The Bracco Italiano is one of only two native Italian Gundog breeds (the other being the Spinone), and is believed to ...
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A Breed By Any Other Name….
Though the breed is believed to have some Polski Owczarek Nizinny (aka Polish Lowland Sheepdog) in its ancestry, the na...
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The Dog’s Horoscope
The Chinese zodiac has twelve animals that made up its 12-year cycle related to the Chinese calendar. In order, the an...
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The Airedale as……Gundog?????
The Airedale in this image which might inspire some of you to say, “Silly NPDD. The Airedale isn’t a hunting...
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The Challenge that Led to an Old Breed Becoming New Again
Imagine how deflated British breeders must have been when an American issued a challenge at their dog show – com...
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The Largest of the Portuguese Breeds
The Rafeiro do Alentejo is the largest of the Portuguese dog breeds, an impressive dog in large part because of its cor...
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By Two Years old – or It’s a DQ
It’s undeniable that a great dog with a great coat is a tough act to beat in a dog show conformation ring. That sa...
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Money Money Money (And the Dogs Who Find it)
[iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/I8P80A8vy9I”] There’s no limit to the amount of cash that t...
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They Only Had One Job To Do…
But the Belgian Laekenois had three. She was expected to herd sheep at the Royal Castle of Laeken; she was expected to g...
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Monday’s Poem
I will hold my head up high And take the road less travelled Just me, myself, and I. And I will conquer it because I r...
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Winkie the Wonder Wire Fox Terrier
A warning: We would find Jeremy Irons reading a chemistry textbook great listening. It’s quite probably the Brit...
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Alexander the Great and Diogenes – as Dogs
As the story goes, when Alexander the Great visited the Greek philosopher, Diogenes at the wine barrel in which he live...
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The Dog from Jindo Island
Jindo Dogs are such an iconic part of the Korean national identity that they were marched out during the opening ceremon...
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Bark Bark Bark Bark Bark Bark
Old terrier men believed that no two terriers worked the same, and that real terrier men could identify a dog’s qu...
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“Hitalians”
It’s said that in some northern parts of the United Kingdom,Whippets are still called “hitalians, ”the local p...
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Aka: The Bohemian Terrier
The Cesky Terrier, officially recognized by the Federation Cynologique Internationale (FCI) in 1963, now numbers aroun...
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The Dapple Dachshund
If you have a dapple patterned Dachshund, it’s possible that the pattern is across your dog’s face, and tha...
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The Gentle Giant’s Fierce Past
This adorable baby will grow up to be a big boy. A very big boy. Bred for their tall stature, Irish Wolfhounds not only...
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