Tomorrow and until October 20, 2-17, The United States Police Canine Association (USPCAa) will be holding a national tra...
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The Guest Bedroom For That “Special” Guest
You know that boorish person you’re forced to call a relative, the one who visits uninvited from out of town, then...
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Get to Know the Spanish Hound
Meet the Sabeusos Espanoles, also known as the Chien Courant Espagnol, or Spanish Hound. Most of us notice those magnif...
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Cú Faoil. You Know The Breed as the……
The Irish name for the Irish Wolfhound is Cú Faoil which is pronounced koo fil (“cu” meaning “hound...
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Airedale. Let Us Count the Ways
“The Airedale: An unrivaled mixture of brains and clownish wit, the very ingredients one looks for in a spouseR...
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What Was Charles Cruft’s Breed?
Crufts is touted as being the world’s biggest dog show, and it all started with the son of a goldsmith, Charles Cr...
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Did You Ever See “Naptown?”
You get about a nano-second to find the dog in the video below that went viral upon its release a couple of years ago. N...
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Your Life Marked by Your Dogs
“The emotional calendar of my life is the names of my dogs – Daisy, the Springer Spaniel of my childhood; Gr...
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Belge in the Brussels Griffon
Not long ago, we talked about “belge,” and what it looks like in the Affenpinscher. The color also appears...
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A Champion Breed for a Champion Swimmer
Everyone knows Olympian, Michael Phelps. Not everyone knows that his wife (he and Nicole Johnson married secretly prior ...
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The Poitevin, Saved
This exquisite beauty is a Poitevin, a native hound of France created in the 1600s by the Marquis Francois de Larrye of ...
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The Australian Terrier, a Breed of Firsts
When the AKC officially admitted the Australian Terrier to its registry in 1960, it was the first terrier added in 24 ye...
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Sine Qua Non
We would bet that only one breed standard includes the phrase, “sine qua non” – translation: An essent...
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Chopper the Biker Dog Still Going Strong
Chopper the Biker Dog wasn’t always a celebrity. Born in 2009 in Santa Clarita, CA and originally named “De...
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Uh, Your Dog is Pily
Who among us haven’t had a “pily” sweater? Some of us make an indoor sport out of picking little fab...
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Wild Boar – What Is It?
“Wild boar” refers to a color in Dachshunds most typically seen in wirehaired coats (and sometimes in smooth...
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One of the Three Best LGDs in the United States
The other day, we talked briefly about the Great Pyrenees’ style of livestock guardian work, and today, we touch u...
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It’s Not a Pom Pom
We’d be willing to bet that when referring to the round tuft of hair left at the end of a trimmed show Poodle̵...
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Men are from Mars, and Bitches are from Venus?
“A bitch is more faithful than a dog, the intricacies of her mind are finer, richer and more complex than his, and...
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