The sweet natured Newfoundland will try to please their owner no matter how they are built, but how much better for the ...
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The Name Change Game
Changes made to a breed's name are often to better reflect a breed's origins, or because the original name was misleadin...
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What is a “Subscription Pack?”
Readers may wonder what a 'subscription pack' is. The short answer is........
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Sometimes, a Cigar is just a Cigar
It pays to read a breed standard more than once, and consider that jargon aside, what a standard writes is often what it...
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Where Size Meets Versatility
That said, one might ask: Why such latitude? The short answer is that the height range reflects historical, regional and...
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Timber! Only One Breed Mentions It
For as marvelous a descriptive as it is, and as often as the word appears in canine encyclopedias and books on terms, it...
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“Bonin:” A Japanese Chin in the Confederacy
He wasn't the first in America to own the breed, but he was among the earliest to have one, and we have to go back to 18...
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Seattle’s Denny Park Mural
What had been a nondescript wall is now a lively visual centerpiece for one of the most popular dog parks in the city - ...
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The Purex Shar-Pei
The Purex commercials with Rolly were so successful that they increased the visibility and popularity of the Shar Pei br...
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About those Wolfschmidt Borzoi…
This one took some real digging!...
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The Minkhound?
Over the last several decades, the term "minkhound" has come to denote a dog's function rather than a specific breed, bu...
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D’ye ken John Peel?
We take you down a path to emphasize that not only do some songs simply become massively popular, but certain songs achi...
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It’s not Noise, but a Tale of Survival
As far as we can tell, the vocalization is never for nothing. It is a deeply ingrained behavior passed down through gene...
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A Hound’s “Pickelhaube”
Did you know that many breeds have nature's version of a pickelhaube?...
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When the Logo is a Dog
When a business or event is "canine-entric," it's a no-brainer to include a dog in the logo....
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The “Afghan Hound” of the Sea (or how a fish named a structural term)
As in most hobbies, sports, or passions, there are terms unique to that interest.......slang, if you will. After years o...
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Bon Appetit to their Dogs
Over time, they came to represent kitchen hierarchy, and the most experienced person in the kitchen wore one...
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The Dog Ate My Homework
In 2023, the little fragment was sold in New York by Bonhams auction house for $13,000, more than six times its estimat...
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With the Speed of a F**t
People who speak more than one language know that there are some words and phrases that don't translate well between lan...
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“Running through the T”
When his name was called, he barked, and when the students cheered, he threw his head back and bayed again. And again. ...
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