Back in the day when the breed still performed the job for which it was bred, Otterhounds were used with small terriers ...
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The Master (and Lady) of Otterhounds
In the 14th century, Edward II became the first Master of Otterhounds in England, and Elizabeth I was the first Lady Mas...
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Schipperke Specialties. In the 1600s.
Think dog shows are new? In the 17th century, Schipperke Speciality Shows were held by the Guild of Brussels by aristocr...
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A Snippet of Otterhound History
The modern form of the Otterhound most likely took shape late in the 18th century, but there is little doubt that R...
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The Bulldog Smash. Too Many, and You Will Be too. Smashed.
The Bulldog Smash is more labor intensive than, say, popping open a bottle of beer, but with hot days ahead, this could ...
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What, Me Worry?
Some of us look worried when we’re working, but the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever looks worried when sheR...
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Pet-Pillow Clones: The Next Big Thing
Queen Elizabeth II’s official 90th birthday last week was honored by the self-design fabric, wallpaper & gift ...
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Did you wake up this morning to an inexplicable enormous weight? We think we might know why…. If you have a dog t...
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The Rolled Coat
To our knowledge, there’s at least one breed from each AKC group (save the Toy and Herding group) whose coat, when...
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The All Terrain Vehicle of Dogs
Described as the “all-terrain vehicle of dogs,” the German Wirehaired Pointer was bred to hunt pretty much ...
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The First Registered Deerhound’s Name Was…..
Scottish Deerhounds are one of the few breeds that have changed very little in the last few hundred years, and they are ...
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Dalmatian Tattoo
Let’s say you owned a Dalmatian. Let’s say you got the notion to get a tattoo. Wouldn’t you want it to...
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Poodle with a Mohawk
For our Poodle friends, an image we came across on Pinterest. The poster was created by Lynda Barry, an alternative ca...
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In the Atchafalaya Basin
When we featured the Brittany as our Purebred of Interest, Robert Wagnon wrote: “This is Val, our 2 year old Liv...
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The Breed with the Most Dual Championships
At the time this was first published (April, 2015), Brittanys have more AKC Dual Champions (field and show) than all oth...
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The Song Inspired by a Beach Boy and an Irish Setter
Being the original lead guitarist for the group, Sha Na Na, in the late 1960’s would have been enough of a career...
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War Dog of the Vikings
It’s not the Norwegian Elkhound, the descendent of the Torvmosehund, a dog so important to the Vikings that it was...
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How the Chow Chow, Shar-Pei, and Giraffe Are Alike
Blue-black spots on tongues are very common in dogs: Over 30 breeds are known to have dogs with spotted tongues which ar...
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