American teacher and composer, James Mumsford, famously described the Shih Tzu this way: “Nobody knows how the an...
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The Goats Never Had a Chance
When you team well trained Border Collies and well trained horses with Black Neck goats being goats, well, the goats don...
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Meet Norway’s Hare Hound
This exquisite profile belongs to the Halden Hound, one of the Norwegian hare hounds, and a breed prized by hunters for...
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A Puli for a Puli
Think you can name this breed without sneaking on peek on Google? (it’s not a Puli). Give it a try. We’ll ha...
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The Egghead
One of the Miniature Bull Terrier’s calling cards is that fabulous head, and if you read the various breed standards, ...
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The Schipperke – Not Always Black?
The image seen here is a good way to bring up a a color factoid about the Schipperke. Other colors besides black do exi...
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Border Terriers & the Robson Family
More than one source claims that the Border Terrier‘s development is largely credited to the Robson family, and sp...
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Why a Breed Standard?
Every five years, breed clubs can suggest changes to their breed’s standard, though such changes are infrequent. I...
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The Shortest Backed Basset
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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