In the 1940s, Sir Jocelyn Lucas, sporting man and founder of the Ilmer line of Sealyham Terriers, developed a new breed ...
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Walk a Mile In Your Dog’s Feet
Although our purebred dogs have several accepted foot shapes written into their breed standards, a flat foot isn’t...
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“Paddy” the Loveable Lotto Dog
You might remember the commercial below, but did you know that it was the Winner of Best Ad Award for 2011? Refresh your...
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The D’Artagnan of Dogdom
D’Artagnan was the devil-may-care hero of Alexander Dumas’ Three Musketeers classic, and the name resonated with...
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SOS for the Sealyham
When the number of Sealyham Terrier puppies registered with the Kennel Club in the UK fell below 50 in 2010, it got not...
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Feather your Nest!
We’re written about chiengora before, dog hair that’s been carded and spun into yarn. Clothing and other it...
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Ride ’em Cowboy!
And then there are posts that beg for a song to get you in the mood. Take a listen below: Like many herding breeds, the ...
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The First Cadaver-Trained Dog
The first dog trained officially and exclusively for cadaver search by a police department began work in 1974. New York ...
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Disney’s Bloodhounds
Walt Disney clearly had a soft spot for Bloodhounds (and who doesn’t?). The breed appeared in many Disney classi...
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The Pipestopper Tail. Huh?
Some Smooth Fox Terrier owners have been puzzled by the meaning of a portion of their breed standard that refers to, &#...
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The First Documented Identical Twin Puppies?
The Irish Wolfhound has long been celebrated in the art and literature of Ireland, but one of the following was not an e...
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The Playwright’s Dachshunds
He is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history, but not many people know that he was a pr...
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Thoroughly French
Meet the Basset Fauve de Bretagne (or the “Basset Fauve, for short), a special breed for a few reasons: It’s...
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HOW many Border Collies?
What does it look like when 576 Border Collies get together to break a world record for the highest number of their bre...
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“Frou-Frou” Dog? Hardly. The Poodle in War
Did you know that Poodles were participants in several wars? Prince Rupert of the Rhine owned, “Boy” (also s...
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That’s No Mutt!
How many who saw this cute ad realized the concerned pup wasn’t a mutt, but an uncommon, and centuries old breed? ...
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The Breed You Know as the Afghan Hound…
When the first Afghan hounds came to England in the early 1900s, they were called Barukhzy Hounds most likely because th...
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Speckled, Flecked, Ticked or Spotted?
Would you say the dog in this painting is speckled, flecked, ticked or spotted? Actually, all the terms are appropriate ...
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The Real “Red Dog,” and the “Actor” Red Dog
The first exposure that many people had to the Australian Kelpie breed was seeing the movie, “Red Dog.” The ...
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The “Frill” of it All
According to its website, the Newfoundland Club in the UK founded in 1886 is the world’s oldest continuously regi...
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