Historically, the mountain pass from which the Saint Bernard breed gets its name was geographically important as it link...
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Life at the Highest Altitude Possible
Perhaps it is because Tibbies originated from the “Roof of the World” that makes them partial to heights, bu...
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Catahoula: Child of the Forest
Casual dog owners tend to think that webbed feet are a trait unique to certain breeds, but better educated dog folks kno...
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Louisiana’s “Hog Dog” Lines
Catahoula Leopard Dogs – Louisiana’s “hog dog” – are an amalgamation of native American do...
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PIO Antiquity Revealed by Language
From Ecuador to Bolivia, South American Indians living in the Andean highlands speak many regional varieties of a langua...
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An Afghan Made of Keeshond
World War II was a period of scarcity and deprivation. Meat, lard, shortening and food oils, cheese, butter, margarine, ...
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Sweden’s Oldest and Smallest Scenthound
With a celebrated past dating back to the 1600s, the Smaland Hound, or Smålandsstövare, is believed to be Sweden’...
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“Champion of Beauty”
He is the largest of the French sheepdogs, and if those “velociraptor” dewclaws don’t make an impact o...
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The Moving Miniature Schnauzer
Ask a fancier of the breed, and they will tell you that when evaluating a Miniature Schnauzer, it should resemble his la...
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The Chow Chow of Riga
Scroll down a bit to see one of Europe’s most beautiful cities, Riga. The capital of Latvia is like a jewel, large...
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An Iconic TV Character’s Dog
He still has the apple cheeks and boyish grin of his youth, and had we seen him in color in the early days of television...
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The Tenerife and the Bichon
The first litter of Bichon Frise puppies born in the United States happened in 1956 after Helene and Francois Picault im...
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How the Keeshond Got its Name
Certainly, owners of the breed know that the Keeshond was named after Cornelis De Gyselaer, an 18th Century Dutch patrio...
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Love It, Couldn’t Wear It
You know you’ve been quarantined from other people too long when you obsess over a TikTok video of an IG wearing d...
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“Le Meilleur Chien de Maison”
Scroll down to see the video below and consider it your holiday get-away, 2020 pandemic style. Twenty-four glorious minu...
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“A Bulldog’s Courage, a Newfoundland’s Strength in Water, a Pointer’s Nose…”
Several years ago, newswire services picked up a couple of articles about conservation dogs able to detect whale scat on...
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Bassetted as a Verb
If you’re a geologist**, the word has a completely different meaning than it does if you’re a dog historian,...
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The Bee Gees Dogs
They were one of the world’s most successful musical groups, and one of the top five acts of all time. In the UK a...
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Eyes Into the Otherworld
Expression on a Tibetan Mastiff is noble, solemn, and watchful, so much so that it seems at times as if they are able to...
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A Swedish Lapphund Was the First
Having been founded in 1884 gave the AKC a five year head start on promoting purebred dogs, but the Svenska Kennelklubb...
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