The Felix Ungers of the world would recoil. Neil Simon’s hugely popular play, The Odd Couple, first appeared on Br...
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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:Â 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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When the Russian Setter was a Griffon
The first Wirehaired Pointing Griffon arrived in the United States in 1887 as the Korthals Griffon, and with its arrival...
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One of Austria’s Grand Brackes
Whenever we come across a new breed (new to us), there are times when the name seems “made up.” The Hangin...
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The Fox and the Hound
Scroll down to see a scene from the popular movie, “Wayne’s World,” that helps us set the stage ↓ â†...
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Knowing the Noggin
If you’re a casual dog person who doesn’t fully understand breed standards, and don’t really want to, ...
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The Brittany’s “Now You See it, Now You Don’t”
The Brittany is the only gun dog native to France, and there’s something pretty interesting about this breed (beyo...
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My Little Dog Saved Your Bigger Dog
Scroll down for a musical launch to this post: Another version of the ad, this one from 1973, was set at a dog show: Ken...
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