodding their heads up and down in the back windows of car...
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Guess Who Bred Bedlington Terriers?
To get you in the mood for this post, watch a little of this classic movie from 1931 below: We doubt there’ll ever...
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Where the Bluetick Got Its “Blues”
The diversity of the people who settled in different American colonies was reflected in the dogs they brought with them:...
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Mixed Breed? Hardly.
How can you not love a dog described as, “the mustachioed dog with the sparkling eyes?” At first blush, ...
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From Last to Be Established To Most Beloved
One of the last of the retriever breeds to get established (if not the last) is also one of the world’s most bel...
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To Suggest Quality, Use Purebred Dogs
What we find interesting about Pijuan Design Workshop’s trio of modern dog houses isn’t that they were inspi...
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The Cirkus Benneweis
Until 2015, Cirkus Benneweis was Denmark’s premier circus, and one of Europe’s oldest circuses still in the ...
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Can You Name This Breed?
If we asked you to identify the breed famous for its “woo-woo-woo” way of communicating with their humans, would you...
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Move Over Rhett, You’re Not the Only Boston Terrier Mascot
Long time NPDD friends know of our affection for purebred dog college mascots because they are visible icons, and as suc...
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Graffiti. Not Always What You Think
While many consider spray-painted graffiti as a nuisance, if not vandalism (see left), graffiti is increasingly gainin...
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Canada’s Prime Minister & His Irish Terriers
Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King was Canada’s longest serving prime minister, and according to many Cana...
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Mongolia’s Bankhar
Until the Soviet Union occupied Mongolia, the Mongolian Bankhar had been used for centuries as an LGD (Livestock Guard...
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