In a competitive arena, one participates by “entering” whatever it is they hope will win a prize or placemen...
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From Godzilla to Portuguese Water Dog
The first time many of us saw Raymond Burr, he played the American reporter in the movie, Godzilla, in 1954. Other aud...
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The “Rare Color” That SHOULD Be
Did you know that genetically speaking, brindle is the rarest color in the Pug? And did you know that it should be? ...
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You Do What with your Dachshund?
The forest floor was blanketed with crisp dead leaves that gave away every footstep of the dog and the falconer. Their b...
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Sitting High and Mighty
We pulled a few lines about the Tibetan Spaniel from different sources on the Internet: The Tibbie likes to sit up high ...
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Biocolli: Future Flocks
By now, veteran readers of NPDD know that a Bergamasco is not a corded breed, it is flocked. Flocks are the large, ir...
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Can You Dig It?
Unless it’s a flower bed in our yard, or our dog in someone else’s flower bed, we don’t think much abo...
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Mean Seeds Season
Grass seeds are no joke. Many are dangerous for dogs (and even cats) in that they can easily penetrate outer skin throug...
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Darkness Falls Across the Land…
“Darkness falls across the land… The midnight hour is close at hand.. Creatures crawl in search of blood… ...
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Full Circle in the PWD
History is simply the story of people. What they did, when they did it, and why. The Portuguese Water Dog’s histor...
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What is Going On?!
The very first line of the Löwchen’s AKC breed standard reads, “A small, bright, and lively dog.” The...
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Husky Lite*
The last time we wrote about the Alaskan Klee-Kai, the breed wasn’t eligible for an AKC conformation ring, but w...
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“Couch Potato” of the Terrier World
His breed standard mentions the word, “strong” six times. “Powerful” shows up five times. In fac...
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From the Neck Up
Scroll down and take a good look at the neck and head of the brindle Greyhound below. What do you notice? Maybe the phot...
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In Griff Time
On the face of it, the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon would seem to share little with the Danish-Swedish Farmdog, but what ...
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By Hook or by Crook
When the word, “hook” appears in a breed standard, without exception, it has to do with a tail. In some br...
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What a Butterfly on the Nose Isn’t…
Few images are as captivating as when a butterfly lands on the nose of a dog, but for the fanciers of certain Japanese d...
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That Black Saddle
The only American hound without British ancestry is the Plott Hound, and with thirteen acceptable colors and four markin...
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The Little Things
As they say, “it’s the little things” that matter. For a poorly bred dog, the “devil is in the d...
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The Famous Stink Eye
Some of us who have had our breeds for a while can take for granted a trait we assume other breeds share. Au Contraire, ...
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