A fun bit of trivia: The following are all the names of purebred dog colors that are also plant names: Sedge, Chestnut, ...
Read MoreA Corgi’s Job
A Corgi’s work is never done, not even on a weekend. Photo by Tonya Hane...
Read MoreAcceptance = Changes?
This past Tuesday, the Sloughi and American Hairless Terrier were announced as being the newest breeds to join the #AKC ...
Read MoreJimmy Durante’s Irish
The beauty of purebred dog ownership is that it sprawls across generations, but we recognize that for some of you, the m...
Read MoreA Boxer With Two “Firsts”
The first Boxer registered by the #AKC, and the first champion, was a dog imported from Germany by a former governor of ...
Read MoreThe Unique Dandie Dinmont
If this picture doesn’t melt your heart, check your pulse. Imagine a world where this face is gone forever. We thi...
Read MoreWetterhoun Numbers
As of 2016, the Wetterhoun population is estimated to be about 1,000 dogs worldwide, 95% of which are in the Netherlands...
Read MoreThe Chessie’s Topline
The Chesapeake Bay Retriever’s top-line is one of the most misunderstood (but also one of the most important aspects) ...
Read MoreA Bronze Tribute to Two Dutch Breeds
These bronzes of a Wetterhoun and Stabyhoun are in the Rengerspark thv Dirk Zeperweg and erected in 1987. The two images...
Read MoreMixed Breeds Healthier?
A 2013 study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that mixed breeds weren’t always healthi...
Read MoreHead Breed
Though there are three basic categories that dog skulls fall into, dolichocephalic, mesaticephalic and brachycephalic, t...
Read More“The Lads”
We knew them as “the lads,” but as individuals, they were “Zeus” and “Apollo,” every...
Read MoreBreed with the Longest Standard
Bragging rights for having the longest AKC breed standard at 2,287 words belongs to the Coton de Tulear (also known as t...
Read MoreWatchful Unto Death
The Scottish landscape artist, Horatio McCulloch (1805-1867) had several Skye Terriers, and after his death in 1856 he w...
Read MoreWake Her When it’s Friday
Photo of Clementine, a Black & Tan Coonhound, By Ellen Jones...
Read MoreHow the Lakeland Terrier Got its Name
As is often the case, a breed becomes known by the terrain or location in which it works, and such was the case for the ...
Read MoreThe AKC’s 100th Anniversary Postage Stamp
In 1984, the US Post Office issued a 20 cent stamp to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the American Kennel Club. The...
Read MoreKees de Gyselaer’s Dog
The Keeshond, a Dutch breed, was developed to work on small vessels called “rijnaken” for countless years; ...
Read MoreMonday. Ugh.
Wake her when it’s Friday. Photo of Clementine, a Black & Tan oonhound, By Ellen Jones...
Read MoreTexas’ State Dog
You have to love a breed named the Blue Lacy. The hint of pretty, delicate doilies the color of cornflowers ends there, ...
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