Our post title was originally “Roan,” however, the more we got into it, the more rabbit holes we went down. Ultimate...
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Dog of Irrigation Ditches
Our on-going series on Spain’s five native ratting breeds (the Valencian Ratter, Andalusian Ratter, Majorca Ratter...
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Follow the Nose
In the AKC, any color or combination of colors is allowed in the American Hairless Terrier (hairless variety) with the e...
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Elusive as a Ghost, Insubstantial as a Shadow
We continue our series on the five ratting breeds native to Spain (breeds we’ve already covered follow this post),...
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The Hailstone Labrador
In the course of rummaging around the background of different breeds, we often stumble across information we think anyon...
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“Rats” Like a Cat
In a previous post, we mentioned that there are no fewer than five native rat-hunting breeds originating in Spain, and w...
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The Icie as Totem
A totem animal is an animal spirit guide believed to stay with their person for life, both in the physical and spiritual...
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Here’s Something You Don’t See Every Day
Check out the video below. It’s not the intact tail that Americans don’t much see on a Rottweiler eve...
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Bodega* Mice, and the Breed that “Loves” them
When it comes to ratters, Spain has an embarrassment of riches. There are no fewer than five native rat-hunting breeds o...
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The Longest of the Herders
With a body that is longer than it is high at a ratio of five to four, the Bearded Collie is the longest bodied of the h...
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Who Shot the Peshawar Vale Hunt Pack?
When one hears the term “fox hunt,” one generally think of Britannia, and not an Islamic republic in South A...
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A Royal Sailing Hound
It was good to be queen. Heck, it was good to be her kids. When Prince Charles and Princess Ann learned to sail, it was ...
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National Dog of Guatemala
Though the Guatemalan Dogo is not yet accepted by the FCI or AKC, it is officially recognized by the Asociación Canofil...
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The Mystery of the Boxwood Terrier
If you’re like us, and we know we are, you absolutely hate it when you can’t resolve a question that has puz...
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The Clean Boot’s Beginnings
If you commit to memory every single thing you read on National Purebred Dog Day (if you do, we might have a job for you...
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The Dead Leaf Pattern
Mention “dog breed” and “butterfly” in the same sentence, and guaranteed, most people will think...
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The Mackenzie River Husky
When Robert Peary got to the North Pole (and became the first man to do so), he found a bewildering assortment of sled d...
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RIP Betty White
Betty White died the other day, just a couple of weeks shy of her 100th birthday. Most everyone loved the television Bet...
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Fish Catchers
For every flock, gaggle, or herd of animals that have been kept by man for his own sustenance, there is probably a dog t...
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Me and My Arrow
A few months ago, a few people got unglued when the video below was posted on both You Tube and on-line by the New York ...
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