Max Von Stephanitz wrote in his book, The German Shepherd In Word and Picture, “The Australian grazier were suffic...
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Age Before Beauty: Not Always
The phrase, “Age before beauty,” is an old phrase found in print from at least as early as 1869 (it appeared...
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Collie People Without a Sense of Humor: Do NOT Read This
This post is for purebred dog fans who have an irreverent sense of humor. Redo. This post is for Collie owners who hav...
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Irish Setter Owners, Cover Your Necks!
Achilles, Helen of Troy, and Aphrodite were all said to have had red hair. All these millenia later, their names are st...
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The Last Laugh Goes to the “Siberian Rats”
In the last decade, the breed of dog used by most dog mushers in Alaska isn’t really a breed, it’s an amalgamat...
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The Celestial Dalmatian
The breed was seen in Austria, but also in Asia. Lest we forget, ancient relics suggest he was also in Egypt, as well. ...
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Not Just a Pretty Face #12
Our series called, “Not Just Another Pretty Face” has been introducing you to dogs who aren’t just beautiful e...
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Carried Off the Mountain By Mule
Just as herding dogs have a “style” of work (eye/no eye, drove/gatherer, and so on), livestock guardian dogs...
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A Snippet of Chart Polski History
New as the breed may be to some of our readers, the Chart Polski is a very old breed, and its presence in Poland dates ...
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The Dachshund: “A Philosophy Unto Himself”
While political cartoonists commonly used images of the Dachshund to ridicule Germany during war, the breed was quite d...
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What the Iggie Isn’t
The Italian Greyhound is the smallest of the sighthound family, but it isn’t in the AKC or UKC’s hound group...
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Someone Had To Be First
“I’m shocked that Golden Retriever earned an Obedience title,” said no one ever. The very first Obedie...
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Famous Skye Terrier Owners
Most of us know that Mary, Queen of Scots, and Queen Victoria owned Skye Terriers. In fact, in 1840, Queen Victoria bega...
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Where You Least Expected to See a Podengo
Unless they’re assured that “the dog lives,” dog lovers rarely enjoy a dog in danger. Dog lovers (an...
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Wedge of Cheese Head?
It started out as an insult. Over thirty years ago, fans of the Chicago Bears (da Bears) football team dissed their pere...
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An Old English Sheepdog’s “Firsts”
On February 24, 1975, an Old English Sheepdog named Ch. Sir Lancelot of Barvan became the first herding breed¹ to appea...
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“Then ‘Fang’ Let Loose a Great Echoing Bark…..”
“Then ‘Fang’ Let Loose a Great Echoing Bark making Harry and Ron jump out of their skins.” If yo...
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The Spanish Water Dog, an Integral Part of “Trashumancia”
Scroll down to the video to get you in the mood: With tongue in cheek, we use Rodney Dangerfield’s signature comme...
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SNL Goes to the Dogs
Last night on Saturday Night Live, Pete Davidson, Chris Redd, rapper, Meek Mill, and star of M. Night Shyamalan’...
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Why Dogs Are Better Than Boy/Girl friends
The Honest Kitchen sent out this infographic back in 2013 explaining “Why Dogs Are Better Than Boyfriends (or girl...
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