It’s difficult to say at this point if the Tamaskan Dog should be considered a breed, a breed-in-the-making, or s...
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Who Really Owns Your Dog?
What would seem like a silly question only a few years ago has been put into question over the last couple of years wit...
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The Comfort Cavalier
For most of us, a dog at our side is all the medicine we need, and while we’ve instinctively known it all along, d...
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Clipped, Curly or Corded
Most people associate a corded coat with the Komondor, Puli, and if they know their stuff – the Havanese. If th...
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The “Best All Around Bird Hunting Dog” is……..
Pinpointing the “Best All Around Bird Hunting Dog” may inspire lively debate among the owners of pointers, flus...
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The Mastín Español
The Spanish Mastiff is a fine example of how closely tied to a culture a dog can be. Large mastins (molossers) kept comp...
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The Canine Over-Achiever
The Brittany was referred to as the Brittany Spaniel for many years, but because Brittanies acted more like pointers th...
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World Public Library
Can you name this breed? “There are several features that are characteristic of the dog that tend to its univers...
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The Jaunty-Aired Dog
To our knowledge, the Bull Terrier is the only breed whose proper movement is “jaunty.” From the AKC breed...
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A Dalmatian’s Arch Enemy – Theatrically
She would be 102 if she was alive today, a girl with southern roots who moved to the big city of Chicago as a sixteen ye...
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The Wolf Crusher
Many dog breeds native to Russia are either “Laikas” or “Ovcharkas,” and both terms cover a lot ...
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Christmas In July: You Need This
“Christmas in July” isn’t just a promotional gimmick employed by retailers, it’s an actual ̶...
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Braque du Bourbonnais
The old quip, “everything old is new again” could be said of the Braque du Bourbonnais (pronounced brock-do-...
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The Foure-footed Beastes You Know as the Irish Water Spaniel
Its probable that the first description of the Irish Water Spaniel dates back to a book printed in 1607, the “Hist...
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The Abstract Poodle
The Abstract Poodle refers not to a rendering of the breed by Picasso, but rather to the color and marking of Poodles th...
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The Indian Spitz – Movie Dog
The only thing more dated than an old American movie is an old foreign one. Still, if it’s Indian cinema, and it i...
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Bulldog and Beer – Is This a Great Country, or What?
A beer commercial that includes a purebred dog promoting a company that encourages its employees to bring their dogs to ...
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The Collective Noun for Poms
We’re not always sure that some of the information we find in our research is “legit,” and so we call...
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