Feet are the “running gear” of several hounds, and are of such importance that they are heavily weighted in ...
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The “Short, Stuffy Neck”
Many breeds mention necks in their standards, and often it’s in reference to length. If a standard reads, a “...
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The New Mexico Shepherd
You’ve never heard of the New Mexico Shepherd? The breed was developed exclusively in the United States, but some ...
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“Uncle Arthur” Owned a Dandie Dinmont
Depending upon your age, you might remember the actor, Paul Lynde, from different things (or you may never have heard of...
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Broken Up Face
In a conversation about dogs, the word, “broken,” is understandably inferred as a bad thing: A broken tail, ...
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Separated by Ears, Weight, and Name
Imagine drawing up a standard for a breed that’s been “worked on” for years, only to have a different ...
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Today We Know it as the Bedlington
Newcomers to the world of purebred dogs are often startled by the different names their breed may have had over time, an...
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A Dog’s Impulse Not to Answer
Even if one never read the work of Franz Kafka, it’s possible to have encountered the expression “Kafkaesque...
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Born Water-Baby
There are breeds that can’t seem to be kept out of the earth. Read: there’s a reason that the group of dogs ...
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The Dangle
It’s being seen more frequently on Livestock Guardian Dogs in the American west, but certainly ranchers and shephe...
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The ETS in Britain: How Old?
Few of us who collect dog books don’t have one on our shelf that was written by Robert Leighton. The author, journ...
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The Staghound
Staghound. Few terms in dogdom seem to be as unclear as this one. It’s been described as being anything from a Sco...
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Naked City Bloodhounds
We recently (five minutes ago) ran an informal and highly unscientific poll in our house. We learned that when asked, on...
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What We Learned From Horsemen
Withers, hocks, sock, stocking, different gaits, crest, feathers, conformation, muzzle, pastern……….the...
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Different Tribes/Lands, Different Names
What do the Balkh Hound, Galanday Hound, Da Kochiyano spay, Baluchi Hound, Sage Balochi, Eastern Greyhound, Shalgar Houn...
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Doberman’s Expression
Breeders and fanciers know if theirs is a “head breed,” an element of the dog that in some breeds is a defining elem...
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Chaser Immortalized
Few of us don’t know about Chaser, the amazing Border Collie who learned over a 1,022 words. Impressive as that is...
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Hoist the Flag!
Fanciers know that there can be jargon unique to a dog’s breed, but figuratively speaking, one hand doesn’t ...
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The All Terrain Hound
The rough translation of the Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen’s name is very descriptive of its appearance: “Lar...
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