As Puli owners, we are well acquainted with the perception that we have a mixed breed: “Poodle and, um, Collie?...
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The Wirehaired Vizsla: Hungarian 101
Jolie was Hungarian-born, a little girl who grew up wanting to be an actress. She went to a Swiss finishing school, but ...
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A Different Bohemian Rhapsody
Sorry, not sorry. To get to the doggie portion of this post, you’re going to have to go through the Bohemian Rhaps...
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The “Real” Caucasian Ovcharka?
Georgians. Lovely people, but with a nod of affection to our friends in the southern United States, the Georgians in thi...
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The “Mame” Shiba Inu: What To Know
We use these pages to celebrate – and educate – about (wait for it) purebred dogs. Among the topics we cover...
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The Creeper
In the graphic novels of Steve Ditko and Don Segall for DC Comics, Jack Ryder is born in France, goes to college to stud...
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Barbecued What?*
Pig dog. The term is most decidedly not a compliment in our house. It is saved for those occasions when one of our dogs ...
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The Sprocker Spaniel: Full Circle?
Back in the day, English Springer Spaniels and Cocker Spaniels were born in the same litter. Smaller “Cockers̶...
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Older than Guinness: We’ll Drink to That!
Possibly the most famous layered drink in the world is the “black and tan,” or “half and half” (...
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The Impressive Eye Wipe
Whether it’s a swim meet, flower show, or photography competition, few people enter a contest of any kind to lose....
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What do Fox Hunts, St. Hubert, a Nine Year Old, & Rabies Have in Common?
It is inevitable that with “progress” comes change, and lamentably, the demise of many traditions. If there ...
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Cadenettes and Matelotes
There are several breeds in the world which have coats that can “mat” into slender sections. In the Puli (ou...
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The Fox-Like Wedge
If there is one description that best sums up the Finnish Spitz’s head, it is “fox-like,” and the bree...
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The Big Boned Gal
As is our occasional habit, we set the tone for this post with a musical repast, this from the fabulous K.D. Lang: As mu...
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The Bird Dog Bite
This will be one of those “interactive” posts in which we use you, the reader, to demonstrate a point. The e...
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“… They Fear Naething…”
From the book, “Guy Mannering” written by Sir Walter Scott: “Dandie Dinmont’s children are only indi...
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A Different Coton
As legend has it, not long after a merchant vessel engaged in a furious battle with a pirate ship, a hellacious storm ar...
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Split Treed
If you studied serigraphy as a fine art, you already know that the image below (where one color “blends” int...
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