We came across a statement that got us curious: “Both Chow Chow and Shar-Pei belongs to the family of Tang dogs in...
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The “Rounded” English Foxhound Ear
And then there are those people on whom you'd like to perform a Vulcan Mind Meld, they know so much!...
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Dalmatic (note the dog)
From the annals of “We don’t know if this is true, but here it is,” comes one theory for how the Dalma...
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“Tail like an Iron Wire”
If the first thing we notice about a dog is his face and head, the next thing is probably his tail; it provides us a clu...
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Why the Shar-Pei has his Wrinkles
According to legend, the Shar-Pei’s purple tongue and wrinkled skin gave ghosts “the willies.” Indee...
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A Bullmastiff Mascot
Premier League fans in the UK, and in particular, ...
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One of these is not like the Other
One of the last minute entries of the 2015 Sheep of the Year Awards was not like the others. Actually, four of them were...
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Border Collie to the Rescue
You can’t overstate the importance of a good sheepdog, or in this case, a sheep-rescue-dog. In the video clip belo...
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“Where”can be as Important (the Briard is Exhibit A)
Breed standards are not arbitrarily worded documents, each is a blueprint on how to build a dog. More accurately, they a...
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Ferret Face and Fork Nose
Poor Frank Burns. Being the ranking surgeon and second-in-command at the fictitious 4077th MASH unit in Korea earned him...
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Tom Petty and Enzo
Fans of Tom Petty were stunned in 2017 when the 66 year old American singer-songwriter died of an accidental overdose of...
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One of the Oldest, If Not THE Oldest
Of all countries, France has produced the largest number and widest variety of pointing dog breeds, and one of them is t...
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An Actor’s “Fan Fan”
His name was Nicholas “Nikolai” Yakovchenko, and he was his country’s contribution to the world of com...
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A Little Leo History
We share a bit of history from the Facebook page, Sahara & Karoo: “Two Leonbergers loving life, and it involve...
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The Night Watchman’s Dog
The city of Stuttgart is spread across valleys, parks, and hills, some of them covered in vineyards, and this surprises ...
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The Complete Dog Book
“Comrade to the Vikings, guardian of lonely farms and saeters, herder of flocks and defender from wolves and bear,...
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Bleechoven Bijters
On the occasion that we met our first Belgian Laekenois, we were first and foremost thrilled to finally meet the oldest ...
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Poland’s Unofficial National Dog
In as much as World War I decimated the numbers of many European breeds, it also lead to a swelling of pride over native...
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The Fluffy Gene
Among some cynologists is the hunch that the Pembroke Welsh Corgi may have descended from the same family of dogs that i...
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The Flying (head) Buttress
This past June, the Cheshire and North Wales Police Force welcomed “Koda” into their fold. The Belgian Malin...
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