Admirers of the breed appreciate its beauty, much it found in a lustrous coat in shades of gold, but the Golden Retrieve...
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Redheads, Unite!
We promise to get to dogs, but if you are a redhead, you’re interesting! Less than 2% of the entire human race has...
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The Bloodhound: Setting Time & Speed
One of the most successful ocean racing yachts ever built – the Bloodhound – was also the vessel on which Pr...
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What a Harlequin Is Genetically
Great Danes are interesting dogs, and as it turns out, a couple of the colors they come in are especially interesting. T...
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But for Color….
‘Ever hear the expression, “Everything old is new again?” Do we have a breed for you! The Podenco Orit...
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Silk or Wool?
Any outdoor enthusiast who has shopped for long underwear can tell you that most thermals are made from one of four main...
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Saved by the Guardian
He kidnapped the wrong woman. Oops. He became her captor, but then she stole his heart. Awwww. It stinks to have been Co...
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A Flamingo and a Podenco
Of the podenco breeds, perhaps the least is known about the Podenco Malagueño and the Podenco Orito, but in this contin...
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He Sings the “Song of the Rabbit”
Say the word, “canario” in a roomful of dog fanciers, and most will think of the “Canary Dog of Prey,&...
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The Elegance of Mill & Collier Workers’ Dog
If they worked in a British cotton mill, it was amidst the deafening roar of machinery. Mill equipment had many moving p...
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The “Dachshund Pondenco”
We begin a series on the many podenco breeds with a reminder that in Spanish, these hare-hunting breeds are called poden...
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Out of Sight Out of Mind
In 2020, the Kennel Club in England reported registration numbers for the Sealyham Terrier, and they were a far cry from...
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Arabians & Salukis in England
By all accounts, Lady Anne Blunt was a remarkable woman. The only granddaughter of Lord Byron, she was a musician, autho...
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A Break in the Ear
It can take years to learn how to evaluate a dog, and most of us start out by learning the nuances of our own breed. U...
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Spain’s Andalusian Hound
A question from a reader about their “Andaluc Mastiff” prompted us to investigate the breed, but we never fo...
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The Bracco’s Zygomatic Arches. Huh?
It won’t be long before the Bracco Italiano, currently in the AKC’s Foundation Stock Service, is fully accep...
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A Resemblance, We Think
The military has a vocabulary all its own: All those the ribbons found on the breast of a military uniform? It’s...
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The Dog Belonging To E=mc²
E=mc2 is probably the most famous equation in the world because it changed the way we thought about energy. The mass of ...
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The Great Pyr as Ref
Livestock Guardian Dogs are entrusted to protect their stock and flock from predators, but as you see in the video below...
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