They’re known as 45 mph couch potatoes, but there are a few other interesting aspects to the fabulous Greyhound th...
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The Nekkid Gene
Despite its reputation as a hairless breed, coated examples do exist in the Peruvian Inca Orchid Dog, and they’re ...
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The Rules of Japanese Chin Beauty
According to one Asian authority opining on the breed when it was called the Japanese Spaniel, the breed should have ...
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Bark Like a Pug and Kiss its Behind
Would you join a club that required you to wear a dog collar and scratch at a door like a dog to gain entry to a room? ...
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Is a Sporting Breed Part of Your Life?
Set • Point • Flush • Retrieve Sporting breed owners, a university study found that sporting dog owners are tempe...
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Beverly Hillbilly’s “Duke”
If you’re of a certain age, or a fan of TV from the 1960s, you’ll know The Beverly Hillbillies. The show was...
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The Three Finger Rule
Not long ago, we explained, “inside baseball” (knowledge specific to a topic that people outside the topic ...
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The “Poor Man’s Greyhound”
Poor, working class men in the early 20th century textile industry of Northern England didn’t have fancy oval trac...
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A PAC YOU Might Want to Support
Who really owns our dogs? How do we fight against increasingly rogue animal control and rescue operations that hold our ...
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Your Choice Affects Your Dog’s Choice
We love the “user friendly” aspect to Lili Chin posters, and also, of course, that her “helper” ...
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The German Shepherd Who Was The Littlest Hobo
When Chicago White Sox pitcher, Chuck Eisenmann, was recovering from an arm injury in 1946, he got a German Shepherd p...
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The Dudley Nose
“Snow Nose.” Does your dog have it, or does he or she have what’s called a “Dudley nose?” When a dog has a pin...
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For the Love of a Dog
“Gaul gave me my birth and the pearl-oyster from the seas full of treasure my name, an honour fitting to my beauty...
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The Dog’s Stuff
Isn’t every towel in the house the “dog’s towel?” [iframe id=”https://www.ispot.tv/share/7...
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With Peanut Butter, All Bets are Off
We think reasonable people will find this humorous. We hope so, anyway. Found on Pinterest and happily credited upon re...
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Münster. Not Herman
The idea of naming a Large Münsterländer,”Herman” appeals to us for the same reason we’ve always wa...
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Guardians Of The Night. A Poem to the Military Dog
When a military dog dies, he or she is honored by the entire squad. In a symbolic gesture, the dog’s feedi...
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How the Harlequin Got His Name
Arlecchino, one of the best known characters from the Italian Commedia dell’arte, couldn’t read or write, ...
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A Site for Breed Collectors
Purebred dog owners can be enthusiastic collectors (don’t ask us how many sheep-related items we have in our house...
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Don’t Own an Azawakh!
If you’re not open minded and think that one dog is much like another, don’t own an Azawakh; If you lack the...
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