What couldn’t you do with masking or washi tape printed with any words you want, including your website, kennel na...
Read MoreA Prince Outranked by a Dog
It’s hard to believe that Prince Charles was ever twenty-one years old, but when he was that age in 1970, he and h...
Read More“Black-Mouthed Chinese Dogs”
One can only imagine what a general public thought when seeing its first Chow Chow. The first account of the breed in th...
Read MoreThe Quiet Ridgie
Like any puppy, Rhodesian Ridgebacks can be rambunctious and boisterous, but they grow into tolerant adults not inclined...
Read MorePurebred Dogs Sell!
A trip down memory lane as we visit a Purina Dog Chow commercial from 1974, and every dog “interviewed” was ...
Read MoreDog of the Berbers
Meet the Aidi, a Moroccan/Alegerian/Tunesian breed known by many names, including the Atlas Mountain Dog, Berber Dog, No...
Read MoreThe Blunt Tail
Uninformed people often see a purebred dog’s short tail and think, “Docked.” They would be wrong. Some...
Read MoreWhen Even ‘Popular Commercials’ Go Wrong
Breed clubs often cringe when a movie comes out featuring their breed. Call it the “101 Dalmatians Syndrome”...
Read More“A Part of the Old Sod”
It was at a field trial in the early 1930s when Patrick Blake saw his first Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier at work. Amaze...
Read MoreThe First All Around Hunter From Boats
According to the AKC, the American Water Spaniel was the first breed developed in the US as an all around hunter that co...
Read MoreThe Baying Fox Terrier
When we write, Baying Fox Terrier,” think oxymoron (a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms ap...
Read MoreThe “Priceless” Boston Terrier
We suppose it’s a sign of lunacy to miss a TV commercial, but we admit to missing MasterCard’s “pricel...
Read MoreThey Fear This 20 Pounder
There are several breeds that have to pass working dog tests en route to a championship title, and the German Hunt Terri...
Read MoreSouth Pole Paw Prints
Two days after the summer solstice in 1982, the temperature at the South Pole was minus 117 degrees. When don’t...
Read MoreElvis’ Collie
Elvis Presley was a known animal lover, and looked after a couple of small dogs, “Woodlawn” and “Muf...
Read MoreWiener Stampede
Superbowl 50 was memorable for several reasons, not the least of which was the Denver Bronco’s win over the Caroli...
Read MoreDoggie Paddle? Kid Stuff
Most people know about the Newfoundland‘s webbed feet, and a few folks know that Newfs have an incredible lung cap...
Read MoreSpaniel Gentile
Every day was a good day for a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel under the monarchies of the Stuarts. Already popular as co...
Read MoreThe Afterlife’s Working Breed
Though the Xoloitzcuintli is in the AKC’s Non-Sporting group, in 1974, the Asociacion Canofila Mexicana (ACM ̵...
Read MoreThe First Coursing Wager
Henry VIII was the first person to formally place a wager on the outcome of a Greyhound race, though it was called ̶...
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