Most domestic dog breeds have two estrus cycles a years, while wolves and a few “primitive” dog breeds hav...
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Lions and Tigers and the Kangal Dog, Oh My
According to legend, the Kangal Dog is the result of two different species. The breed, it’s said, was derived fro...
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The Hair of a Goat and the Wool of a Sheep
Not many breeds can be described as having the coat texture of two other species, but the lively Pyrenean Shepherd can. ...
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The Ad That Got Pulled Over a Jack Russell. Why?
It was one of National Purebred Dog Day’s favorite commercials featuring a dog, but one of Volkswagon’s most...
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Beagles 118, Verse 24
And then there are those “memes” that cry out to be shared. From The Beagle Wrangler ...
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Why This Breed Looks So Familiar
Most breeds “stand” on the shoulders of breeds that came before them, and some of these ancestors, while ra...
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The China Eye
If you have a dog who has one eye that’s clear blue, but flecked with a white or lighter blue, you have a dog that...
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Push Me Pull You
The sight of a dog pulling a cart is so unusual these days that we tend to treat it as a novelty. The “Newfoundlan...
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A Purebred Dog at Any Speed
As passengers in a car driving down a country road recently, we idly watched the landscape roll past our window. Modest ...
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The Mysterious Color
As coat color/patterns go, “seal” seems to be a mystery. It makes some black dogs appear brown, and some d...
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No Kakorrhaphiophobia Here*
And then there are those dogs who are up for anything, any time of day, any day of the week (even a Monday)… Photo...
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When We Can Relate to the Rich and Famous
Paris Hilton’s Chihuahua, Tinkerbell, packed a lot of living in her life, but while she was alive, her “punc...
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Three Minutes of the English Cocker Doing It All
Thanks to Elaine, a fan of purebred dogs, we’re able to share this fabulous video. Elaine “gets it,” a...
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How Well Do You Know Your LGD Breeds?
How well do you know your Livestock Guardian Dog breeds? So many of them are white, can you tell them apart? The pictu...
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George, Cancer-Sniffing Schnauzer
It’s hard to believe now that we ever wondered if dogs could detect cancer. Studies have confirmed that trained do...
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The Other Hairless Breed
Familiar to most of us are the Chinese Crested Hairless. American Hairless Terrier, and Xoloitzcuintle, and to a lesser ...
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He Could Herd From a Bike
“Our dog chases people on a bike. We’ve had to take it off him” – Winston Churchill. This is i...
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“Linty” Coat Texture.”Not What We Think?
Linty. The Bedlington Terrier‘s AKC breed standard doesn’t mention the word, “linty,” but it co...
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Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Only one star from the original film, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, went on to appear in the TV series, and that was &#...
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