It is the fortunate owner who has fallen in love with a breed never mistaken for something else, but others aren’t...
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Sharing the Song of Their People
Like our readers, we are endlessly curious about our dog breeds, and that makes us perpetual students. It’s prob...
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Your Mileage May Vary
The American Kennel Club recognizes 202 dog breeds at the time of this writing, and to be honest, it’s a little su...
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The Brazilian Alarm System
The history of dog breeds is replete with examples of different breeds that work together toward a common goal. In Tibet...
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When Black isn’t Black
It is Boxing Day* in some parts of the world as we write, but for some people, every day is “Boxer Day.” A n...
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The Missing Word
If you check various Doberman Pinscher breed standards from across the world, you’ll notice that something is mi...
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The “Real” Santa Claus
You would be forgiven for never having heard of Haddon Sundblom, but we guarantee that you know his work. Haddon was bor...
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The “People Rescuer”
Field marshal Bernard Montgomery probably didn’t know this about his name, and Irish playwright and essayist Georg...
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Spots Matter
We might be crediting the wrong person for this quote (which we paraphrase), but we believe it was Anne Rogers Clark, th...
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Not a Poodle • Not a Pointer
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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