In your “travels” as a student of dogs, you may encounter references to the “American Akita” and...
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The Oldest Single Breed Specialty Club
The oldest single breed specialty club is England’s The Bulldog Club which was formed in 1878. Members met regularly a...
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Betty Boop: What Breed Was She?
Betty Boop, a character created by the Fleischer Brothers in 1930, became a cultural icon in the 1930s. She was a nostal...
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The Diablotin Moustachu
Gomez loved it when Morticia spoke French, and why not? It is, as they say, the language of love. So when French Affenp...
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Dogs and Cheetahs, Cheetahs and Dogs
Perhaps it was “professional” respect for each other’s wicked speed that made friends of a Cheetah and...
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A “Break” When It comes to Coat Color
In dog parlance, a “break” is the changing coat color that happens in some breeds as puppies transition to a...
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The Answer: The “It” Dog in the 1940s
Pop Quiz: If you were asked to identify a breed that in 1859 was described as having smooth hair, a long tapering nose, ...
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Melon Pips
By itself, “pip” refers to the sharply defined rust colored area over each eye of a Doberman Pinscher, but i...
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The Consummate Hunting Dog
In the mid 1800s, Â small farmers in Kentucky had a problem: Red fox had begun to spread into their state and wreaked ha...
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The Bearded Tibetan Mastiff
Meet the Tibetan KyiApso (pronounced Kee-Op-So), said to be one of rarest breeds in the world. In Tibetan, “kyi&#...
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The Old German Shepherd Dog
The ideal German Shepherd (one that fits the breed standard) has a double coat of medium length – dense, straight,...
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Bubbles and Racing Strips
The effect created by grooming a Shih Tzu‘s topknot in a way that gives its head a round and broad appearance is...
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Frisbee Does Potato Chips
Can we ever see too much of Frisbee, the Italian Greyhound, in commercials that plug the movie, “Secret Life of ...
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The Tibetan Breeds: A Very Different Ending For One of Them
Ed. Note: In the course of writing this post, an article came to our attention that some would say was “spookyR...
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Friday, a Cinema German Shepherd
It’s possible that no other breed appeared in as many films and TV shows as the German Shepherd Dog. Movie history...
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The Coat Color/Pattern Named After Weather
It’s probably the only coat color/pattern in a dog breed named after the weather. The first Irish Setters wereÂ...
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The Siberian Husky Mascot/Showdog
There’s no better way to promote our purebred dogs than by connecting with people one-on-one, but it’s speci...
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It Makes You Want a Boxer
A dog (with the most expressive eyes) ushers in an Australian commercial produced by Renegade Films on how a New idea ca...
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Briard Owners?
Recently, we mentioned that an adult Cesky Terrier can be any shade of gray, but an adult Briard can be any uniform colo...
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