It is probable that the first description of the Irish Water Spaniel dates back to a book printed in 1607, the “Hi...
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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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The “Inner Dalmatian”
And then there are those posts that challenge us in how best to present them. “Tom,” is a 32-year-old Britis...
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The “Barking Bird Dog”
Péter Pongrácz, PhD, of Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary, found that humans could tell from the bark of a dog in...
Read More‘Sleep Talking’
While we always love commercials that include a purebred dog, we also believe that some products just won’t sell...
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Soft Mouth
Lots of dogs will happily pick up a dead bird and present it as a gift to their masters and mistresses, but most canR...
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Moby, Ace Reporter Mastiff
A salute to the Belgrade News for choosing a purebred dog as the newest addition to their staff. Meet “Moby,R...
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Saturday: Work Day?
For some folks, Saturday means sleeping-in, and for others, like Lulu, the Sealyham, it means catching up with what need...
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Boerboels at Five Weeks of Age
Last month, the largest litter of puppies born in the United Kingdom since 2004 (when a Neapolitan Mastiff whelped 24 p...
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“Oriental Dog”
Much of the world didn’t know about Afghan Hounds until British soldiers returning home from the then Indian-Afgha...
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Friday Frenetics
It’s Friday, and that can only mean one thing – the weekend! Time to throw the ball until your humerus par...
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The Top Ten Dogs – What Decade?
Can you name the decade these were the AKC’s ten most popular breeds (appearing in order) based on registration n...
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Geist’s Grave
Matthew Arnold ((1822–1888) a British poet, was a confirmed Dachshund owner and owned several in his life. One of them...
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The Decoy Breeds
To our knowledge, only two breeds of dog in the world, the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever and the Dutch Kooikerhond...
Read MoreThe International Dog Show In Budapest – 1962
The value of seeing our breed in old film footage is inestimable; to know where we’re going, it’s helpful t...
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Griffonage
It might be the only breed we know of with a breed standard that calls for “griffonage,” and in our view, g...
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The Underdogs
“Lucy” was ruled by fear. Fear of being abandoned, fear of rejection, fear of fear itself. For an eight year...
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