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Löwchen, head

What is Going On?!

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What is Going On?!

August 20, 2022August 20, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

The very first line of the Löwchen’s AKC breed standard reads, “A small, bright, and lively dog.” The...

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Alaskan Klee Kai,Linda Spurlin

Husky Lite*

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Husky Lite*

August 19, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

The last time we wrote about the Alaskan Klee-Kai,  the breed wasn’t eligible for an AKC conformation ring, but w...

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Sealyham Terrier

“Couch Potato” of the Terrier World

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“Couch Potato” of the Terrier World

August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

His breed standard mentions the word, “strong” six times. “Powerful” shows up five times. In fac...

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Greyhound, neck, head, jaws, Cephalic Index

From the Neck Up

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From the Neck Up

August 17, 2022August 17, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

Scroll down and take a good look at the neck and head of the brindle Greyhound below. What do you notice? Maybe the phot...

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Wirehaired Pointing Griffon, Korthals Griffon, Griffon, Griff, Eduard Korthals,Griffon d'Arret a Poil Dur Korthals

In Griff Time

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In Griff Time

August 16, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

On the face of it, the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon would seem to share little with the Danish-Swedish Farmdog, but what ...

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tail, hook

By Hook or by Crook

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By Hook or by Crook

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

When the word, “hook” appears in a breed standard, without exception, it has to do with a tail.  In some br...

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butterfly nose, hanakake, pigment, nose

What a Butterfly on the Nose Isn’t…

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What a Butterfly on the Nose Isn’t…

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

Few images are as captivating as when a butterfly lands on the nose of a dog, but for the fanciers of certain Japanese d...

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Gola Ferguson, Plott hound, Blaine Blevins,color, pattern, 

That Black Saddle

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That Black Saddle

August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

The only American hound without British ancestry is the Plott Hound, and with thirteen acceptable colors and four markin...

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Pug, nose, noseroll, wrinkle

The Little Things

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The Little Things

August 11, 2022August 11, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

As they say, “it’s the little things” that matter. For a poorly bred dog, the “devil is in the d...

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Welsh Terrier, Stink Eye, Stink Eye Walk

The Famous Stink Eye

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The Famous Stink Eye

August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

Some of us who have had our breeds for a while can take for granted a trait we assume other breeds share. Au Contraire, ...

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Cairn Terrier, tod-hunter, Short-haired Skye Terrier, Skye Otter Terrier, nickname

The Tod-Hunter

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The Tod-Hunter

August 9, 2022August 9, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

We came across the term, “tod-hunter” as a name once applied to a beloved terrier breed. Dictionaries altern...

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Spanish Water Dog,Perro Turco, Laneto, Perro Patero, Perro Rizado,Churro, Barbeta, Perro de Agua Español, Cantabrian Water Dog, Turco Andaluz

Before Spain, Where?

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Before Spain, Where?

August 8, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

An old airport joke says that whether you go to heaven or hell, you’ll have to change planes in Atlanta. Not that ...

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Gwell angau na cywilydd, Welsh Terrier, gameness,Ynysfor, Daeargi Cymreig,

Gwell Angau Na Cywilydd

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Gwell Angau Na Cywilydd

August 6, 2022August 6, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

“Game, not quarrelsome.” Some non-doggie readers may not fully understand what “gameness” is in ...

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Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, tolling, standard, tail

The Fatal Attraction

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The Fatal Attraction

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

A breed standard not only spells out the ideal type and conformation of a breed, it often includes behavior in line with...

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Old English Sheepdog, eyes, pigmentation

A Pigment of My Imagination

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A Pigment of My Imagination

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

News flash: Old English Sheepdogs do, in fact, have eyes. Sheepish grin (ha, a pun). Our apologies to OES folks. As long...

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American Rat Terrier, bench legged feist, bench fice, wry leg, Type B Rat Terrier, Short-legged Rat Terrier, Teddy Roosevelt Terrier

The Bench Legged Feist

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The Bench Legged Feist

August 2, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

The slang term, “cankles” (a combination of the words ankle and calf) describes legs in which there is littl...

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Basset Hound, Marquis de Lafayette, Queen Alexandra,Count le Couteulx de Canteleu, Jacques du Fouilloux,Sir Everett Millais

“Nobles” in the Basset Hound’s History

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“Nobles” in the Basset Hound’s History

August 1, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

We like to treat our dogs like the aristocrats they think they are, but some breeds really do have a history of noble ow...

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Psyche, Valee Sheepdog,(Berge Polonais de Vallee, Polski Owczarek Nizinny, Polish Lowland Sheepdog, PON

A “Psychic” PON named Psyche

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A “Psychic” PON named Psyche

July 31, 2022July 31, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

The Polish Lowland Sheepdog is a bright, clever, and tenacious breed – but psychic? In 1924, several PONs were sho...

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Griffon, Canis Segusius, Chien-gris, greffier, Spinone Italiano, Italian Griffon, Wirehaired Pointing Griffon, French Wirehaired Pointing Griffon, excessivement meurtier

Not Murderous. “Edgy.”

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Not Murderous. “Edgy.”

July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

By our reckoning, there are roughly eighteen breeds regarded as “griffon” type dogs, though not all of them ...

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art, sculpture, Kay Finch, Afghan Hounds, 

The Woman Behind this Afghan Hound

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The Woman Behind this Afghan Hound

July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 National Purebred Dog Day®

Kay Finch passed away in 1994, but her talent lives on in the small sculptures she created in the 40’s and mid 195...

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