For a rancher and farmer, size is an important consideration when choosing a dog to work their stock, and one certain ap...
Read MoreThe Tweed Water Spaniel
Not every breed we mention on NPDD is a dog one will ever find in the flesh. Some breeds fell into the cracks of history...
Read MoreHorand von Grafrath: First German Shepherd Dog
German history had its ebbs and flows of national pride, but what never wavered was an embedded tradition of dependable,...
Read MoreThe Fashion Forward Dog (winkie winkie)
In 1986, Ilene Hockberg published a take-off of the world’s most famous fashion magazine and called it “Dogu...
Read MoreBreed Type and Coats
We often talk about “type,” – those visual qualities that make a Doberman Pinscher look nothing like a...
Read MorePizza Thieving Arsonists. Got One?
We’ve loved the ad below by Travelers Insurance and shared its hilarity with a new friend we met over the weekend...
Read MoreThe Cruelty of Certain Mondays
Monday mornings after a long holiday weekend are especially cruel. Photo of Brenda Eyre’s struggling Newfoundlan...
Read MoreOasis’ “Supersonic” – About a Dog?
You think you know a song. Can you guess what Oasis’ hit, “Supersonic” was about after watching this...
Read MoreThe Peaceable Kingdom’s Tallest Monument
At one time, the tallest monument at Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in Westchester County, NY (the first, and oldest operating p...
Read MoreAzawakh Legs
Much of the Azawakh’s unique physical build is form following function: A deep chest, long legs, tiny tuck-up and rela...
Read MoreThe First European Dogs in the New World
Seen here is one of the fabulous entries in National Purebred Dog Day’s 2016 Fine Art Poster Competition, and now ...
Read MoreOliver, the “Spaniel and Statesman”
If and when National Purebred Dog Day is passed by the United States Congress in 2017, there might be one purebred dog t...
Read MoreThe Only Player Ejected For Relieving Himself
“Miss Babe Ruth” has the unique honor of being a young lady in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, Ne...
Read MoreThe English Shadow
Following one’s owner from room to room is common to many of our breeds, and the trait has earned the English Shep...
Read MoreThe Bear’s Best – and Worst – Friend
In Northern Europe, there is a vast area of historical importance to Russia, Sweden and Finland. Known for its dense for...
Read MoreDachshund Coats
Until 1977, Dachshunds in the United Kingdom were allowed to be bred between coat varieties (called “crosscoat mat...
Read MoreThe Long Weekend
A long holiday weekend can be perplexing to dogs of habit, and they’re to be forgiven if they look at us with an e...
Read MoreThe Streamlined Grace of a Coursing Hound – In a Terrier
“Tousled” would never be used to describe the Manchester Terrier. The breed that many consider to be the ol...
Read MoreThe Swamp Poodle
Although the moniker, “Swamp Poodle” tickles our funny bone, the Boykin Spaniel’s other nickname is ...
Read MoreWhat the Plott Hound Isn’t
It’s the only member of the Coonhound family that doesn’t trace its ancestry to the English Foxhound. Poin...
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