The funny papers. Comics. Newspapers. Classifieds. Paper boys, and later, paper girls. By our reckoning, there are a few...
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Is She, or Isn’t She?
Most experienced dog show judges will tell you that they can only judge a dog on the day. Anyone outside the dog fancy m...
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How Many Chihuahuas?
Question: How many people in the United States own Chihuahuas? Answer: More than you can count. This was the surprisingl...
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“Grandma’s Face”
Chinese Shar-Pei owners admire their breed’s independence and intelligence, devotion with a touch of obstinance, a...
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The Mastiff Difference
Education is key to protecting and preserving purebred dogs, and to that end, National Purebred Dog Day spends much of t...
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It’s Borinqueneers Day!
The bluest ocean water you might ever see from an airplane is the water surrounding Puerto Rico, and specifically, at ni...
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An “Only” Breed
There are so many singular aspects to the Dandie Dinmont Terrier’s story that it’s tempting to write of it a...
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On The Tip of the Tongue
A dog’s tongue is a complex organ, and one of its most visible “landmarks” is the median groove, or me...
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Israel’s Oketz
It’s not classified anymore, but for several years, Israel’s Oketz was an operational secret. Every sting op...
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Straight Out of Narnia
Heinrich Essig had created a loving, loyal, and big dog in the Leonberger, but when he died in 1889, he left his mortal ...
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The BC’s Name
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between “Scotch” and “Scottish?” Merriam-Webste...
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The Veiled Dog
The talent behind making stone look transparent is staggering to us, and to our delight, history has given us more than ...
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The Dog of the Moor
In some dialects of Italy, the word “paratore” translates “to touch,” push forward” or ...
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What’s Wrong Here?
The Ibizan Hound AKC breed standard indicates that the Ibizan has an elegant, deer-like look. That doesn’t mean ...
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The Ledbetter
A recent post introduced our series on the different bloodlines of Black Mouth Curs, lines developed by individual famil...
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The Flying Whippet
The Rutland Railroad was located primarily in the state of Vermont and extended into New York at both its northernmost a...
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Akitainu Moku
There isn’t much the Akita can’t do, and this is apparent in its history in which it was used to hunt bear a...
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Meet the Murray
The last time we talked about “the Murray” on these pages, the breed was known as the Murray River Curly-Coa...
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To the Jaundiced Eye
If people aren’t trained to really look at a dog, they generally take note only of the big things: Color, size, dr...
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The Drent’s Brown Color
As an outsider, which is to say someone outside the breed, it’s hard to read about the history of the Drentsche Pa...
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