From 1900 until 1950, the AKC registered more Boston Terriers than any other breed. In fact, not only was the Boston Ter...
Read MoreA Breed Nearly Lost Forever
One of the oldest and most primitive dog breeds in the world is the Formosan Mountain Dog, also known as the Taiwan Dog....
Read MoreThe Volcano Hairless Breeds
Nicaraguans have a rich mythological culture that has given rise to the creation of Dantesque tales and folktales, and o...
Read MoreThe Public Bullmastiff as Art
If you live in Philadelphia and happens to wander into Reliance Triangle in Fairmount Park at Fairmount Ave and 25th St...
Read MoreThe “Taneous” Head (but not this one)
The Irish terrier is the raciest member of the terrier group with a longer body and longer legs than the other terri...
Read MoreHoist the Flag and Salute
At the risk of stating the obvious, what passes for common knowledge about our respective breeds may be actually pretty ...
Read MoreAmazing Blondel
As musical niches go, we think you’d be hard pressed to find one more narrowly defined than “pseudo-Elizabet...
Read MoreThe Rodney Dangerfield of Purebreds
Scroll down to see the briefest of videos that sets the theme for this post: If there was ever a Rodney Dangerfield in t...
Read MoreNip n’ Duck
Back in the day, dogs were generally described by their job, and as herding breed owners know, a “heeler” re...
Read MoreA Paracrine Signaling Molecule
Agouti is one of the oldest and most common color genes in mammals. It can be found in deer, rodents and rabbits, and on...
Read MoreThe Yard Dog: A Different Interpretation
Back in the day, a “yard dog” was your basic, all-around farm dog that did everything from guard the hen hou...
Read MoreThe GSD By Any Other Name….
The German Shepherd has been known by some different names, and most of us know already that one of them was “Alsa...
Read MoreThe Farmer’s Dog
The mountain dogs of Switzerland were indispensable to farmers for centuries, and even their name bore this out: Sennenh...
Read MoreGolden Retriever, or Something Else?
You wouldn’t be the first person to look at the photograph of this dog and make the snap judgement that it’s...
Read MoreThe First German Boxers
Hunting wild boar is dangerous business, and in the United States, there are currently 17 wildlife management areas that...
Read MoreThe “Large Dog from Tibet”
In 1800, a cadet and English Asiatic traveller with the East India Company, Captain Samuel Turner, mentioned the use of ...
Read MoreThe Nose with a Dog Attached
Virtually everything about a Bloodhound’s phenotype is dedicated to helping the hound create an “odor imageR...
Read MoreSloughi and the Large Gazehound Racing Association
The LGRA, or Large Gazehound Racing Association, offers straight racing events similar to the racing done by Whippets in...
Read MoreWhen a Brindle Doesn’t Look Like a Brindle
Color and markings in our dogs are an endless source of interest for many of us. It’s ironic (to us, anyway) that ...
Read MoreDog’s of Japan’s Pop Culture
Japanese popular culture is a wondrous thing to behold, and uniquely Japanese. Its cinema, cuisine, TV shows, anime, man...
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