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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The Irish Water Spaniel: The Only One To Be This
The fun loving Irish Water Spaniel can be found in any color as long as it is “rich liver to dark liver with a pur...
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Clean as a Whistle
During the Industrial Revolution, one of the major manufacturers in Britain was James Dixon & Sons. Founded 1806 i...
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A Once-A-Year-Tradition (Once Upon)
Groomers and owners will tell you that when coat is shaved off a dog, the texture of the coat that grows back is often d...
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Dun Worry, Be Happy
In a post written not long ago, we talked about gray colored Greyhounds, about how they are fairly rare, and that such d...
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Knit One, Purl Two
You can always tell a craftsman who is proficient at what they do by watching them inspect the work of others: They look...
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Boston Calling!
Back in 2013, the Boston Calling Music Festival got its start at City Hall Plaza in downtown Boston as a three-day, mult...
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