Cape Shore Dogs (Doo Dah!)
Our introduction to the Cape Shore Dog came by way of a friendly rebuttal to a comment we made a while back. Our comment was: “Had it not been for…
Our introduction to the Cape Shore Dog came by way of a friendly rebuttal to a comment we made a while back. Our comment was: “Had it not been for…
…in early dog shows when the Irish Kennel Club required dogs to pass a “gameness” test before being judged. In the early 1900s, Irish patriot Michael Collins introduced legislation to…
…club continues to develop an annual working competition for their dogs, drawing from all the diverse skills the breed historically performed, including a herding test using goats. Image: Spanish Water…
If you’ve lived in different parts of the world that share a common language (say, English), you already know that we might as well not be speaking the same tongue….
…Apso, and so on. Without further research, one is left wondering if the descriptive word is a coat pattern or length (as in the Harlequin Great Dane and prapso Lhasa…
…course, but in the 19th century “coondog” trials were a way to test the mettle and skill of a hound – and in a roundabout way, increase the worth of…
…just one on a paw. Rear dewclaws may be present on a Leonberger, but won’t be if the dewclaws were removed when the dog was a newborn. On a Neapolitan…
…was likely the first European country to see Pugs through the Dutch East India Company which thrived on commercial business in the Orient. It’s highly probable that company sailors brought…
If you think you know what the original purpose was for a gargoyle, test yourself. Was it: 1) A decorative architectural element; 2) A functional architectural element, or 3) An…
…with the signature W. E. Mason – Dogs of all Nations, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6801039 The breeders gathered what was left of the breed in Bavaria and bred them with other…
In light of a recent post about Kodiak, the acting Newfoundland, we thought we’d share another celebrity, albeit a two legged Seattle local whose sidekick was a Basset Hound. The…
The next time someone in your company refers to the Poodle as a “foo foo” dog, give them a gentle V-8 smack upside the head and show them these pictures….
…winners in competitive hunting contests. The irony is that it may have been the dogs that came to North America that helped preserve the breed. Dogtime.com accurately points out that…
…the 70 letters written between the two, Higginson must have asked Dickinson, “Who are your companions?” because her response was poetry itself. “You ask of my companions. Hills, sir, and…
…Stud Book, and subsequently offered these three initial volumes gratis to the AKC. Years later in 1898, Chauncey Zachariah Bennett founded the United Kennel Club to underscore the importance of…
“May we have the Hound Group please?” “Unleash the Hounds” Publicity hound… There are scores of terms and phrases using the word, “hound,” but among hound fanciers, and specifically the…
…the dog was, if it wasn’t built right, it couldn’t do its job efficiently, and certainly not without suffering damage to itself. At one time, tests of gameness called Teastas…
Willys-Overland Motors was an American car company better known for its design and production of military Jeeps during the 20th century, so even a “motor head” might be forgiven for…
…business owners rely on the dogs’ incredible noses to find where bed bugs and eggs are hiding so humans could exterminate them. Much less common, but no less important, is…
…in the forest before a hunt commenced, and in the course of the meal, the Master of the Hunt was presented with collection of “fewmets” that had been gathered from…