We dog people can be a funny bunch. We tend to take umbrage at the butchering of our chosen breed’s name, (Pyuli? ...
Read MoreIbiza Hounds Of Art
In the summer of 2016, ten fiberglass Ibizan Hound sculptures debuted at the Pasarela Adlib fashion show. The brainchil...
Read MoreCommercials that Work
We’d buy a home from these guys just because they made a great commercial. We guess that was the point....
Read MoreThe “Chortaj”
William Taylor, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009, once said ,”Ukraine is a country. “The U...
Read MoreFor Whom the Bells Toll
The smallest of the retrievers, a quick, hardworking, and happy (if not strong willed) dog, is known as a “toller&...
Read MoreHere’s Something You Don’t See Every Day
Unless you live with an Afghan Hound, you can be “in dogs” for as long as we have – and never have see...
Read MoreThe “White King of the Pampas”
The following is quite an opening statement for a breed standard: “Molossian normal type, mesomorphic and macrotha...
Read MoreNot a Terrier nor a Lhasa
The Tibetan Terrier isn’t a Terrier, but unfortunately, the first written mention of the breed back in 1895 was ta...
Read MoreState Dogs
Eleven states of the United States have designated an official state dog breed, and Maryland lead the way by being the f...
Read MoreThe “King’s White Dog” Descendent
How many dogs, do you supposed, are named, “Billy?” Taking it a step further, how many Billys, we wonder, ...
Read MoreThe Parking Lot Boerboel
The Boerboel is a large, strong, confident and muscular dog whose distinctive, blocky head is one of its most distinctiv...
Read MoreA Snippet of Boerboel History
In 1609, the Netherlands became a major maritime power, and while Dutch traders traveled the entire world, their holdin...
Read MoreSally’s Scottie
“All in the Family” was a groundbreaking television show that made people laugh and squirm at the same time....
Read MoreFrance’s Most Popular Pointer
France has given us some fine gun dogs, and one of them is said to be the country’s most popular Pointer: The Br...
Read MoreThe Bulldog who Broke the Glass Ceiling
She was the first, and only female in the chain of “Handsome Dan” mascots at Yale University, and it came wh...
Read MoreAnd Then There are Eyebrows
National Purebred Dog Day is proud to have among its readers the people who make our dogs beautiful – professional...
Read MoreThe Eyes Have It
The French who encountered certain remarkable dogs in Louisiana spoke of their haunting “glass eyes.” The e...
Read MoreDaisy Clipping
Daisy clipping, also called “daisy cutting,” is another term inherited from the equine world; it refers to ...
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