At the first showings of Star Wars, many audiences instinctively booed when Darth Vader appeared on screen. The bad guy&...
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Walks, But Can Run!
Unless we know someone who owns one, most of us who are lucky enough to see a Neapolitan Mastiff in the flesh get the si...
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Dogs at Play: Breed-Type Specific?
Playing. Do you feel that types of dogs, say, hounds, play differently with each other than, say, herding or working bre...
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When was a Terrier Part of the Sporting Group?
It’s mostly common knowledge among terrier fanciers that the Smooth Fox Terrier preceded the Wire Fox Terrier in t...
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What Do These Chest Terms Mean?
“His chest hasn’t dropped.” “She doesn’t have enough fill.” “His chest is wel...
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The Braes of Derwent
Researching purebred dogs is a lot like the children’s book, “If you Give a Mouse a Cookie.” In that s...
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Named for Two Continents
On the list of breeds named after a location, one breed is sometimes forgotten. Ironic, since this breed is named not fo...
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The Chuandong Hound
In 2000, an enormous cemetery was discovered in China near the city of Chongqing. It was an exciting find because, in pa...
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It’s National Pug Day! How Much Do You Know?
October 15th is National Cheese Curd Day, I Love Lucy Day, White Cane Safety Day, Clean your Virtual Desk Day, and Grouc...
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Hunter of Old Coots
In as much as we’ve all known someone who qualified as an “old coot,” we’re guessing that few us...
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The Basenji’s Head
Heads matter, even for dogs that aren’t “head breeds.” The Basenji, we think, has a lovely headpiece c...
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In Kalamazoo
Let’s set the tone for this post with a bit of Glenn Miller. Scroll down: It was the Modernaires who sang in this ...
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The Bringer of Wealth
The government of China recognizes fifty-six official ethnic groups, and one of them is the Miao. The Miao are mountain ...
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The Red Setter
When Horace Lytle, a dog writer of good repute, opined in his Field & Stream magazine dog column in 1946 that if Iri...
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Another Word for Racy/Reedy
If you’re of a certain generation, you might remember this “flash from the past” (scroll down): It&#...
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Ads more Tolerable with a Bloodhound
Back in 2007, a research firm estimated that the average person saw up to 5,000 ads a day. Can you imagine what it is to...
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A Breed that was AKC Recognized – Twice
It might surprise some of you to learn that the first AKC registered Xoloitzcuintli, a dog named “Mee Too,” ...
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The Bulldog Smash
When we came across an adult beverage named the Bulldog Smash, it came with a challenge: Difficulty points awarded. We d...
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Edwin’s Bloodhounds, No Horses
Edwin Brough was a third generator silk manufacturer from Scalby Mills, a small village just outside the seaside town of...
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Mrs. Dodge and the English Cocker Spaniel
It would be accurate to say that Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge quite literally wrote the book on the English Cocker Spanie...
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