One of the most widely recognized symbols of Buddhism today is the spinning prayer wheel native to Tibetan Buddhism. The...
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“The Scotland Kid”
An excerpt from Holland’s Magazine in 1926 read: “… that odd little chunk of canniness, merriment, sadness, jo...
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The “Actual” First Dog Show?
For long time, the first “dog show” was considered to be the 1859 exhibition in Newcastle-upon-Tyne at the T...
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The First Specialist Retriever
That the Curly Coated Retriever is an English native is a settled topic, but beyond that, there is still debate over its...
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One of Denmark’s Oldest
In 1887, Gottfried Binneweitz obtained a license to perform as “artist and musician” at outdoor circus perfo...
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The Warrior Scowl
One bad tempered barbarian can ruin your whole day, so imagine the plight of farmers living near the South China Sea two...
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And Seaman Was There
In 1803 under the threat of war, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe successfully negotiated a deal with France to purchas...
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One of Portugal’s Three Herders
There are twenty-three species of macaques that live throughout Asia and North Africa; they are also found in Gibraltar ...
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Black Golden Retriever? No Such Thing
Back in the day, retrievers were classified according to the texture of their coat: Flat coated retrievers, wavy coated ...
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The “Breed-Named” Plant that “Talks”
The plant is neither spotted nor four legged, but it does bark (ok, that’s a stretch). Its scientific name is Lina...
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A Breed’s Penchant for Bananas?
First, scroll down for a little mood music: Chiquita, an American producer and distributor of bananas and other produce,...
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An Airedale in Arms
When one of our posts get a noteworthy comment, of course we’re going to share it. Our “A Snippet of Airedal...
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The Oldest Stud Book
A “Stud Book” is an old livestock term that refers to keeping the genetic records of registered animals. It is origi...
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The Baskin and Robbins of Canines
Statistically speaking, the most popular flavor of ice cream among Americans is chocolate. One in five of us prefer it, ...
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Korea’s Gentle Giant
It’s a dog that warrants a double take. If it isn’t his loose and heavily wrinkled body, it’s the enor...
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The Captain’s Bebe
In a gentler time, the names, Mr. Green Jeans, Mr. Moose, Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog, and Grandfather Clock were fa...
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The Dog Who Saw God
Bernadette was only fourteen when she first met a young woman in a French grotto on a cold and stormy day. The woman t...
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The Sulimov Dog
We tend not to cover mixed breeds by virtue of our mandate to celebrate the valued contributions of purebred dogs, but w...
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From the Army’s Original List
Since the inception of the United States army, dogs have had an association with that branch, but usually in the role of...
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The “Palmerston Snip”
Of the setters from Ireland, the Irish Red and White Setter is actually older than the solid-red Irish setter, and for a...
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