“Dale,” Canada’s First Police Dog
…Shepherd Dog named, “Dale,” owned by St. John Cawsey. “Dale” was a companion animal, and training him in police dog basics came out of Cawsey’s own meager funds when he…
…Shepherd Dog named, “Dale,” owned by St. John Cawsey. “Dale” was a companion animal, and training him in police dog basics came out of Cawsey’s own meager funds when he…
…the foundation charter of a town in the Kingdom of Hungary in 1193. Toponymists (people who study toponymy, or the names of places) believe it’s possible that Agár was named…
…prized fiber from mountain goats to make a mixed yarn. It was felt that the new study erased doubts about the accuracy of the Salish oral tradition. Image: “A Woman…
The Dalmatian does not come as a multicolored dog, but the breed does appear with black spots and liver-spots. The latter is less common than the former because the liver…
…“sickle hocks” comes from the farm tool seen at the left, and if you study the other pictures, you’ll see why. How can you tell if your dog has sickle…
…deter wolves in the mountains of northern Portugal. The breed was one of three breeds explored in a Wildlife Services study in 2015 (the other two were the Karakachan and…
…is Wesley Mills’ The Dog Book, while the first to study the pedigree show dog in Australia is The Dog in Australasia by Walter Beilby. And then there is Henry…
…have to keep my dogs with me.” After Krantz died, his body was shipped to the University of Tennessee’s body farm, where scientists study human decay rates to aid in…
Cyanobacteria is also known as Blue-green Algae, and it can, and has, killed dogs all over the world. Do not take this lightly. A study published in 2013 found 368…
One of the less heralded aspects of purebred dogs is their tremendous contribution to the study of human disease. Research into canine coat pigmentation patterns, specifically merle and harlequin, may…
We ask the question from a physiological standpoint. Initially, scientists (named in the next paragraph) wanted to study the Chinese Shar-Pei specifically because of a rare mutation in humans that…
Any study of terriers is likely to include an encounter with the term, “fell terrier.” Some sources insist that a Fell Terrier is an actual breed, while others maintain that…
…was marked by a grand celebration that included concerts, fireworks, and the unveiling of a new Henry Willis organ driven by two steam engines and vast bellows. It was one…
Back in 1966, a research scientist and expert on Hungarian dog breeds, Dr. Ocsag, presented to the World Kynologic Congress a technical paper that shared the results of a study…
…Still, he did something significant that was born of his being the first Welsh prince to go on a pilgrimage to Rome coupled with his study of legal systems. They…
…University of San Marcos, also examined the mummies and determined that the dogs were short-legged, longer than tall, and had colors that varied between yellow and red. The BBC later…
…breeds to other less-than-the-best dogs of a different breed. That’s our view, anyway. We’re not including their name or their link. Wirehaired Dachshund graphite drawing by Dee Dee Murry www.deedeemurry.com/index.htm…
…Judge’s Study Guide on the Borzoi does a nice job of describing common tail faults in the breed: A gay tail carried higher than the topline, a curly tail (which…
…of the greatest voices in the tradition of the “heldentenor,” or heroic tenor called for in Wagnerian operas. From 1926 to 1950, Mr. Melchior sang well over 1,000 operatic performances,…
To our knowledge, there has been no update to the research done a while back on whether our breed choice reflects our personality. Back in 2012, Jo Fearon and Dr…