See if you can recognize the breed of this dog before his face is shown at the 15 second mark in the video below: Pat yo...
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Why the Kooiker is Orange
We always defer to breed experts, but as this story was shared with us by someone who knows the breed, we’re runni...
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It’s a Lab Thing
The video below would be funny if we didn’t know of Labrador Retrievers that have eaten things they ought not to h...
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White and Orange Hound
We confess a weakness for breeds with descriptive names, and certainly the Chien Francais Blanc et Orange (or White and...
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A Weekend with Chance of Snow
It’s the weekend, there’s snow (for some of us), and that means frisky time for our coated breeds! Photo of ...
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Poodle Plates
Poodle people, wouldn’t it be fun to have a second set of dinnerware celebrating your breed? The pattern is called...
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The Blonde Bombshell’s Dog
If you were an incandescent screen siren known as the Blonde Bombshell and could own any dog you wanted, what would you...
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Is There a Talbot in Your Breed’s History?
Many hound-owning dog nerds (you know who you are) who love to investigate their breed’s deep history will likely ...
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The Hunting Cocker Spaniel
With its stunning coat and melt-on-contact gaze, it’s easy to forget that the Cocker Spaniel is a working dog, an...
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Racing into Friday
“Panda” is always ready to race into Friday! Photo by Trish Dreby...
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The Linen Guard Dogs
Flax, from which linen is made, is adapted to soils that are good for wheat or oats, but not to poorly drained soils. As...
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A Snippet of Belgian Laekenois History
The Laekenois is considered both the oldest and the most rare of the Belgian Shepherd Dogs, but in the late 1800s, all t...
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Ridge Origins
The Rhodesian Ridgeback‘s ridge is a splendid thing, and a hallmark of the breed. While ridgelessness does occur, ...
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The Purebred Muse
Composer, Leonard Bernstein, was an avid dog lover who was known to come home with a new dog on more than one occasion....
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The Narrow Rear
We all love having a dog come to us when we call, but “dog nerds” also like to watch a dog walk away. Some a...
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The Land of Terriers
England has produced more terrier breeds, and done more to establish terriers as a canine type, than any other country, ...
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The Smallest Drovers in the World
For a rancher and farmer, size is an important consideration when choosing a dog to work their stock, and one certain ap...
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The Tweed Water Spaniel
Not every breed we mention on NPDD is a dog one will ever find in the flesh. Some breeds fell into the cracks of history...
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Horand von Grafrath: First German Shepherd Dog
German history had its ebbs and flows of national pride, but what never wavered was an embedded tradition of dependable,...
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