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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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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