If you write professionally or out of passion, you know the love affair that writers have with words. These elements of ...
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“Big Dog of the Little Man”
“Heritage.” At the top of every page on this site is the sentence, “Celebrating the heritage, diversit...
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The Dane’s Layback
We’ve warned against “parts judging” on these pages before. By that we mean the mistake made when a br...
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The “Dreamy-In-Control” Great Pyr
Eyes in a heavily coated breed, let alone the importance of expression in them, is fertile ground for jokes, and as Puli...
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The “Large Dog from Tibet”
We confess a weakness for legends and folk tales surrounding purebred dogs, and surely the Tibetan Mastiff has more than...
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Without Eyebrows, Not the Same!
Expression is such a vital part of a breed that over 93% of the current AKC breed standards mention it. As the Collie st...
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How Opposites Serve Two Different Breeds
We never failed to be dazzled by the differences in purebred dogs, and how aspects of them seem “tailor made”...
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Not Sold to Non-Hunting Public
With his wavy hair and spaniel ears, there is little doubt for most experienced sporting breed owners that at first glan...
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And You Thought You Knew Thimbles
We suspect that sewing isn’t a skill that is passed along in families like it once was when it was more of a neces...
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Bouncing Betty Beardie
The good-natured, animated Bearded Collie is famous for the “Beardie Bounce,”  a bounding yo-yo leap that ...
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The Youngest Trick Dog & Guinness Record Holder
After watching the video below, you’ll understand why a Border Collie named “Hero” became the worldâ...
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The Old School Spinone
In some regards, the Spinone Italiano is “old school.” Its style in the field harkens back to a time before ...
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Smooth/Feathered Saluki Pup: How to Tell
There are two coat types in the Saluki, smooth and the feathered, but if you do an internet image search on “Saluk...
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A “Tweaked” Malinois Standard
Several breed standards remain virtually unchanged since their creation, but others are “tweaked” over time ...
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The White Cairn Terrier
Having been first bred in Scotland in the early 1700 makes the West Highland White Terrier a rather old breed. It was or...
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A Backstory You Might Not Know
Music loving teenagers of the 1950s who listened to the radio grew up to remember that decade for early rock and roll an...
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Kashmir’s Bakharwal
India has twenty-eight states, each with its own favorite local drink. By far, however, tea is common to all of them, an...
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The Discreet Dachshund
“You see, my dachshund is discreet and will never betray me — I cannot say that of any human being…”...
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Chihuahuas: The Ears Have It
To know a Chihuahua is to be well aware that this is a big dog in a little body, and figuratively speaking, it never see...
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The Volcano’s Dog
Situated on the coast of Sicily and towering above the city of Catania is Europe’s highest volcano, Mount Etna. It...
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