To borrow a phrase from the site, Sarah’s Dogs, “If the Great Pyrenees is for the French, the Maremma for th...
Read MoreThe Largest Dog Cake in the World: What Breed?
We recently read that Jacqui Griffin will be attempting to bake the biggest dog cake in the world in a bid to break the ...
Read MoreThe Manchester District’s Namesake
In America, Manchester Terriers are divided into two types, the toy and the larger standard, but in Britain, these are r...
Read MoreNot Arabic and Not French
For a time, the Sloughi (pronounced Sloo-ghee) was a breed with confused origins. It’s been known as the Arabian S...
Read MoreThe Gun Dog That Rotates Its Tail
Affectionately called the “Drent,” (a name it shares with the people of the Drenthe province), the Dutch Par...
Read MoreThe First Dog Recorded to Have Dined at Westminster
Corgi enthusiasts may be familiar with the name of Thelma Gray. A pioneer among early breeders, Gray also wrote the firs...
Read MoreThe First African American Sorority. The Poodle Connection
The first African American sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, was formed on the campus of Howard University, but it i...
Read MoreThe Broholmer, an AKC FSS Breed Since 2013
If you look at this dog too quickly, you may think you’ve seen a Mastiff, but a more studied examination dispels a...
Read MoreThe Shar-Pei’s Solid Blue Black Tongue – But Not Always
The Chinese Shar-Pei is one of two breeds noted for its solid blue-black tongue (the other is the Chow Chow), but not e...
Read MoreTexas’ State Dog
Like the Plott, the Blue Lacy takes its name from the Lacy family that created and nurtured it, the “blue” i...
Read MoreGreen. Most Decidedly Not in the Golden’s Standard
As a rule, heritage breeders don’t love surprises in the whelping box, but surprises do happen. Still, we’re...
Read MoreWhy Cultural Figures Sometimes Hurt Us
As we see it, one of the biggest challenges facing purebred dog enthusiasts is getting the message out about our dogs: Â...
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s State Dog
In the 1989,  the General Assembly of North Carolina decreed with Senate Bill 832 the Plott to be the State Dog of Nor...
Read MoreThe Pyr Shep: A Breed with an Interesting Coat
The Pyrenean Shepherd is the oldest and smallest of the French shepherds, and a very interesting breed with regards to c...
Read MoreThe Prussian Pointer
The German Shorthaired Pointer comes in eight different colors, and among those eight colors is black, white, black and ...
Read MoreThe Artist of Fantastic Planet’s Fantastic Dog
Scroll down to the video, we have to get you in the right mood for this: What you just saw was the trailer for “Fa...
Read MoreThe Hungarian Herding “Terrier?”
The Pumi has sometimes been referred to as the “Hungarian Herding Terrier,” a moniker that may have come fro...
Read MoreThe Purebred Enthusiast’s Building Block
Move over kids, the grownups are here, and they want to play with a grownup version of Legos. JEKCA are Building Blocks ...
Read MoreHow To Celebrate a Big Win
When 23-year-old tennis player, Jiri Vesely, won the Czech Open last month, he celebrated in a way most friends of Natio...
Read MoreThe Old Welsh Grey – a Beardie Ancestor?
To more completely understand the legacy of today’s purebred dogs, it helps to know of the dogs in their past, and...
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