Though he got top billing in one of her movies, in the post, we talk about America's first superstar........
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What a Poodle and a Kardashian Have in Common
We can almost see it happening at brew pubs where pets are allowed; instead of, "Here, hold my beer so I can pet that do...
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A Dobie First?
Prior to 1946, Dobies were usually spotted in bit parts of movies, one that were often put out by Dogs for Defense, the ...
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From Keith Moon to an HPR Breed
it amuses us to make tortured connections between unrelated things, and we think maybe we outdid ourselves with this one...
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Center of Gravity
We leave it to the Internet to sort out as to why some women can't do either of these popular challenges, or why some me...
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An NFL Quarterback’s “Lap Dogs”
He "gets" the breed. He once told People Magazine that his Danes just want to lay on your lap all the time. He added tha...
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Daisy’s Ears
In a whelping box and in a show ring, the whole dog should be evaluated, not just its "parts," but a sound dog is made u...
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Cue the Cardigan Welsh Corgi Monster
Kaiju films featured giant creatures like Godzilla, but over three decades later, pop culture had not dispensed with gia...
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RIP, Raquel
It is safe to say that Welch's beauty thrust the baton of universal sex symbol left by the late Marilyn Monroe into Raqu...
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Sheep Are Not Colorblind
Going through your own breed's standard and asking, "why" is an interesting exercise that will lead to better understand...
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The Lackland Shuffle
Did you know that traditionally, every military working dog is a Non Commissioned Officer, and always one rank higher th...
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Venus of the HMS Vansittart
We talk a lot about mascots on these pages because they mattered to the people whose spirits were buoyed by them......
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A Pom Tail
The truth is that the breed's heavily plumed tail, a characteristic of the breed, makes determining tail set hard to tel...
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Out, Damned Spot!
"Out damned spot!" is a line from William Shakespeare's play, "Macbeth," in which Lady Macbeth is trying to wash imagina...
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Only AKC Breed Standard to Mention This
The Pyr Shep's standard is the only one among all AKC breed standards to include this word as a desired texture, and for...
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Collar Envy (Long Thin Neck Envy, Too)
Gorgeous collars like the one in this image made by barcelonadogs aren't just for sighthounds, but you should know that ...
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A Breed or Not a Breed?
After digging into this, we are honestly not sure if it qualifies as a purebred dog or not. Certainly there are breeds n...
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Baseball Beagle
As we see it, Homer was only "singing the song of his people." Picking up the scent of hot dogs somewhere between first ...
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A Big Little Dog
As we see it, the Toy Fox Terrier is a marvelous combination of both Toy and Terrier traits: A mild temperament but not ...
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