When the word, “hook” appears in a breed standard, without exception, it has to do with a tail. In some br...
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What a Butterfly on the Nose Isn’t…
Few images are as captivating as when a butterfly lands on the nose of a dog, but for the fanciers of certain Japanese d...
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That Black Saddle
The only American hound without British ancestry is the Plott Hound, and with thirteen acceptable colors and four markin...
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The Little Things
As they say, “it’s the little things” that matter. For a poorly bred dog, the “devil is in the d...
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The Famous Stink Eye
Some of us who have had our breeds for a while can take for granted a trait we assume other breeds share. Au Contraire, ...
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The Tod-Hunter
We came across the term, “tod-hunter” as a name once applied to a beloved terrier breed. Dictionaries altern...
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Before Spain, Where?
An old airport joke says that whether you go to heaven or hell, you’ll have to change planes in Atlanta. Not that ...
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Gwell Angau Na Cywilydd
“Game, not quarrelsome.” Some non-doggie readers may not fully understand what “gameness” is in ...
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The Fatal Attraction
A breed standard not only spells out the ideal type and conformation of a breed, it often includes behavior in line with...
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A Pigment of My Imagination
News flash: Old English Sheepdogs do, in fact, have eyes. Sheepish grin (ha, a pun). Our apologies to OES folks. As long...
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The Bench Legged Feist
The slang term, “cankles” (a combination of the words ankle and calf) describes legs in which there is littl...
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“Nobles” in the Basset Hound’s History
We like to treat our dogs like the aristocrats they think they are, but some breeds really do have a history of noble ow...
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A “Psychic” PON named Psyche
The Polish Lowland Sheepdog is a bright, clever, and tenacious breed – but psychic? In 1924, several PONs were sho...
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Not Murderous. “Edgy.”
By our reckoning, there are roughly eighteen breeds regarded as “griffon” type dogs, though not all of them ...
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The Woman Behind this Afghan Hound
Kay Finch passed away in 1994, but her talent lives on in the small sculptures she created in the 40’s and mid 195...
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Why Is This Book So Important?
Consider the following description of a nearly 200 year old book about dogs: “This work has been selected by schol...
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Tit Sau Wu
There are twenty-one colors that a Chinese Shar-Pei may be registered as with the AKC, and according to the breed standa...
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National Dog of Iran?
Nestled amongst the high mountains of Bozqoosh and Sahand in northwest Iran is the township of Sarab, a place famous for...
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Mindful, Present
We’re big fans of handed-down wisdom regarding our different breeds, and we cite no less an authority than His Emi...
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A New York City Mayor and the “Daredevil”
Before he gravitated towards politics, Jimmy was a Tin Pan Alley songwriter. He had one hit, a syrupy sentimental piece ...
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