Any breed whose name includes the word, “basset” is sure to be a low-to-the-ground, short legged hound. The ...
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Nare Sagaces: Dogs Running by Scent
The ancient Romans divided dogs into three classes: (1) Canes villatici, House-dogs; (2) Paatorales, Shepherd-dogs; (3) ...
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Stallone’s Bullmastiff
Bullmastiff owners may have been tickled to see their breed in the iconic film, “Rocky,” but perhaps at the ...
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Great Moments in Fairy Tales
Rapunzel was a Puli. Just saying. Photo by Buha Orsolya...
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The Vallhund Tail
Swedish Vallhund puppies can be born with stub tails, bob tails, spitz curl tails, long tails, or no tails at all. It...
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The Pharaoh Hound As You’ve Never Seen It
Students of dog (aka dog geeks) relish the sort of anatomical study created here by ZBrushCentral, a digital sculpting ...
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Who Is This Man?
National Purebred Dog Day celebrates all manner of purebred dog** – including the goofy. Literally. Meet Bill Far...
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Prose to a Dandie Dinmont
A lovely accounting of what a dog can mean to a person came from Steven Isserlis, the celebrated concert cellist who tw...
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Eight Pounds of Serious Dog
Think even the littlest dogs can’t get the job done? Think again. Eleven week old “Bruce,” a Dachshund...
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The All-in-One Pointer
There are so many good “bird dogs” that it’s difficult to place one over the other, particularly when ...
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The Norwegian Elkhound: Not a Hound?
That the Norwegian Elkhound isn’t a hound in the strictest sense of the word never entered our minds until we came...
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The Avalanche Puppies, or, What’s an Abruzzi Sheepdog?
The news coming out of Italy this past week has been tragic. Twenty-nine dead, eleven rescued from an avalanche that en...
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Prepare Yourself:Outrageous(ly fun) Pomeranian Owner Ahead
If you don’t know Jeffree Star, dude! Let us help you up your “street cred” by knowing who this tran...
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The Queen’s Corgis On Stage
Dog-loving, theatre-going Anglophiles living in Toronto may want to check out a current production running at the beauti...
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Quick, Name this Breed!
This may be a breed with which some of you are unfamiliar, and its name won’t help you here. This is the fearless ...
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Bomb Sniffing German Shorthaired Pointers
The 380th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional unit of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command established in ...
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The Fruit Colors
One of NPDD’s calling cards is a healthy deference to “genetic geeks” (you know who you are). These ar...
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The Italian Greyhound: Walked Like an Egyptian?
The Italian Greyhound has been around for centuries, and is so old that documents pertaining to its earliest origins hav...
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Hunt Clubs, Western Style
We tend to think of England or the East Coast when we hear of hunt clubs using horse and hound. In fact, we’d be l...
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Pharaoh Hound – Ibizan Hound: A Mnemonic For Beginners
Pharaoh Hounds are typically a color that ranges from a beige tan to a rich, reddish copper or chestnut, and except for ...
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