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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Schutzhund! Gesundheit!
Perhaps someone proudly mentioned that their dog was a “Schutzhund (fill in the breed),” or you saw the word...
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Not Your Mom’s Ceramics
The ceramics created by Ostinelli & Priest in the United Kingdom won’t fall into the “cute” catego...
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The Jeju Dog
As breeds go, this one is quite old and is believed to have been introduced to Cheju Island in the Korean Strait some 5,...
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A Snippet of Irish Setter History
The Irish Setter’s precise ancestry is often the subject of debate: Some sources theorize that crosses of Irish Wa...
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The Whiskey Dogs
One of the world’s most recognized whisky brands, Buchanan’s Blended Scotch Whiskey, started in the 1890s wh...
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A Resuscitated Breed
The Irish Wolfhound has sometimes been referred to as a “resuscitated” breed. What does that mean? To ...
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Who Named the Landseer?
Next Saturday, October 1, is National Black Dog Day, and posts on that day will focus on white breeds (just testing to s...
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Schnupp and Bisart
The foundations of the Doberman Pinscher were two dogs: A fellow named, “Schnupp” (described as clever and f...
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The Mash-Up Breed
It would be tactless to suggest that the Brussels Griffon is a “mash up” of other breeds, but this enchanti...
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Heidi’s $20,000 Bladder
When it comes to breeds that have lived in the White House, the Weimaraner may have been a “one off.” The ...
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Vern Yip’s Dogs
You’ve got to love an interior designer/author who not only loves dogs, but takes his Great Pyrenees along to book...
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When Pop Culture “Pops” Breed Popularity
When a big screen movie or television commercial featuring a specific breed becomes wildly popular, it can make fanciers...
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The Only Recessive Hairless Breed
The Peruvian Inca Orchid Dog, Xoloitzcuintle, American Hairless Terrier and Chinese Crested Hairless are the four hair...
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