The Sandbox, Avalanche, Cardano, Polkadot, Uniswap…..if these aren’t names you recognize, perhaps you’...
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Strange-Sharp-Pointy Thing
Who among us who are fanciers wouldn’t be startled under the following dog show scenario: We stack our dog as the ...
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“How Can You Be Here?”
William Shatner is well known for his affection for Doberman Pinschers. Morgan, China, Heidi, Kirk, Paris, Royale, Marti...
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The Soul of a Hunter
When a Valencian Ratter named “Kike de Ca Batiste” won the Spanish National Dog Show in 2011 for the first t...
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Dog Is My CoAuthor
Unless you are in her field, you probably don’t know who Polly Matzinger is, but if you enjoy interesting people, ...
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Dog of Irrigation Ditches
Our on-going series on Spain’s five native ratting breeds (the Valencian Ratter, Andalusian Ratter, Majorca Ratter...
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Follow the Nose
In the AKC, any color or combination of colors is allowed in the American Hairless Terrier (hairless variety) with the e...
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Elusive as a Ghost, Insubstantial as a Shadow
We continue our series on the five ratting breeds native to Spain (breeds we’ve already covered follow this post),...
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The Hailstone Labrador
In the course of rummaging around the background of different breeds, we often stumble across information we think anyon...
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“Rats” Like a Cat
In a previous post, we mentioned that there are no fewer than five native rat-hunting breeds originating in Spain, and w...
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The Icie as Totem
A totem animal is an animal spirit guide believed to stay with their person for life, both in the physical and spiritual...
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Here’s Something You Don’t See Every Day
Check out the video below. It’s not the intact tail that Americans don’t much see on a Rottweiler eve...
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Bodega* Mice, and the Breed that “Loves” them
When it comes to ratters, Spain has an embarrassment of riches. There are no fewer than five native rat-hunting breeds o...
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The Longest of the Herders
With a body that is longer than it is high at a ratio of five to four, the Bearded Collie is the longest bodied of the h...
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Who Shot the Peshawar Vale Hunt Pack?
When one hears the term “fox hunt,” one generally think of Britannia, and not an Islamic republic in South A...
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A Royal Sailing Hound
It was good to be queen. Heck, it was good to be her kids. When Prince Charles and Princess Ann learned to sail, it was ...
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National Dog of Guatemala
Though the Guatemalan Dogo is not yet accepted by the FCI or AKC, it is officially recognized by the Asociación Canofil...
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The Mystery of the Boxwood Terrier
If you’re like us, and we know we are, you absolutely hate it when you can’t resolve a question that has puz...
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The Clean Boot’s Beginnings
If you commit to memory every single thing you read on National Purebred Dog Day (if you do, we might have a job for you...
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