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We’re fans of British Pathe (formerly Pathé News) which was a producer of newsreels, cine-magazines, and document...
Read MoreWorking Dog of Hungary
The Komondor has been a working dog in Hungary for at least ten centuries, its ancestors brought to the Carpathian Basin...
Read MoreRussian Tsvetnaya Bolonka
When you’re King Louis IV and you care to give the very best, what is your gift of choice? An ancestor of the Russ...
Read MoreThe Portuguese Podengo’s Name
The most popular hunting dog in Portugal is the Portuguese Podengo, though back in the 16th century, “Podengo̶...
Read MoreWetterhoun Numbers
The Wetterhoun population is estimated at about 1,000 dogs worldwide, 95% of which are in the Netherlands. Photo of R...
Read MoreQueen Victoria, Trendsetter
Perhaps because she had a lonely childhood at Kensington Palace and relied on animals for companionship, Queen Victoria ...
Read MoreName This Breed
The breed you see at the top is native to the Carpathian Mountains of Central Europe in an area divided between modern-...
Read MoreTarot Cards
For anyone whose mother didn’t throw out their Ouija board (it invited evil, don’t you know), this Limited E...
Read MoreThe Stripper and the Breed She Promoted
We find it a delicious irony that the premier striptease artist of her day, Gypsy Rose Lee, did a great deal to promote ...
Read More“Cobi,” the Summer Olympics Mascot
The logo you see here that was designed by Javier Mariscal is “Cobi,” mascot of the 1992 Summer Olympics in ...
Read MoreThe Coppertone Cocker Spaniel
It boggles the mind, the difference that 57 years can make. By today’s mores, there’s all sorts of wrong abo...
Read MoreHoly Bat Dog!
Holy Bat Dog, Bat-fans, there were a number of people affiliated with the original Batman television series who loved th...
Read MoreNancy Kulp, Greyhound Fancier
Even “Millennials” probably know of the cult television classic, “The Beverly Hillbillies,” and ...
Read MorePug: The Subversive Breed?
Oh those Pugs. Subversive little critters. Not really, but there was a time when owning a Pug was a subtle show of defia...
Read MoreAKC Recognition – What Does it Take?
The largest purebred dog registry in the United States, and, in fact, the world, is the American Kennel Club, but it doe...
Read More“Dogs Who Eat Their Own Heads”
How many teeth are in normal dog dentition? Are missing teeth an issue in your breed, does the breed standard address it...
Read MoreThe Catalan Sheepdog
Meet the Catalan Sheepdog, the dog whose picture you see at the left. The breed’s origins are in the Andorra regio...
Read MoreKiwi Protector
There is irony in this story. We’ve posted about purebred dogs that protect penguins, leopards, butterflies and...
Read MoreLöwchen’s Name and Origin
Our proficiency at French would never compel Gomez to kiss the length of our arm, but our reading tells us that the corr...
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