A Greyhound & Ragnar Lothbrok
A hugely popular commercial that aired in the early 70s admonished that it’s not nice to fool Mother Nature. As an aside, the actress who played Mother Nature, Dena Dietrich,…
A hugely popular commercial that aired in the early 70s admonished that it’s not nice to fool Mother Nature. As an aside, the actress who played Mother Nature, Dena Dietrich,…
It may be surprising to learn that among us are scholars who research, investigate, and debate the existence of a real Robin Hood. Academics have combed historical records for evidence,…
Who remembers “What-a-Mess?” “What-a-Mess” is the nickname given to a fictional accident-prone Afghan Hound puppy (his real name is Prince Amir of Kinjan) who appears in a series of children’s…
…Around the same time that sheep were lambing, mountain fox were birthing their cubs, and this lead to a contest of survival between farmers of the Lake Country – poor,…
…artificial manipulation (read: keep it real. but safe). Maybe that look happens in the dog bath – or after. Perhaps the dog got into all the wrong places, or after…
If you’re aren’t familiar with the writer named, “Stonehenge,” you’re not a dog nerd yet, (but there’s still hope). His real name was John Henry Walsh, and he was a…
…athletes: Resistance, tenacity and agility. “Waldi” was based on Cherie von Birkenhof, a real long-haired Dachshund that Munich Games Organizing Committee President, Willi Daume, had given to Félix Lévitan, the…
…quatreoeuillé might translate to “four-eyed” in English, but no one seems to be certain because “quatreoeuillé,” appears to be either a misspelling, or a combination of words that doesn’t have…
…That suggestion made it no further than a Marine Corps public information officer who accurately predicted that it would be unprintable for civilian newspapers. Getting back to the TV show,…
When Kimberly Clark, the company behind the Andrex bathroom tissue brand, announced in 2010 that it would be using a computer-generated character instead of a real-life puppy in new commercials,…
…face of sweat and noticed that his hand wasn’t spotted with age, nor did his veins bulge out through his paper-thin skin. He realized that it was the hand of…
…for them beyond gameness. Good dogs had in common similar structural attributes, and interestingly, some of these attributes were also found in horses. Much of what we first learned about…
…Madhukar Sawle. Actress Madhuri Dixit later adopted the dog which died in 2000 at the age of twelve. The dog shows up at the 1:33 mark. [iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/UGgFNnfFKKQ”] …
…the head piece) that descended from a cross between wolves and Indian sheepdog breeds during the 18th century. Some say the dog is more of a “type,” and not really…
…Real “felting” (what is called “cording” in Poodles, Pulik, and Komodorok) can’t really being until the undercoat begins to grow in conjunction with puppy coat molting – and the wooly…
…to paint a portrait of my son’s dog, Orry, who just retired from the Sheriffs K9 unit. My son was his second handler but his first real home. Orry started…
Can we ever see too much of Frisbee, the Italian Greyhound, in commercials that plug the movie, “Secret Life of Pets?” We’ve been sharing a few of the commercials featuring…
…action. Of late, the California native has been appearing in some fun State Farm commercial with linebacker, Clay Matthews, but the real scene stealer is what many have believed to…
…1926 when some models were offered in green, maroon, or gray with all with black fenders. That was never the case with the gorgeous Belgian Sheepdog. It really can come…
…is that he’s the previous owner of the house – and a ghost. A very chauvinistic ghost. Their combative relationship morphs into something more affectionate, and everything about this film…