It’s doubtful that being the daughter of a knighted British subject helped Florence very much. She was going to be...
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Horses for Courses, Dogs for Field Trials
By now, NPDD veterans know that much of what we know about dogs comes from the world of horses. In that world, “ho...
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That Heeler Smile
Although there are only about 5,000 of them around, the Lancashire Heeler is famous for its “heeler smile” &...
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Your Blue Dog
Your “blue” dog probably doesn’t have the intensity of a George Rodrigue “blue dog,” but y...
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Fox Hunts: American v English
George Bernard Shaw once said that England and America are two countries separated by a common language, but the two cou...
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It’s Simple Geometry, but with a Pulse
Short of a Vulcan Mind Meld, there’s no way to impart information about dog structure in a short post that takes m...
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The Fuss Over Ears and a Name
A controversy in dogs. Imagine that. Today’s dog fancier didn’t invent disagreements over dogs; we can point...
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“He Goes Where the Hunter Can’t Go”
The Pont-Audemer Spaniel’s other nickname, “Le petit clown des marais” – “little clown of ...
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Staffies Who Lived with “Shazam!”
We ask that you spend 50 seconds of your time watching the video clip below to get you in the mood for this post: If you...
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A “Dandie” Gathering
Happy Birthday to “Old Ginger” born 175 years ago today! Every Dandie Dinmont alive today can trace their b...
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The Literary Dog Lover
He wrote one of the most endearing children’s stories ever, Charlotte’s Web, and if you were a writer, edi...
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A Group of Pugs is Called…..
We confess a weakness for collective nouns if for no other reason than the intrigue of why a grouping of anything comes ...
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“Purin” Beats Her Own Guinness World Record
Recently, “Purin,” the super Beagle from Japan, was challenged break her own Guinness World Record for the &...
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The Sled Dog
It’s possible that for some people, the term, “sled dog,” conjures up images of the Iditarod Race R...
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A Madman, a Monkey, and a Barbet
She was ahead of her time, and not just for having gotten married at the age of thirteen. She was beautiful and cultur...
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The Only Dog To Attend a Heisman Trophy Ceremony
In 1982, University of Georgia school mascot, “Uga IV,” an English Bulldog, became the first mascot ever ...
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The Peg Dog
It’s been said that shooting without a peg dog is like eating strawberries without cream: It’s do-able, but no...
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Poodles: The Falconer’s Dog
One of the most read posts on National Purebred Dog Day’s site is about Poodles as hunting dogs. It comes as a s...
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A Snippet of Norwich Terrier History
There is a part of England that juts into the North Sea, an area that gets its name from the East Angles, a tribe from n...
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Finland’s National Dog
In the annals of purebred dog breeds, several breeds have been resurrected, or saved from extinction by hunters, and thi...
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