If you live with different breeds, have you ever noticed how one breed can teach the other one how to be that breed? I...
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Komondor: Dog of the Cuman
Before we go back in time, let’s get one thing straight: A Komondor is always white. When encountering a corded do...
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A “Racy” Dog. It’s Not What You Think
When a dog is called, “racy,” the speaker isn’t referring to the canine being an erotically titillati...
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What Price, an Iggy?
The highest price ever paid for a dog was the nearly $2 million shelled out by a Chinese property developer in 2014 for ...
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Find the Scottie
Several breeds were featured in the wonderful movie, The Secret Life of Pets, but a lot of people missed the Scottie, ...
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The Wolfdog
At first glance, you might think you’re looking at a pair of wolves, and you wouldn’t be entirely wrong. The...
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Pugs, We Know, But Who is Brigid Berlin?
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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