The idea isn't just to alert the hunter to the dog's whereabouts, but to camouflage any noise the hunter makes as s/he a...
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In-Plain-Sight-Hidden Gem
On Commonwealth Avenue near Berkeley in the Back Bay area of Boston is a life-sized statue of a Labrador Retriever pokin...
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The Andalusian Wine-Cellar Rat-Hunting Dog
The Andalusian Wine-Cellar Rat-Hunting Dog: It sounds like a made-up name for a dog breed, doesn’t it? It’s not. The...
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My Blue Poodle*
Scroll down for a little “mood music:” Our post is about the “blue” Poodle, but for the owners o...
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The “DDR German Shepherd”
National Purebred Dog Day’s first mandate is to celebrate the purebred dog, and explaining why these dogs are wort...
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50 Shades of Grey(Hound)
We lied. Our post isn’t about 50 shades of the Greyhound, but about two spellings of the same word: Grey. “G...
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Use a Puli, Sell an App
The Puli is not a stranger to Apple. There is “Fitpuli“….. And then the breed appeared o...
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New or Old? Egyptian or Not?
Although Malta is credited with preserving and nurturing the Pharaoh Hound, most cynologists believe that the origins of...
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The Cabriole Front
Having a “bad front” is largely an umbrella term because there are different ways for a dog to manifest this...
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The Löwchen Debate
The earliest recorded name of the Löwchen is the Maltese Lion Dog, a name it kept until the French naturalist, Georges-...
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In This Breed, it’s Called “Plating”
If you know your way around horses, you may know that the spotted color pattern commonly seen in pinto horses is called ...
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Why the Lab Wasn’t Named After Newfoundland
While most people today regard Labrador Retrievers as hunting dogs, the breed actually “cut its teeth” as wa...
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The GSD in America: The First Years
The first few years of the new 20th century in America were heady ones for the amazing breed that Captain Max von Stepha...
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The Town Named After a Breed
Canine history is replete with breeds named after their place of origin (or perceived place of origin): The Lhasa Apso, ...
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Do You Know? Rache/Brache
Do enough research in old dog books (or work on a lot of crossword puzzles), and one is bound to run into a couple of wo...
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Großspitz Colors
A luxurious coat made to stand off by plentiful undercoat and a spectacular “ruff” around the neck makes the...
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The Rock Star Llewellin of His Day
Few dogs have warranted as much attention in their day as did Count Noble. In fact, the English Setter’s death in ...
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“Little Clown of the Marshes”
It’s not a topknot, per se, but the presence of a distinctive curly or wavy tousle of head coat gives the Epagneul...
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Hey Hey We’re the Monkees
Scroll down for a bit of nostalgia (and a rather bad song entitled, “Gonna Buy Me a Dog”): Surprisingly, the...
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