In the late 1700s, Russian aristocracy viewed anything “English” as progressive and prestigious. Importing E...
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Our Pick to Resurrect From DNA?
We love the idea of Wooly Mammoths, but if we could clone one animal from retrieved DNA, it would be the extinct Talbot ...
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“A Winterized Greyhound”
With its clean, elegant lines, it’s little wonder that the Borzoi has been an iconic image in art, and a symbol of...
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What You Don’t Know About Pluto
We can have lively debate over the breed of Disney character, “Pluto.” He’s been drawn as a Pointer...
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Hucklebones – Where are They?
The very pronounced tops of the hip bones, as seen on a breed like the Saluki, Azawakh, and Afghan Hound, are often call...
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A Scientific Fact About Mondays
Researchers have noted that people over 40 years old suffer more on Mondays than anyone else, and that they spend more t...
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Orville Wright’s Dog
Orville Wright bought his St.Bernard from Nina Dodd’s White Star Kennels in Long Branch, New Jersey in 1917. He paid $...
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The Haggerty Spot. What it Is?
“One of the old founding lines of Bostons way back in the early 1900’s was owned by the Haggertys. Many of t...
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Sort of Like Parts of a Specialty, but for Police Dogs
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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