It’s another day in the life of the Barkley family (three Golden Retrievers and a Yellow Labrador Retriever) who s...
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Tell Them Apart?
Some of you might have a bit of fun with this:...
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Lady Greyhound
Riding a Greyhound bus was a rite of passage for many of us. A few factoids: The Greyhound fleet consists of about 1,200...
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The Corded Coat Irony
The only country in the world in which a brushed out Puli is acceptable according to its breed standard is the United St...
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Can you Best a Bloodhound? Mythbusters Find Out
If you’re unfamiliar with the Mythbusters, you’re in for a treat. Â The validity of myths, Old Wives Tales, ...
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The Breed that Hunted – and Now Saves – Ducks
Some of you know all about Dutch duck decoy dogs. For new readers, a primer: For generations, Dutch hunters used a foolp...
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Monday Friskies
They can’t make you come in if they can’t catch you. Photo of “Tegan,” “Sunshine,” a...
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Same as the Men but…………
In 1982, Bob Thaves wrote of Fred Astaire: “Sure he was great, but don’t forget that Ginger Rogers did ever...
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The Self Colored Dog
Ever noticed the glorious color variations of Australian Shepherds? Â It’s because the breed comes in sixteen basi...
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The Fastest with One of the Slowest
Oh, the irony. Valentino Rossi is an Italian motorcycle racer whose eight world titles and 103 Grand Prix victories mak...
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Go Large or Stay Home
When venturing out on a raw January morning, the importance of warm headgear cannot be over emphasized. No need not to b...
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“Dale,” Canada’s First Police Dog
Canada was late to the party, so to speak. It wasn’t until the mid 1930s that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ad...
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The Flat-Coated Retriever’s Head
The Flat-Coated Retriever isn’t regarded as a “head breed,” per se, but it does has a “one piece...
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The “$10,000 Hunting Dog”
Upon his death, the New York Times ran an obitiuary in which he was called the “$10,000 hunting dog,” the Ma...
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The Shiba’s Name: Brushwood, Size or Color?
NPDD veterans know from previous posts that “Inu” is the Japanese word for dog; less clear is the origin of ...
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How a Breed Club Helped Put “Seaman” Back
If you drive west on 8th Street for 2.5 miles to Fort Mandan Road, then south for 0.4 miles on Fort Mandan Road in Wash...
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The FOXI3 Gene
It seems counterintuitive, but the gene that causes hairlessness in the Chinese Crested is dominant to the gene of the c...
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Oregon’s State Dog?
Two resolutions in the Oregon State Legislature are proposing two different candidates to be Oregon’s state dog. Â...
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Pied and Irish Pied
Coming from a breed in which only solid colors are acceptable, we’ll defer to experts on this: “Pied”...
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Papillon Feet
The next time you see a Papillon in a show coat, check out their feet. Â Groomers leave a tuft of hair over the foot whi...
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