The Flat-Coated Retriever’s name might lead someone unfamiliar with the breed to assume that such a dog’s co...
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A Buttery Breed
Butter sculpture. It’s a thing. It may have started with Caroline Shawk Brooks (1840 – 1913) who is America̵...
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The Fila: Form Following Function
If it were any other breed save the Chesapeake Bay Retriever,* the Fila Brasileiro‘s topline could be seen as a fa...
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Lab-Owning Cicerones
Technically speaking, the correct term for a beer expert is “beer sommelier,” but that’s so 2006. In 2...
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Welsh Springer Spaniel: New and Improved Not Necessary
There is, perhaps, no greater compliment to the writers of a breed standard than that their words endure long into the f...
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Hungary’s Raven with a Ring
Game of Thrones notwithstanding, references to ravens appear throughout the world’s mythology, folklore and litera...
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Breed Awareness through Diplomacy
How many breeds have become known throughout the world through diplomatic channels? A lot! History is replete with insta...
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How the Tiger Dog Lives On…
It is a sad business when a breed vanishes off the face of the earth, but in a manner of speaking, they live on in the b...
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The Mill Worker’s Breed
Mill operators and workers of 19th century Yorkshire and Lancashire, England were a tough lot. The thunderous roar of ma...
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Kai Ken Coloring
The Kai Ken, a fascinating breed to begin with, is genetically interesting as well when it comes to color. Namely, it&...
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The Original White House Wild Child
The eldest child of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (and the only child he had with his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee...
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When Mastiffs Fly
We are fans of purebred dogs, and we are fans of trivia, and when the two converge, it takes us to strange places. You m...
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Overcame a Snub
That the Berger Picard is the oldest shepherd breed in France is accepted as fact by some cynologists. While no one is ...
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The Vizsla: How to Drop a Hint to the Future In-Law
If you’ve ever watched the game show, Jeopardy,” you know that questions are posed as an answer, and contest...
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Canaan Dog Types
We are fortunate to have among our readers people who are experts on their respective breeds. We’re not always abl...
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Look and Learn
With Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show 2021 now behind us, we can reflect about the dogs we saw and admired, consider the...
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Unsuitable to Police
When a breed doesn’t work out in one capacity, it’s not necessarily a failing of that breed, but more often ...
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The Beauceron Trot
When a dog has longer bones with more muscle strength in both her front and rear assembly relative to her body weight (a...
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The Carrot Tail
The term, “carrot tail,” can be found in most canine encyclopedias and dictionaries, and yet only one breed ...
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The Tibbie’s Clergy Connection
It surprises some people that so many of breeds have been touched by the influence of the clergy. To wit: During the m...
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