When SONY set out to show the world its new Power Audio XB7 speaker, it recruited a few canine friends to help. The fini...
Read MoreThe Loudmouth
By most accounts, the Beagle gets its name from the French word, beguele,” which means “open throat,” ...
Read MoreThe Bee’s Knees
AFB, or American Foulbrood, is a highly contagious bacterial disease that infects honeybee broods and eventually kills t...
Read MoreThe Pudelpointer
The dog may look like a German Wirehaired Pointer or Wirehaired Pointing Griffon, but the Pudelpointer is neither....
Read MoreThe Borzoi’s Royal Connection
The Borzoi likely arrived in England as a gift from the Russian Czar to Her Majesty, Queen Victoria. The Prince of Wales...
Read MoreThank God it’s Friday!
“Gabby,” a slick coated German Wirehaired Pointer, shows us how a “Thank God It’s Friday” ...
Read MoreBorder Collie Owners You Might Know
It’s well known that Queen Victoria had two working Border Collies which were kept at the Royal Kennels, and thatÂ...
Read MoreA Snippet of Border Collie History
Thank the Celts. Many Celtic clans in ancient Britain were pastoral, and a pastoral life included keeping sheep. To help...
Read MoreThe Whippet Word
While debate continues about the true origins of the Greyhound’s name, at least one etymologist thinks he has the ...
Read More“Little Welsh Dragon”
He’s known as the “Little Welsh Dragon,” the insatiably curious little Welsh Terrier who can retrieve ...
Read MoreAnn Freud and “Wolf”
Sigmund Freud was a renowned dog lover, and while he’s most commonly associated with Chow Chows, the dog he bought...
Read MoreA Saint Bernard Meets the Pope
There’s an effort to declare the Great Saint Bernard Pass (a 49-mile route in the Western Alps) a Unesco World H...
Read MoreThe Preternatural Akita
Once upon a time, a man visited the Land of the Dead. There, he found a village that was very much like his own, inhabit...
Read More“Jumping Jahosafat”
We’re always pleased to share follow-up pictures from May 1, National Purebred Dog Day®,  and that includes priz...
Read MoreMeet the Shiba with 2.4 Million Fans
Bear if you can, 1:21 minutes of a dog enduring what it takes to be an Instagram star. Oh, the humanity. [iframe id=R...
Read MoreFive. Whole. Days.
Ohhhh, the unbearable knowledge that it will be five full days until Friday. Sigh. Folks, if you’d like to see you...
Read MoreThe Estrela Mountain Dog
We suppose the Estrela Mountain Dog could be traced to one particularly frisky sire or dam, but we’ll never know b...
Read MoreA Rare Austrian Breed
Timing is everything, they say, and it was not in the Austrian Pinscher’s favor. The breed was developed in the 19...
Read MoreBeauty, first Search and Rescue Dog
By all accounts, she was the first Search and Rescue dog, and her name was “Beauty.” She was a Wire Haired ...
Read MoreThe Photo That’s Gone Viral
If you haven’t already seen this, take a look at the photo that’s gone viral this past week.  It shows fou...
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