Her best friends were her Pugs, her needlepoint, and Andy Warhol. Dad was chairman of the Hearst media empire for three...
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How Popular was the Schipperke?
In the 19th century, the Schipperke was so popular, it was named the national dog of Belgium. The different Belgian Shep...
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Expression: Part of Breed Type
Expression is a large part of breed type, a significant quality that makes us besotted with the breed we love. We can&...
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Don’t Understand Russian? No Need To!
This one is understood in all languages:...
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A Very Special Place, and a Last Home
Last week, Hartsdale Pet Cemetery held its annual War Dog Memorial Celebration (more on that in a moment). First, we w...
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Who Painted This?
We suppose the subtitle to this post could be, “painting presidents,” because it’s about US presidents...
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The Dog Cigarette Card: Highly Collectable
From thimbles and buttons, to bottle caps and baseball cards, people have been collecting “collectables” sin...
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The Mighty Mite
English miners and working class people from the British Isles brought with them feisty little terriers nicknamed (wait...
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Cirneco Ears
United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously said of pornography in 1964 that while he couldn’t de...
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The Red Star Kennel’s Gentle Giant
The Black Russian Terrier is not the only breed developed by the Soviet “Red Star” Kennel in the 1950s. The ...
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Harlequins: The Parkinson and Alzheimer Connection
One of the less heralded aspects of purebred dogs is their tremendous contribution to the study of human disease. Resear...
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Harold and Maude (and Lillian)
The Sisters of Charity and Christian Brothers of Ireland would have been horrified that one of their own would co-star i...
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The Dutch Mastiff. Neither Dutch nor a Mastiff
When Pugs first arrived on the scene, they were called Dutch Mastiffs, or Dwarf Mastiffs, because their wrinkles, body c...
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Garden and Gun (and Purebred Dogs!)
Those unfamiliar with the magazine might think their leg is being pulled upon hearing its name: Garden and Gun, but it i...
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The First Tibetan Mastiffs in America
The Tibetan Mastiff was officially recognized by the AKC in 2007, but President Dwight D. Eisenhower was actually one...
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Vodafone’s Pug
“Cheeka,” a UK Pug owned by Vishal and Lisa Bandekar of Goa, earned around $2,235.00 for his appearances with India&...
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A Dog Food Commercial, French Style
It’s always fun to see dog-centric commercials from a different country, and as a public service, allow us to offe...
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The “Lincoln Rhyme” of Dogs (or “Walking the Grid,” Doggie Style)
Jeffery Deaver fans will recognize in this post title the name of the central character of many Jeffery Deaver novels, f...
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Never Anger an Irish Water Spaniel
Part of having a breed with ancient ancestry clouded in mystery is that one doesn’t really know what’s behin...
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In What Year Did This Happen For The Rottweiler?
Hard as it is to believe, there was a year when AKC registration numbers for the Rottweiler were lower than even for the...
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