If you’re a casual dog person who doesn’t fully understand breed standards, and don’t really want to, ...
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The Brittany’s “Now You See it, Now You Don’t”
The Brittany is the only gun dog native to France, and there’s something pretty interesting about this breed (beyo...
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My Little Dog Saved Your Bigger Dog
Scroll down for a musical launch to this post: Another version of the ad, this one from 1973, was set at a dog show: Ken...
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Why Ace Wore a Mask
Ace, the Bat-Hound, is well known to comic book aficionados, but for everyone else, it should be known that Ace wasnR...
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The Dreaded Dachie-Wolver-Boar
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But First, a Limerick
There once was an Old Man of Kamschatka Who possessed a remarkably fat cur; His gait and his waddle Were held as a model...
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Play Ball! The Brown-Tiger-Club
You’re to be forgiven if you think that the Brown-Tiger-Club is a baseball or football organization. Would it ma...
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Rolling Off
We sometimes take for granted the things that connect us to the earth until those things shriek for attention. Losing tr...
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That Line Has a Name
There is an interesting line in the German Shorthaired Pointer’s AKC breed standard (interesting to us, anyway). I...
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The Lazy S
Large, powerful, and unexpectedly fast, the Anatolian Shepherd is a hard-working breed used as a Livestock Guardian Dog....
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Tweed: The Fabric and the Breed
We hazard a guess that most of you reading have had, or currently have, a garment made of tweed. The rough fabric was or...
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Sour, Surly, Severe & Stern
Gruff: grŭf adjective Brusque or stern in manner or appearance. Hoarse; harsh. Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or ...
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The “Rhombus” on Two Breeds
Etymologically speaking, a lozenge is a four-sided, diamond-like shape. For those who remember high school geometry, it&...
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The Well Knit Dog (not what you think)
The Scene: As the judge evaluated the dogs in his ring, he spotted an exquisite head piece, a rear assembly that could d...
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Why Hard Mouthed?
Imagine that you’ve been invited to dinner. On the menu is pheasant, and just as you’re about to cut into th...
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When is a Foxhound a Beagle?
When is a Foxhound a Beagle? It’s not a trick question, though we may have finessed the wording a bit. A Foxhound ...
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Mesopotamian Breeds?
If you’re not already familiar with Atlas Obscura, you’re in for a treat if you like unusual and obscure inf...
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From Berlin to Special Ops
The highest academic degree that one can earn in the world is a doctorate, and not that anyone gives it much thought, bu...
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Four Square
If your idea of “a little light reading” is to peruse breed standards, you’ll have come across the ter...
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A Bichon’s Halos
Many of us think of our dogs as “little angels,” but when we mention “halos” in the same sentenc...
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