As newborns, some purebred puppies look nothing like their grown-up version: One example is the Dalmatian which is born ...
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CJ: A Best in Show Winner Whose Breed Can Do It All
German Shorthaired Pointer owners likely rejoiced when “CJ” won Best in Show at Westminster Tuesday night. T...
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The Duke of Windsor: Purebred Dog Fan
History may best remember the Duke of Windsor for abdicating the British royal throne in 1936 to marry the woman he love...
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The Purpose Bred Dog
In an interview with National Post’s Brian Hutchinson, Westminster’s 2016 Best in Show judge, psychiatrist and P...
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The REAL “Indiana”
Meet the Alaskan Malamute who inspired the character of Chewbacca, Han Solo’s sidekick in “Star Wars.”...
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One-Color Pointers
When we venture into areas in which we’re a bit weak, we call it “wading into the tall grass” (and it ...
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Jumping Greyhounds
We’re fans of British Pathe (formerly Pathé News) which was a producer of newsreels, cine-magazines, and document...
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Working Dog of Hungary
The Komondor has been a working dog in Hungary for at least ten centuries, its ancestors brought to the Carpathian Basin...
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Russian 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...
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The Portuguese Podengo’s Name
The most popular hunting dog in Portugal is the Portuguese Podengo, though back in the 16th century, “Podengo̶...
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Wetterhoun Numbers
The Wetterhoun population is estimated at about 1,000 dogs worldwide, 95% of which are in the Netherlands. Photo of R...
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Queen Victoria, Trendsetter
Perhaps because she had a lonely childhood at Kensington Palace and relied on animals for companionship, Queen Victoria ...
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Name This Breed
The breed you see at the top is native to the Carpathian Mountains of Central Europe in an area divided between modern-...
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Tarot Cards
For anyone whose mother didn’t throw out their Ouija board (it invited evil, don’t you know), this Limited E...
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The 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 ...
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“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 ...
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The 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...
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Holy Bat Dog!
Holy Bat Dog, Bat-fans, there were a number of people affiliated with the original Batman television series who loved th...
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Nancy Kulp, Greyhound Fancier
Even “Millennials” probably know of the cult television classic, “The Beverly Hillbillies,” and ...
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Pug: 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...
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