Behind the front feet (specifically, behind the metacarpal/metatarsal pads) of some Labrador Retrievers are white spots ...
Read MoreThe Smallest Herder
Though an FSS breed now (the AKC’s Foundation Stock Service, a “prelude” to AKC recognition), the Lanc...
Read MoreCan You Acrostic?
Ok, so we made a verb out of a noun (back in the day, “enthuse” wasn’t a verb, either, until common us...
Read MoreThe Noble Gift
The Kuvasz was one of history’s breeds that was given only as a special honor because it was associated with roy...
Read MorePopular Breeds by State
NPDD veterans know how we feel about Top Ten lists and Infographs, and that we think they’re worth sharing to illu...
Read MoreThe Hardest Part? Finding One!
Sometimes, the biggest problem with a breed is just finding one. Such is the case with the Hamiltonstövare, also known ...
Read MoreThe Beagle Teapot
This handmade Beagle teapot by Christy Crews Dunn is thrown with two pounds of clay so it can hold, when completely f...
Read MoreMagic Meets Origami
Ruth Van Beek, a queen of abstract art, has taken a fascination with dogs and folding paper to create images in which th...
Read MoreThe Stand Alone Breeds
Just when we think we know the origin of dogs, a new study comes along to cast doubt on it. Debate remains as to whethe...
Read MoreThe Hairless Gene
The Powderpuff Chinese Crested, the smallest of the hairless breeds, has a genetically recessive variant for coat that c...
Read MoreThe CAS – or Ovcharka
And then you have those dogs who protect anything they think is their property. It could be their flock, their land, the...
Read MoreThe Terrier Once Classified with Sporting Dogs
Until the late 20th century, Wire Fox Terriers and Smooth Fox Terriers were considered two types of the same breed. They...
Read MoreBlack Dog as a Metaphor
If there is any negative connotations about black dogs, history hasn’t helped. Superstition aside, “black do...
Read MoreBlack Dog Folklore
In another post, we wrote of the belief that a certain apprehension about black colored dogs leads to lower adoption ra...
Read MoreA Black Dog Makes the Top 500
In 1971, a resident black Labrador Retriever would wander around a recording studio where a band was recording. Thoug...
Read MoreHappy National Black Dog Day
Today is National Black Dog Day, another creation by Colleen Paige, founder of National Dog Day, National Cat Day, and ...
Read MoreToy Poodles and 1943
1943 was a big year for the Toy Poodle. Up until that year, the AKC registered them as a separate breed, but in 1943, t...
Read MoreSchutzhund! Gesundheit!
Perhaps someone proudly mentioned that their dog was a “Schutzhund (fill in the breed),” or you saw the word...
Read MoreNot Your Mom’s Ceramics
The ceramics created by Ostinelli & Priest in the United Kingdom won’t fall into the “cute” catego...
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