Dog nerds (folks who can’t get enough information about dogs) are familiar with the Newfoundland, “Boatswain...
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What’s in a Name? Depends Upon the Ears!
Though most of us think of the Papillon as the breed with the “butterfly ears,” it was the drop-eared PhalÃ...
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西施犬 or Lion Dog
Shih Tzu, in Mandarin, is Chih-Tzou, a literal translation of  “Lion Dog,” so named so because the breed w...
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Germany’s National Dog
It boggles the mind to envision 600 Great Danes, supposedly all of them males, assembled in a pack for a boar hunt, but ...
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The Camouflage Retriever
We were tempted to title this post, “Find the Chessie,” with a picture of the dog in a hunting environment b...
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Centenary College’s Catahoula Mascot
Centenary College, founded in 1825, is a private, four-year liberal arts institution in Shreveport,Louisiana. Its athl...
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The Importance of a Stud Book
True story. We’ll call her “Jane.” Jane, who’d been “in” her breed for over thirty y...
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The Bichon Frise’s Name
It’s difficult to know with certainty the origin of the Bichon Frise‘s name. “Frise” is French f...
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Orange, Chocolate, and the Griffon
Walk through the airport in Amsterdam, and one quickly notices two things (in this order): The color orange, and chocola...
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Kenyon College’s Canines
Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio is known as a fine liberal arts college; graduates include Academy Award-winning actor,...
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The Largest of the Setters: Beauty, Brains and Birdsense
The largest of the setters is also the heaviest, most heavily coated, and most methodical worker of the setters, as wel...
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Livestock Guardian Dog Owners: What Say You?
As of the 1990s, it was estimated that over 50% of sheep ranchers in the western United States use LGDs – or Lives...
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The Silver Dollar Water Game
On the Eastern shore of Maryland, a buck will buy you *maybe* one oyster on the half shell, but back in the day, it was ...
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The Border Type and the Highland Type = Today’s Beardie
Around the time Bearded Collies were called Old Welsh Sheepdogs, Mountain Scotch Collies, Loch Collies, Highland Collies...
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The Beagle Didn’t Die
Back in the day, Â a common expression used to tell someone that one was pregnant was that “the rabbit died.”...
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Chess, Doggie Style
Chess isn’t just for adults, bookworms, or nerds. Children who learn to play chess grasp the ability to look ahead...
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Dogs See More
A nice way to end a long day is to see a well crafted commercial using several purebred dogs. Enjoy! ...
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The Glen of Imaal: You Think You Know a Breed….
There are a few theories as to how an achondroplastic breed named after the Glen of Imaal in County Wicklow, Ireland (po...
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What Breed was Abuwtiyuw, One of the First Dogs Whose Name We Know?
He was a god to his people, the divine ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt, but his heart broke in very human fashion when hi...
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Only 3,000 In The World
The working dog that walks with a slight waddle is rarely seen outside Azores, Portugal, an archipelago characterized b...
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