Oh those Pugs. Subversive little critters. Not really, but there was a time when owning a Pug was a subtle show of defia...
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AKC Recognition – What Does it Take?
The largest purebred dog registry in the United States, and, in fact, the world, is the American Kennel Club, but it doe...
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“Dogs Who Eat Their Own Heads”
How many teeth are in normal dog dentition? Are missing teeth an issue in your breed, does the breed standard address it...
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The Catalan Sheepdog
Meet the Catalan Sheepdog, the dog whose picture you see at the left. The breed’s origins are in the Andorra regio...
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Kiwi Protector
There is irony in this story. We’ve posted about purebred dogs that protect penguins, leopards, butterflies and...
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Löwchen’s Name and Origin
Our proficiency at French would never compel Gomez to kiss the length of our arm, but our reading tells us that the corr...
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Plant Name Colors
A fun bit of trivia: The following are all the names of purebred dog colors that are also plant names: Sedge, Chestnut, ...
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A Corgi’s Job
A Corgi’s work is never done, not even on a weekend. Photo by Tonya Hane...
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Acceptance = Changes?
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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