Several regions can claim breeds that work in partnership with other breeds, and the Pyrenees mountains in southern Fra...
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A Snippet of Gordon Setter History
“Back in the day,” perhaps as early as the 16th century, setting spaniels were bred on many large shooting e...
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Bolos: Does Your Lab Have Them?
Behind the front feet (specifically, behind the metacarpal/metatarsal pads) of some Labrador Retrievers are white spots ...
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The Smallest Herder
Though an FSS breed now (the AKC’s Foundation Stock Service, a “prelude” to AKC recognition), the Lanc...
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Can 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...
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The Noble Gift
The Kuvasz was one of history’s breeds that was given only as a special honor because it was associated with roy...
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Popular 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...
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The Hardest Part? Finding One!
Sometimes, the biggest problem with a breed is just finding one. Such is the case with the Hamiltonstövare, also known ...
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The Beagle Teapot
This handmade Beagle teapot by Christy Crews Dunn is thrown with two pounds of clay so it can hold, when completely f...
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Magic 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...
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The 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...
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The Hairless Gene
The Powderpuff Chinese Crested, the smallest of the hairless breeds, has a genetically recessive variant for coat that c...
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The 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...
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The 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...
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Black Dog as a Metaphor
If there is any negative connotations about black dogs, history hasn’t helped. Superstition aside, “black do...
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Black Dog Folklore
In another post, we wrote of the belief that a certain apprehension about black colored dogs leads to lower adoption ra...
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A 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...
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Happy National Black Dog Day
Today is National Black Dog Day, another creation by Colleen Paige, founder of National Dog Day, National Cat Day, and ...
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Toy 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...
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