Buster Brown shoes are still sold, but it’s been a while since Buster and his dog, “Tige,” an Americ...
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The Dunker: Exceptional Scenthound, and Special For One More Reason
It’s among our favorite breed names, and while tempting to ascribe “Dunker” to some amazing acrobatic ...
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Bollywood’s Dogs
If you’re not into Bollywood, the name, Shah Rukh Khan, will mean nothing to you. If, however, you’ve fallen...
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The Breed As Described by The Bard
“My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flewed, so sanded, and their heads are hung With ears that sweep a...
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The Dog that Appears in Heraldry at King’s College Chapel
King’s College Chapel is Cambridge University’s chapel, and one of the finest examples of late Perpendicular G...
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The 2004 Tsunami
In the aftermath of the deadly 2004 tsunami in Thailand, dogs were called in to help coordinate with Search and Rescue (...
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The Discovery that Rocked a Dog Community
Complete This Name: Bouvier D……………. You said Bouvier Des Flandres, didn’t you. It...
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Canada Goose for a Kuvasz? Sure!!
The first two Kuvaszok in Canada were brought over in 1959 by Joseph Sulyak de Papp, a Hungarian artist and civil engine...
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Scotties are Black or White: True or False?
Scottish Terriers were iconic images in advertising for a very long time, and they were typically depicted as a p...
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It’s In the Genes
And we wonder how it is that Border Collies are so stinking smart. One need only look into the breed ancestry. Celtic cl...
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“Steverino,” aka Lady Greyhound
Before Fed Ex and UPS, there was the Greyhound Package Express run by the Greyhound Bus Company founded in 1913. To ou...
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The Borzoi and British Royals
Few dogs generated as much public interest in their day as “Alex,” a Borzoi owned by the Princess of Wales (...
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Do You Know This Breed?
The Tarentaise cow grazes at a higher elevation in France than any other breed of cattle, and one dog breed alone became...
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Superman, Irish Terrier – Eh, Same Difference
We may never know if the legends, myths, and “old wives tales” passed along to us are true or not, but this ...
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What’s in a Forechest?
No two dogs, even of the same breed, are built exactly the same. Certainly one structural aspect that varies not just by...
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That Dog Can Do WHAT?
Although her ears don’t fold in multiple ways to prevent the entry of direct and water, they are highly mobile, an...
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Hitchcock’s Sealyhams
While most dog nerds know that Alfred Hitchcock owned Sealyham Terriers, and that they appeared with them in at least on...
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The King of Sheepdogs, the Living Fence
Google “living fence” on the Internet, and you’re apt to get thousands of hits on ivy, holly, cypress,...
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Dark Symphony’s Borzoi
“The Borzoi locked on to the muzzle of the cat, slashed and crunched and let go, springing back. The jaguar retrea...
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In What Year Did This Happen to the Pomeranian?
Between 1949 and 1952, the Pomeranian held a solid 10th place in the AKC’s list of Top Ten breeds by registration....
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