It’s safe to safe that most of the dog breeds we have in the United States were created somewhere else, but that&#...
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Transition Coats
Many breeds undergo a change in coat color with maturity, the Bearded Collie coming immediately to mind. The color durin...
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Monkey Whiskers
What’s not to love about the term, “Monkey Whiskers?” On an adult Afghan Hound, the long hair that gro...
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19th Century Spaniels
In the early 19th century, spaniels were considered to be in one of three groups based mostly by size. It made for confu...
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A Good Old Fashioned Kelpie Walk-About
When Western Australian Kelpie breeder, Aticia Grey, took her dogs for a “walk-about”, she never dreamed her...
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Anderson Cooper: Purebred Dog Owner
A tip of our hat to Anderson Cooper for having gotten the dog he wanted, a Welsh Springer Spaniel he’s named ̶...
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Big Paws • Heavy Clay Soil
The big paws of the Sussex Spaniel were ideal for coping with the heavy clay soil of Sussex where Augustus Fuller of Ros...
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The “Uplander”
The Wirehaired Vizsla was known for a time as the “Uplander” when introduced to the United States in 1970. T...
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Mousa, Papa Stour, Trondra, Bigga, and Hascosay
What are Mousa, Papa Stour, Trondra, Bigga, and Hascosay? They are just a few of the names of a place where Scotland mee...
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The “Pinscher” Word
Austrian Pinscher, Doberman Pinscher, German Pinscher, Miniature Pinscher, Affenpinscher – you see where we’...
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April 15th – Doberman Day?
Having shared the tragedy of the Titanic earlier today, we’re just loaded with cheerful posts as we also note that...
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The Dogs of Titanic
One hundred and four years ago today, the “unsinkable ship” known as the Titanic struck an iceberg in the north Atla...
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Marie Henriette and the Griff
Though the breed was known in its present form by 1870, was exhibited in 1880 at the Brussels Exhibition, and was #AKC r...
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A Breed’s Type Found in it’s Head
Read this description and see if you can conjure up in your mind’s eye what breed this describes: “Large in ...
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What’s in a Name
Animal Friends Pet Insurance Company in the UK just released its findings after studying the names of its policy holders...
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Old Drum: Man’s best friend
“Man’s best friend.” Do you know the genesis of this famous phrase? “Old Drum” was a black and tan hou...
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The Porcelain Hound
We confess that it’s the breed’s name that first captivated us: Porcelain Hound. It sounds fragile, pristine...
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Clark Gable and a Cairn Terrier Named Terry
“Toto” was everyone’s favorite Cairn Terrier, and for many, she was their first exposure to the breed....
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Say It With Us:”Krome-For-Lahn-Dair” A Snippet of its History
It was a war scene straight out of the movies. American troops were fighting their way through France during WW II and c...
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