“Man’s best friend.” Do you know the genesis of this famous phrase? “Old Drum” was a black and tan hou...
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Need a Monstrous Sound? Use the Dog
Squeamish alert. If you’re about to eat, you might want to pass on this scene from Jurassic Park and skip to the t...
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What School has the Rhodesian Ridgeback as its Mascot?
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology is, to our knowledge, the only school with a Rhodesian Ridgeback as it...
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Youngest Person to Handle at Crufts?
We salute not just the little lady thought to be the youngest person ever to handle a dog at Crufts, but the mum and dad...
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Our Lady of Akita
We’re not parodying the hundreds of parochial schools and Roman Catholic churches named after the Blessed Virgin M...
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Beardie Eyes
We love our dogs, and “dog geeks” love looking at their dogs, and since a dog’s eyes is often what we ...
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Lose at Agility, Win Hearts Around the World
It was possibly the worse agility run at Crufts 2017, maybe anywhere, but it was also the one that made everyone who saw...
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Publius’ Gift to St. Paul Was Which Breed?
Who doesn’t love a good legend? We certainly are suckers for dog legends, though the following story may be less m...
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Two Vulnerable Breeds Make Good!
We are utterly delighted when vulnerable breeds get attention (breeds that have fewer than 300 registrations each year ...
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The “Et” in the Basset Hound’s Name
In reference to the Basset Hound, most of us know that the word, “basset” comes from the French word meaning...
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The Hock: What Difference Does it Make?
Hocks. What’s a hock, and if you’re a dog owner who doesn’t show their dog or participate in performan...
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Sásta lá St Patrick!*
*Irish for Happy St. Patrick’s Day It’s the wearing of the green today, and a pair of Glen of Imaal Terriers...
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A Snippet of Cesky Terrier History
The Cesky Terrier‘s story begins with a young boy named František Horák born in the early 20th century. While s...
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Long, Stub, Bob or Docked
Few breed standards have as an encompassing acceptance of various tails as does the Swedish Vallhund. “Tail may b...
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Beans! And the Dog Who Helps Sell Them
From tapping into our inner girl, to being a bad ass dude, our dogs can match our mood. “Duke,” the official...
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A “Good Mastive Dog” and Some Good Bulldoggs”
Bulldogs are known to have entertained English royalty for some 350 years through a cruel sport called bull-baiting, but...
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The “Bee Sting Tail”
You won’t find this in the Pointer’s AKC breed standard, and more’s the pity because “old school...
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The Irish Wolfhound as Street Art
Human beings have been drawing on surfaces for thousands of years, from the walls of caves to the ceilings of chapels. W...
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Who Put These Socks on a Fence?
As we populate our website with popular posts from Facebook, we’d be remiss in not reprising this one. Yes, what y...
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My Blue Heaven
“My Blue Heaven,” was a popular hit song in 1928, but for a lot of dog owners, heaven is their “blue&#...
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