Meet “Angus,” an 8 year old West Highland White Terrier from Bangor, County Down, and the first Northern Ire...
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A Dachshund By Any Other Name…..
At one time in England (according to “Dogs” by Desmond Morris), the Dachshund was known as the Beagle Terrie...
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He’s so Heavy!
People are often surprised at how heavy a Pekingese can be. In fact, “surprisingly heavy” is a term used to ...
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The Debut of the Budweiser Dalmatian
In commemoration of the opening of the Newark Brewery, a Dalmatian was introduced as the Budweiser Clydesdales’ ma...
Read MoreThe Siberian Husky Alarm Clock
How many of us wake up to a pair of eyes boring holes into our heads from a distance of four inches? Or maybe it’s...
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A Top Chef’s Dog
He’s been named,“The Nation’s Favorite French Chef” who has won several Michelin stars, the prestigious ...
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She Introduced Pomeranians to England
Charlotte was a trooper. Married to Britain’s King George III, she suffered through his bouts of illness and insan...
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Identify This Breed
Can you identify this breed? It’s a Fox Paulistinha (its common name which translates as, “little fox terrier f...
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Teddy Roosevelt Terrier: All American Dog
It’s an all American breed, the Teddy Roosevelt Terrier. It descended from terriers brought over by English miners...
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A Super Hero’s Boston Terrier
In the spring of 2015, a Boston Terrier boarded a city bus and went on a 20-mile ride in Houston with some other passen...
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And This Dog’s Breed is?
The dog in the wonderful photo is a Drentsche Patrijshond, or Drent Partridge Dog, a very old gun dog breed originally f...
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The “Sharkskin Dog”
It’s the breed known by some as the “sharkskin dog,” and some sources suggest that the nickname comes ...
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German Shepherd Dog Color
When it comes to color genetics, we always defer to breed experts, so we’re entering tall grass, here: To our know...
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Canaan Dog: Proto Dog
Figures vary as to when the first dogs descended from wolves, but most scientists believe it occurred somewhere between ...
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The Pet Passport
If you’ve been able to take your dog into England in the last 15 years, thank this lady. Her name is Lady Mary Fre...
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A Quickie Tibetan Terrier History
Its Tibetan name is Tsang Apso which roughly translates to “shaggy or bearded dog, but for at least ...
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The Actor and the Airedale
On the face of it, it would seem that Marion Robert Morrison would have little in common with an Airedale Terrier, but t...
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The Pariah Dog: What Is it?
As a rule, being a pariah is not a good thing, unless you’re a dog breed with pariah roots. What is a pariah? It k...
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Is Your Dog Ticked?
Is your dog ticked? Put another way, ticking is a pattern of colored hair (usually extremely small spots of colored hair...
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