This past Tuesday, the Sloughi and American Hairless Terrier were announced as being the newest breeds to join the #AKC ...
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Jimmy 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...
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A 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 ...
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The 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...
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Wetterhoun Numbers
As of 2016, the Wetterhoun population is estimated to be about 1,000 dogs worldwide, 95% of which are in the Netherlands...
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The Chessie’s Topline
The Chesapeake Bay Retriever’s top-line is one of the most misunderstood (but also one of the most important aspects) ...
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A 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...
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Mixed Breeds Healthier?
A 2013 study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that mixed breeds weren’t always healthi...
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Head Breed
Though there are three basic categories that dog skulls fall into, dolichocephalic, mesaticephalic and brachycephalic, t...
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“The Lads”
We knew them as “the lads,” but as individuals, they were “Zeus” and “Apollo,” every...
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Breed 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...
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Watchful Unto Death
The Scottish landscape artist, Horatio McCulloch (1805-1867) had several Skye Terriers, and after his death in 1856 he w...
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Wake Her When it’s Friday
Photo of Clementine, a Black & Tan Coonhound, By Ellen Jones...
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How 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 ...
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The 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...
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Kees de Gyselaer’s Dog
The Keeshond, a Dutch breed, was developed to work on small vessels called “rijnaken” for countless years; ...
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Monday. Ugh.
Wake her when it’s Friday. Photo of Clementine, a Black & Tan oonhound, By Ellen Jones...
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Texas’ 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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Oorang Airedales
Oorang Airedales. There were a lot of “firsts” associated with these dogs. There are some who refer to ov...
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Elliot and the Lamb
This minute, someone’s dog is meeting a very different animal than him or herself. In this case, “Elliot,...
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