We came across a couple of lists the other day of the “World’s Oldest Dog Breeds” and noticed that they didn’t a...
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Shirley MacLaine and Her Rat Terrier
Before she butted heads with Maggie Smith’s, “Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham” on Downton...
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Name This Breed!
What you see is the youngest of Russian gun dog breeds, and given its appearance, it’s not surprising that it ori...
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Bess Dog Automata
Stuart Chalmers started building mechanical models, or “automata” in 2007. One of his pieces is named, ̶...
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The “Dachshund” Teapot
Feast your eyes on a hand-built “Dachshund” teapot made of white stoneware clay. The dog’s head and th...
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The Breed Known as the “Gift of Kings”
Hard work and feats of courage were usually rewarded with a head scritch and the words, “Jó kutya,” not exa...
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Monument to Scottish Immigrants
The Port of Philadelphia was the principal gateway for Scottish Immigrants in the 1600’s and 1700’s, and thi...
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A Snippet of Scottish Deerhound History
It’s not conjecture: The Scottish Deerhound existed before recorded history. Archeological evidence in the way of Roma...
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Unlike the Corded Coat
Unlike the corded coat of Puli, Komondor, Havanese and Poodle, the strands of a Bergamasco‘s coat contains “...
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The Bulletproof Dog
Behold the military dog of the future (only the future is now). This tactical body armor is wired with a collapsible vid...
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Unlike any Other Hairless Breed
The hairless variety of the American Hairless Terrier (AHT) is unlike any of the other hairless breeds in a couple of wa...
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Guardians, Hunters and Companions of the Tuareg
The Azawakh was historically the guardians, hunters and companions of the Tuareg, as well as other southern Sahel ethnic...
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The “Ninja Warriors of Dogdom”
Not many breeds (as in none others that we can think of) are allowed to have an identification mark on rump in a show ri...
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The “Water Sprite” Breed
If pressed to identify the breed name associated with the nickname, “water sprite,” we daresay that most wou...
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1000 Dog Portraits: From the People Who Love Them
“You know, there are only so many ways to draw a Beagle.” Oh really? In 2011, Robynne Raye, Modern Dog founder, got ...
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The Skye Terrier, Puck, & the National Dog Show
Skye Terriers were created on one of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides islands (the Isle of Skye) to rid farms of earth dw...
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The “4-wheel Drive” of Hunting Dogs
The breed earned its nickname, “the 4-wheel drive of hunting dogs” because these dogs will plow into briars ...
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The “Poker Game”
“Poker Game” is one of a series of sixteen paintings painted by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge known collective...
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The Maremma: A Bandicoot’s Best Hope
Bandicoots are small marsupials found across Australia, some eleven known species in all. They’ve been damaged by ...
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Know the”Lamb Cut”
In Poodles, the clip known as the “lamb cut” sees the dog’s face, tail, and feet shaved, but its topkn...
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