Before he gravitated towards politics, Jimmy was a Tin Pan Alley songwriter. He had one hit, a syrupy sentimental piece ...
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Agility and the Shallow Chest
If ever there was a “team building” activity for owners and their dogs, it’s agility. It builds confid...
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What is Hachiware?
When half of a dog’s face is one color, and the other half is some other color (usually white), the term used among En...
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With One Line
The drawing of the Standard Schnauzer seen here was created with a single, flowing, looping black line left by a brush p...
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Bumpy Beginning for the Bean Town Breed
Let’s just call them Judd, Gypsy, Evert, Kate, and Mike. Judd was a well built, high stationed chap with dark brin...
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Imperial: One Word, Two Differences
The word, “imperial,” shows up in a couple of toy sized breeds, and in this post, we take a look at how diff...
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A Scottie Muzzle in the Hand
A good chunk of the Scottish Terrier’s AKC breed standard is devoted to the head, largely because it establishes b...
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When is a Dog Shiny?
It’s hard to believe to that this bully isn’t a metallic sculpture, but it was, in fact, created 100% with s...
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The Princess and the Clumber Spaniel
Join us on a tortured path to understanding, or, more accurately, making an educated guess as to what the Clumber Spanie...
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In the Doghouse
James was the ninth of ten children born to Scottish weavers, Margaret and David. A small child, James was not rewarded ...
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Too Many Dogs?
If you’re a fancier (or even if you’re not), perhaps an in-law, friend or family member has hinted that they...
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Having Fun with a Legend
A breed legend is not always appreciated by fanciers of the breed, especially if it’s dated, untrue, or still up f...
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The Kerry Blue’s Roaring 20s
The Roaring Twenties in America was certainly a time of dramatic social and political change. For the first time, more A...
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Ichinosekitora and Dewa
Seeing is believing, and in 1914, the seven million visitors who attended Japan’s Taisho Promotion Exhibition were...
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The Chessie: A Head Breed???
In dog fancy parlance, a “head breed” is one in which the breed standard places emphasis on a good “head...
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Tyras, Bismarck’s Great Dane
Almost for 60 years, Otto von Bismarck owned Great Danes, starting with the first dog he got when he lived with his pare...
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Without that Coat…
We don’t have consent to share this photo, but we ask that you look at it, study it, and name this coated breed. W...
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Starting with Sari, Shasta and Tito
Being a government employee had its advantages, and it certainly helped Emmett Scanlan (a US employee in the Italian Emb...
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A Trailblazer’s Dachshund
They said it wouldn’t last. It was the 1920s. Gertrude Stein held her famous soirees, and in Moscow, Diego River...
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