Although the moniker, “Swamp Poodle” tickles our funny bone, the Boykin Spaniel’s other nickname is &#...
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What the Plott Hound Isn’t
It’s the only member of the Coonhound family that doesn’t trace its ancestry to the English Foxhound. Poin...
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Dem Bones Dem Bones
If you’re not creeped out by a dog skeleton, you’re half way to being a student of dogs. If you wish you had...
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The Breed Behind These Eyes
It was the eyes that got us. We visit a lot of sites in the course of research, and as we scanned a Pinterest page on do...
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Juneau’s Official Greeter
When a community erects a statue to a dog, there’s always a good story behind it, and “Patsy Ann” was ...
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An Early Breed Catalog
We suppose it’s human nature to think our own generation came up anything worth knowing, but here’s a sober...
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The Leprechaun’s Gift
Before Notre Dame became known as the “Fighting Irish” in the 1920s, they were known as the Catholics, the Hoosiers,...
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“Bark Pointers”
Finnish Spitzes aren’t unique in how they hunt, but precious few other breeds hunt like them, and collectively, th...
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Carl Auböck’s Scottie
Looking for that special something to give that special someone who loves Scotties? Look no more! This rare art deco s...
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The Painted Critters
Pam Foss started her “Painted Critter” collection in 2004, whimsical sculpted portraits of her favorite dog...
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Nancy, the Sheep Herding Chihuahua
Meet Nancy, a 2.5 pound Chihuahua who can boss around critters significantly bigger than herself. She has a rocky beginn...
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The One Thing You Need To Know About “Griffon”
In the world of dogs, certain “buzzwords” help you know your topic. In different post, we talked about the...
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Doberman Downer: It’s Monday
The Unbearable Realization that it’s Monday. Photo of an unimpressed Doberman Pinscher by Emily Gill ...
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All Dogs DO go to Heaven
We can’t authenticate this folk tale because like most folk tales, it was passed along only by word of mouth from ...
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The National Dog of Slovakia
You have to admire a dog who knows what it wants. In spite of a well-honed hunting instinct, the Black Forest Hound wil...
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Trust the Borzoi
Yesterday we shared a Coldwell Banker commercial featuring dogs that made a poignant and effective point about the sou...
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The “O” is an ö, the “W” is a “V” and the “Ch” Can Be a “K”
We dog people can be a funny bunch. We tend to take umbrage at the butchering of our chosen breed’s name, (Pyuli? ...
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Ibiza Hounds Of Art
In the summer of 2016, ten fiberglass Ibizan Hound sculptures debuted at the Pasarela Adlib fashion show. The brainchil...
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Commercials that Work
We’d buy a home from these guys just because they made a great commercial. We guess that was the point....
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