A good chuck of the Scottish Terrier’s AKC breed standard is devoted to the head, largely because it establishes b...
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When is a Dog Shiny?
It’s hard to believe to that this bully isn’t a metallic sculpture, but it was, in fact, created 100% with s...
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The Princess and the Clumber Spaniel
Join us on a tortured path to understanding, or, more accurately, making an educated guess as to what the Clumber Spanie...
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In the Doghouse
James was the ninth of ten children born to Scottish weavers, Margaret and David. A small child, James was not rewarded ...
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Too Many Dogs?
If you’re a fancier (or even if you’re not), perhaps an in-law, friend or family member has hinted that they...
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Having Fun with a Legend
A breed legend is not always appreciated by fanciers of the breed, especially if it’s dated, untrue, or still up f...
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The Kerry Blue’s Roaring 20s
The Roaring Twenties in America was certainly a time of dramatic social and political change. For the first time, more A...
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Ichinosekitora and Dewa
Seeing is believing, and in 1914, the seven million visitors who attended Japan’s Taisho Promotion Exhibition were...
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The Chessie: A Head Breed???
In dog fancy parlance, a “head breed” is one in which the breed standard places emphasis on a good “head...
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Tyras, Bismarck’s Great Dane
Almost for 60 years, Otto von Bismarck owned Great Danes, starting with the first dog he got when he lived with his pare...
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Without that Coat…
We don’t have consent to share this photo, but we ask that you look at it, study it, and name this coated breed. W...
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Starting with Sari, Shasta and Tito
Being a government employee had its advantages, and it certainly helped Emmett Scanlan (a US employee in the Italian Emb...
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A Trailblazer’s Dachshund
They said it wouldn’t last. It was the 1920s. Gertrude Stein held her famous soirees, and in Moscow, Diego River...
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Combinations of Black, Tan, Gold and Blue
The AKC recognizes four colors pairs for the Yorkshire Terrier: Black and tan Black and gold Blue and tan Blue and gold ...
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Sigismund I’s Agar, Komondor, and Vizsla
Hungary today is an independent and a constitutional state, a parliamentary republic since 1989. In its history, however...
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The Six Wheeled Wolfhound
Today, a civilian would call this vehicle a tank. The modern military calls it armored truck, or, to be really technical...
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When it Fits
Perhaps it is because she owns the ground over which she stands with authority that makes the average person off the str...
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Color and Cold
We offer a post sponsored by the phrase, “So what.” What follows could qualify as minutiae useful only in ...
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