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Contemplative, Not Sad!
Back in the day when everyone wore togas (no, it wasn’t this day), it was thought that balancing the Four Humors &...
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Pinto: Ok, and Not Ok
Much of our knowledge of dog structure comes from the English horse world, so it’s not surprising that some of o...
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The Six Wheeled Mastiff
In 2006, eight-six Mastiffs were delivered to the Department of Defense in the United Kingdom. Two years later, another ...
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Not Just a Pretty Face #16
We’ve all seen them. Comments suggesting that purebred dogs are unsound. They can’t work anymore. Blah Blah Blah. ...
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They Grew and Grew!
At one time, everyone from David Bowie and Princess Diana to Dennis Rodman and Frank Sinatra had a pair of Hush Puppy sh...
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The Coloratura’s Dalmatian
Opera is not everyone’s cup of tea, but that’s often the result of not understanding it. Simply put, opera...
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Your Breed in 1935?
Back in the day, Hutchinson’s Popular and Illustrated Encyclopedia published by Walter Hutchinson was a “go-...
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Higglety Pigglety Pop!
Jennie has a pretty good life. She has enough to eat, a sweater to keep her warm, a comfy pillow, and most importantly...
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George and Willie
Of the several statues of General George S. Patton, the one situated behind Jefferson Hall Library at West Point has par...
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Oxitl and the Xolo
We came across a curious passage in a book written by Kathryn Braund and published in 1975, and it may be of particular ...
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Four Legged Birds
Biographies of Alphonse de Lamartine write that he was one of the greatest French poets of the nineteenth century, a pio...
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The Canary Island Symbol: Look Closely
Since 1982, the Canary Islands has had two flags, a civil flag and the state flag, the latter of which includes the coat...
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The Wolfhound on the Sixpenny
Since its independence, there have been three sets of coins issued in Ireland, and all three showed a Celtic harp on the...
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A Chow Chow of Many Names
We were asked recently about the Chow Chow’s name. Perplexed, the reader pointed out that “chow chow” ...
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A Good Day and a Golden
Ingram Shavitz had been born to Jewish parents in Manhattan, but once Ingram finished high school in 1953, he changed hi...
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The *Other* Gameskeeper Dog
Within dog circles, the “gameskeeper dog” is widely regarded as a nickname for the Bullmastiff, but there is...
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The Beagle Ear Incident
Like most scent hounds, a Beagle’s ears hang low and close to the dog’s face. When the dog picks up a scent,...
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Muster Dogs
The other day, we came across a video showing a litter of Kelpie puppies that one day might become “muster” ...
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The “Live Long and Prosper” Airedale Owner
She’s been around Hollywood long enough to have acted in television classics, including Dr. Kildare, Gunsmoke, Bon...
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