France has 8 million dogs of 330 different breeds, and half of them are hunting dogs. Those hunting dogs can be divided ...
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And Whitestock Service Man Went Along
Dog ownership by US presidents is a favorite “sidebar” topic of the media, but not every administration had ...
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Elizabeth Taylor & Her Dogs
Elizabeth Taylor had a full life, if not one foreign to most of us. She was a child actress in the early 1940s. She be...
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Named for Snow Capped Peaks
The genesis of the word, “spitz” as it applies to a dog is interesting. In German, it means “pointed,&...
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The Scottish Deerhound & a Pictish Stone
The monumental rocks of Stonehenge and Easter Island get all the attention, and understandably so, but slipping under th...
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The Pouty Lip
You won’t find the word, “pouty” in the Affenpinscher’s AKC breed standard, but the wording leav...
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Looking for One Ended up with Two
On a chilly morning when the sky and land appeared to have been whitewashed, Aloïs and his dog, Natsu, left the warmth ...
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The Songwriter, and his dog, “Writer”
Fifteen minutes into performing his set at Roanoke’s Elmwood Park amphitheater in August of 2019, singer/songwrite...
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The “Bluie” Pemmie
If you’re considering a Pembroke Welsh Corgi as your next companion, don’t settle for anything less than a pureb...
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What the “Hoo-Man” Has in Common With This Breed
When Michael Hoomanawanui was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft, he signed a four...
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Stop, Strip, and Roll
Pop quiz! Which of the following breeds involve hand stripping as part of their grooming regime (if the dog is to be s...
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The Shiba’s Size (and Scream)
There are six Japanese dog breeds recognized in Japan as “Nihon-ken,” – true native Japanese breeds....
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Genetic Memory: Cue the Affenpinscher
Do you believe the theory of genetic memory? The comedians among you might want to say, “I don’t remember,&#...
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Bloodhounds Take Two Over Bobcats*
Bloodhound prevails over bobcat? It’s not what you think. The post title comes from a Yahoo headline in 2021 in wh...
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Yellow, and Butter Yellow
The Weimaraner’s AKC breed standard stipulates that acceptable breed colors are blue, gray, and silver gray. Befor...
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A Well Protected Breed
When Czechs and Slovaks “rediscovered” the Prague Ratter in the 1980s, not everyone may have bargained for the stric...
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The 4-Wheel Boxer
Though several vehicles have included the word, “boxer,” in their names, not all of them have had the dog br...
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Head Cheese?
Oops. Blush. Sorry, our bad. We meant Head Dog. But we got your attention (and probably made some of you queasy) with ...
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The Importance of Stop (or Lack Of)
Very few breeds have a standard that specifically calls for the head to have no stop (a reminder that “stop”...
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What WAS the Secret Sauce?
What do the Rottweiler, Great Dane, Weimaraner, German Shorthaired Pointer, Beauceron, Greyhound, Manchester Terrier, an...
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