If you live in Philadelphia and happens to wander into Reliance Triangle in Fairmount Park at Fairmount Ave and 25th St...
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The “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...
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Hoist the Flag and Salute
At the risk of stating the obvious, what passes for common knowledge about our respective breeds may be actually pretty ...
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Amazing Blondel
As musical niches go, we think you’d be hard pressed to find one more narrowly defined than “pseudo-Elizabet...
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The 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...
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Nip n’ Duck
Back in the day, dogs were generally described by their job, and as herding breed owners know, a “heeler” re...
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A 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...
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The 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...
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The 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...
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The Farmer’s Dog
The mountain dogs of Switzerland were indispensable to farmers for centuries, and even their name bore this out: Sennenh...
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Golden 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...
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The First German Boxers
Hunting wild boar is dangerous business, and in the United States, there are currently 17 wildlife management areas that...
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The “Large Dog from Tibet”
In 1800, a cadet and English Asiatic traveller with the East India Company, Captain Samuel Turner, mentioned the use of ...
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The Nose with a Dog Attached
Virtually everything about a Bloodhound’s phenotype is dedicated to helping the hound create an “odor imageR...
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Sloughi 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...
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When 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 ...
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Dog’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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Valley Dogs and Hospice Dogs
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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