With a cheerful demeanor and a tail that wags with the constancy of a metronome, it comes as no surprise that the Cocker...
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A Mastiff’s Vigil
He stood at just 5 feet and 8 inches tall, and never weighed much over 150 pounds. He was poor and he was illiterate, ...
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Sumi-E and the Aka Akita
Sumi-e is the Japanese word for black ink painting, a style of ink art introduced to Japan in the fourteenth century by ...
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Long. But Not Too Long
A few days ago, a teenager from Cedar Park, Texas, broke two Guinness World Records. One is for having the longest legs ...
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The Pointer Head
Head pieces are always good for a rousing discussion among dog fanciers, maybe because it’s usually the first thin...
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Hairy Mou’ed Collie. It’s Meaning?
Sometimes we think it’s a pity that some of our breeds don’t still go by the names they had in the early days. T...
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You Know the Line: Here’s Who Said it
It was said of him that he did many interesting things in a short lifetime, but few of them supremely well and almost no...
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Before the Swan
Behold the elegant Afghan Hound. Refined, dignified, gorgeous. Maybe even haughty. &n...
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A Lotta Laika
Laikas are spitz dogs. And back in the day, no one paid much attention to them. They were unassuming farm dogs and all-a...
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“Fass!” “Aus!” “Sitz!” and “Platz!”
For a number of reasons, German is the most popular foreign language to use for dog commands. In part, this is because 8...
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What the Canadian Pointer Isn’t
Serious students of dogdom (read: dog nerds) regard the study of different dog breeds as a form of entertainment. As ner...
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Great Dane Became a Sports Illustrated “First” and “Second”
When a Great Dane named “Autopilot” appeared on the 1955 cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, he became the...
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The Doberman: You Need a Girl
The foundation of the Doberman Pinscher were two dogs: A stud muffin named, “Schnupp” (described as a black male wi...
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The Blessing of the Animals
There is said to be a Seminole belief that after death, we will meet all the animals we ever dealt with, and they will b...
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Austria’s Third Scenthound Breed
Do you know this breed? Chances are decent that many of you don’t, but based on the dog’s phenotype (the characteris...
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To Tell the Truth and Scotch Terriers
Readers of a certain age might remember an old game show called, “To Tell the Truth.” Four celebrity paneli...
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Komondor Ka-Ching
Take a bow, Komondor owners. The second coin in the Hungarian Sheep and Hunting Dogs series of coins will be issued Octo...
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The PIO: “Almost” a White House Dog
Few can forget the mostly lighthearted press that swirled around President Obama’s 2008 announcement that the fami...
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The Bulldog Shuffle
In a post about gait, let’s see if you can spot something in the film clip below (just keep scrolling): Though per...
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