Thin, supple, and graceful. Most of us would love to be described that way (we were thinking that very thing just before...
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The Small Greek Domestic Dog
At first, “Small Greek Domestic Dog” has the same ring to it as “large American car,” but this r...
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The Foxy, Wolfy Volpino
Frequently mistaken for a Pomeranian, the breed discussed in this post is, like the Pomeranian, a member of the spitz fa...
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Great Dogs of the Mountains
At the heart of the Pyrénées is the Lavedan, a mountainous region of France that forms a group of valleys upstream of...
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The Best Cold Water Spaniel Around
It’s an odd expression, but it gets the point across: One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor. Put ...
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The Only Terrier With This Tail
Though the Tenterfield Terrier’s tail is traditionally docked (a common practice performed on a working terrier to...
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Mari and Her Three Shiba Inu Pups
The deadliest earthquake to strike Japan since 1995 came in 2004, a seismic event the Japan Meteorological Agency named ...
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It’s Sumobichon!
If the names Futabayama, Taiho, Akebono and Konishiki means something to you, clearly you are a fan of sumo wrestling as...
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Spain’s Newest Hunting Breed
To our eye, this breed has a fascinating appearance. It is large, white, hardy and fast, attributes the breed inherite...
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The Point(s) of a Havanese
Cuba’s only native dog breed comes in all colors and marking patterns, and all are of equal merit in a show ring. ...
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When Grey is Blue
The AKC breed standard for the Greyhound indicates that color in this breed is “immaterial,” but all Greyhou...
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“Love Wrinkles”
A big size, a whole lot of skin, and slow moving make the uniformed observer think of the Neapolitan Mastiff as a hot, s...
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The Stubborn Breed
When is stubbornness more than a characteristic of an individual dog? One might argue that it becomes more than a person...
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Labs: Part of An Imported Style
Scotland (and the UK) has a long, rich history of hunting, and at one time, rural communities took the view that hunti...
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The “Mini Foxie” That Isn’t
In the early 19th century, a spirited little working dog could be found on Australian farms, its job to tamp down the la...
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Can This Dog Hunt?
Back in the day, hunters relied on “setting spaniels,” dogs that would quickly and quietly drop to their bel...
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A New Job for an Old Breed
Puffin hunting is now illegal in Norway, and the only places where the sea parrots can still be hunted is in Iceland and...
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Make a Sniglet
Most of us lament the loss of an animal or plant species, and dire predictions of “experts” would have us be...
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The Tibbie in Britain
An ancient breed, the Tibetan Spaniel didn’t make its way to Great Britain until the 1890s, but sources can’...
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