As important as it is to be aware of what is acceptable in a breed for the show ring or breeding, it’s equally i...
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Combinations of Black, Tan, Gold and Blue
The AKC recognizes four colors pairs for the Yorkshire Terrier: Black and tan Black and gold Blue and tan Blue and gold ...
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Sigismund I’s Agar, Komondor, and Vizsla
Hungary today is an independent and a constitutional state, a parliamentary republic since 1989. In its history, however...
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The Six Wheeled Wolfhound
Today, a civilian would call this vehicle a tank. The modern military calls it armored truck, or, to be really technical...
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When it Fits
Perhaps it is because she owns the ground over which she stands with authority that makes the average person off the str...
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Color and Cold
We offer a post sponsored by the phrase, “So what.” What follows could qualify as minutiae useful only in ...
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Oh, Canada!
Today is Canada Day, a holiday that commemorates the anniversary of the Act that consolidated three territories into the...
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The Dachshund Dimples
We know better than most what it takes to get a day officially recognized by a state legislature. For those who arenR...
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Waidmannsheil!
German hunting traditions run deep, customs that have been handed over from father to son for many generations. A viol...
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The Thinking Person’s Retriever
The English Water Spaniel is long gone, the last specimen seen in the 1930s. A pity for a storied breed that could be ...
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“The Pledge”
We don’t think it got nearly enough attention at the time, probably because Covid was the topic of most headlines,...
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Shocking Society with a Frenchie
Fin de siècle. The term was typically used to refer to the end of the 19th century in France, and was not unlike the ...
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Japan’s “Just Right” Breed
Is it human nature to want the next new shiny thing? This seems to have been the case in Japan after World War I. Nati...
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A Descendent of Torfspitzgrupe
The Torfspitzgrupe, or turf-rat-terrier group, has origins traceable to the Stone Age, and even though most of us weren&...
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Breed Pairings To Get the Job Done
Whether by design or happy coincidence, some breeds have traditionally worked in concert with another breed, and perha...
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FAST CAT Basics (and the Sloughi)
Participants of the AKC’s fast CAT already know about this gem of an activity they can do with their dog, but this...
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“I’ll take ‘what is boatswain’ for $200”
It’s curious how English speakers of today can mispronounce a word that has been part of their language since the ...
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A Yorkie Champion – the First?
Harry Bradford is a prize-winning conductor and choral director based in London. A recent graduate of the Royal Academy ...
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“To Say Nothing of the Dog”
Most terrier people likely know that it was Jerome Klapka Jerome (he was originally Jerome Clapp Jerome but later change...
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The Dog in Auto Branding: Only Three
As common as dogs were in archaic heraldic emblems, coats of armor, and flags, they’ve rarely been used as a symbo...
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