To understand the unique Ibizan Hound, one must go back in time to the Sardes, early maritime traders often called, R...
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Why “Igloo’s” Gravestone is an Iceberg
Under this simple marker lies the remains of a game little Fox Terrier, “Igloo,” the dog who accompanied pol...
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Mucuchies. No, You’re not Hungry.
Some of us may see the word, “Mucuchies,” and mistake it for the word, “munchies,” but you ...
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It’s all About the Face, About the Face, About the Face…..
Yeah. Monday morning. Ask us how psyched we are about that. Photo by Carol Plett Henryson of her Sheltie ...
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The Breed as Verb
It’s hard to believe that the dog some of us know for its pampered appearance was once an impoverished street dog...
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Building Blocks of French Hounds
France is known for its development of many breeds of scent hound, and many sources write that it created more of t...
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Spot, the Telecom Jack Russell Terrier
Americans aren’t the only ones charmed by clever TV commercials featuring dogs. “Spot,” a much loved J...
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Puppy Eyes
One more day of weekend? Really? Who could fib to this face? “Fawkes,” a Silken Windhound, shows why every...
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The Message That Sticks
What couldn’t you do with masking or washi tape printed with any words you want, including your website, kennel na...
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A 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...
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“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...
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The Quiet Ridgie
Like any puppy, Rhodesian Ridgebacks can be rambunctious and boisterous, but they grow into tolerant adults not inclined...
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Purebred Dogs Sell!
A trip down memory lane as we visit a Purina Dog Chow commercial from 1974, and every dog “interviewed” was ...
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Dog of the Berbers
Meet the Aidi, a Moroccan/Alegerian/Tunesian breed known by many names, including the Atlas Mountain Dog, Berber Dog, No...
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The Blunt Tail
Uninformed people often see a purebred dog’s short tail and think, “Docked.” They would be wrong. Some...
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When Even ‘Popular Commercials’ Go Wrong
Breed clubs often cringe when a movie comes out featuring their breed. Call it the “101 Dalmatians Syndrome”...
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“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...
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The 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...
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The Baying Fox Terrier
When we write, Baying Fox Terrier,” think oxymoron (a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms ap...
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The “Priceless” Boston Terrier
We suppose it’s a sign of lunacy to miss a TV commercial, but we admit to missing MasterCard’s “pricel...
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