Language in the dog world evolves, but certain terms endure because they capture both structure and history....
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Seeing Spots: The “Leopard” Breeds
The Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog, Catahoula Leopard Dog, American Leopard Hound and Leopard Cur – to our knowledg...
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The Myth of Yesteryear’s Bigger Setter
We would be guessing as to why such a misconception might exist, and we'd have to start with the photographs, themselves...
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The Havanese Standard: Unique in this Way…
They remain a relatively uncommon style in a conformation ring, and that might explain why we were unable to find a phot...
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To Conserve the Gene Pool
Coat type percentages in Dutch Shepherd populations vary by region, registry, and conservation efforts, and our percenta...
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Behind the Name Ovcharka
Think “Ovcharka” means a huge, fierce dog? Think again. Find out what this Russian word really means....
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When Cute Isn’t Enough
Don't judge this post by the photo, read the post! It underscores the fact that standards serve as essential blueprints...
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Meet the Rare Galician Pointer
Because the Galician Pointer stands as a living relic of Spain’s diverse canine history—it is hoped that this tenaci...
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“Shining” a Light on the Timberline Saints
Why Timberline Lodge and the Kohnstamm family popped up in our radar was the other thing they did right. They didn’t...
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Paws, Politics, and Pronunciations
From dog shows in the night to tongue-twisting languages, we share a few fun factoids about two historic kennel clubs...
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Meet the Pegaya, or Russian Spotted Hound
It happened again. Detouring down a rabbit hole always seems to happen when we come across a name that sounds fabricated...
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The Guicho: One of Galicia’s Four Breeds
While much folklore surrounds its history (locally, these dogs were believed to possess a “sixth sense” for detectin...
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English Cocker Spaniel: Built for the Hunt
To put it into context, a human of average weight, carrying a proportionally equivalent load would mean carrying around ...
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The Siberian Husky and the “Nine Dot” Problem
From compact feet to cold-adapted metabolism, the Siberian Husky’s interconnectivity makes it an exceptional sled dog...
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Rarest to Most Common
In investigating color in the Saint Bernard, we wondered: What color was arguably the most famous movie Saint Bernard, "...
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The Standard Schnauzer’s Lost Red Pepper Color
Back in the day, the breed could be seen in a range of colors and shades, but the thinking behind the color omission was...
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Why 7:6? The Field Spaniel’s Proportions Explained
When reading a standard, always remember what the breed was intended to do - and why its proportions matter.......
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White Dog That Breeds White (not so fast…)
The much loved and stunning Samoyed is famously (and always has been) white. Is that true? The popular image of the Samo...
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How Two Tibetan Breeds Emerged from Historical Confusion
Before the 1930s, "Tibetan Terrier" was a confusing catch-all for two shaggy, curly-tailed breeds from Tibet, muddling t...
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Original versus Oldest
In the spirited debate (of our own making) over which breed holds the title of Europe’s original water dog, we came ...
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