Politics can often lead to a bad ending for dogs, and we’re not just referring to bad dog legislation. The Hungari...
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A Different Kind of Kelpie?
Established breeds can have within them variations that can lead to confusion. Around the 1940s, Australian Kelpies t...
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Blood. Dog Blood.
We couldn’t talk about blood without having Dracula welcome you. Dogs have blood types! There are eight dog blood...
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Even MORE Chloe
This is another installment from Purina’s Puppy Chow commercials from 2015 dubbed, “Puppyhood” featuri...
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When Dogs Outrank Men
Did you know that the earliest recorded use of canines in combat was by Alyattes of Lydia against the Cimmerians in the...
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Mudi Owners?
Mudi owners, this one’s for you. On occasion, we’ll ask a question on behalf of someone interested in a b...
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The Devil Dogs – Now in Heaven, We Think
The Marine Corps had the first large dog unit in the nation’s history to see action against the enemy, but from th...
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Cricket, the First of Her Breed to be…..
“Cricket” didn’t know, nor likely cared, that she would be a historic first. She was the first Fox Te...
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The Dutch Tulip Dog
There are few dogs that can claim a breed name as lyrical as the Dutch Tulip Dog, though it’s “everydayR...
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The Legend of Gelert, Faithful Hound
One of the most famous Irish Wolfhound legends is beyond sad, but was it true? At the left is the marker for the final ...
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Canis Familiaris Pastoralis Villosus Hungaricus
Owning a Canis familiaris pastoralis villosus hungaricus – or Komondor – is a serious responsibility. Exuber...
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These Labradors are the “Bees Knees”
A few years back, we reported on “Bazz,” a black Labrador Retriever trained by South African beekeeper, Josh...
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Toys that Inspire, Not Scare
The animal rights movement has always known the value of marketing its agenda to young children, from “sea kittens...
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Treibball!
We know it’s baseball season, but we didn’t just mean to write, “Play Ball,” even though it rhym...
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Your Breed’s Plural
NPDD veterans know that to “plural-ize” a Hungarian dog breed, one adds a “k” to the end of the ...
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The Part of that Southwest Airlines Commercial We Didn’t See
By now, most of us have seen – and thoroughly enjoyed – this Southwest Airlines Commercial: What you probabl...
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The Importance of Core and Topline
Exercise geeks among us know the importance of “core” strength. They know it supports the spine and improv...
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Breeds That “Can’t” Swim?
On the same day we came across an article that categorically stated that brachycephalic dogs can’ t swim, we came ...
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In case you missed it, today was Talk Like Shakespeare Day, and we thought it might be interesting to talk about The Bar...
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Expression, an Important Part of Type. Sometimes
On the face of it, one might not gravitate to a breed known for its “somber and serious expression,” but how...
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