With a membership of 67,959 boys and girls, Junák is the largest educational organization in the Czech Republic, and t...
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Matador Breeding
We think it’s called “going down a rabbit hole:” Researching one topic only to get sidetracked by a te...
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The Breed Standard With a Warning
Have you ever looked at a word and thought it said something else, something that made you chuckle? At first glance, we ...
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The Icie’s Mysterious Name
On the way to researching the Iceland Sheepdog’s name, we learned a few interesting things about Icelandic names f...
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The Hesitant Flush
As hunting dogs, Boykin Spaniels work with far less “hoopla” than some other spaniels. S/he will quarter a f...
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The French Cob/A French Dog
If you travel to northwestern France and visit the provincial market town of Callac, you’ll notice a rather magnif...
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A Russian Reenactment, and Borzoi Were There
In Czarist and Soviet Russia, wolves were hunted by aristocracy, royalty and land owners, an endeavor in which dog and h...
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You’ll Never Guess What This is Made Of
It is, perhaps, the most unique of statues installed to honor police dogs, and for good reason. The statue is created fr...
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One Preferred Hawking/Falconry Breed
We were a little startled the other when we come across a statement in a book positing that the foremost breed for a fal...
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The Improved American Beagle
It is believed that the beginning of the modern Beagle could be found in the hunting packs of Parson Honeywood, and you ...
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A Redbone was First
Though it wasn’t always so, coonhound events are “mainstream” now in the sense that the AKC acknowledg...
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The Chi’s Recessive Coat
The Chihuahua was recognized by the AKC in 1904, and the first three Chihuahuas registered were long coated dogs. This i...
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Who Will Buy?
Scroll down for a little music to get you in the mood, the song, “Who Will Buy” from the musical movie, R...
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The Devonshire Terrier
There is no such breed today known as the “Devonshire Terrier,” but there was at one time. Now extinct, it...
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An Ear and a Log
A good many purebred dog breeds have long histories, some dating back to the Middle Ages, but sadly, with age can come t...
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What is a Consursos?
From the times before Portugal even existed as a country, the Estrela Mountain Dog served its masters by guarding their ...
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A Kooiker Urban Legend
The Nederlandse Kooikerhondje is a fascinating breed with deep roots: It has been easily dated back to the 17th century....
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The Why of a Bite
Dog Show Judges usually assess a dog’s bite by glancing at the front of the mouth, and thorough judges will also l...
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So Nicknamed for a Different Reason
With two types of mouths, different coat textures, and a variety of colorful terms unique to the breed (calabash head, c...
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News Flash to Telegram Users!
If you’ve decided to get off Twitter and move to Telegram, or have been on Telegram all along, we have news: We ar...
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