There have been many tall tales told of working terriers, some of them along the lines of a fisherman holding his hands ...
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Ysterberg Mastiffs
While doing a little research on the Boerboel, we came across several mentions of the Ysterberg Mastiff. We wondered if ...
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More Courage Per Pound
Writer, Alex Robinson, calls this land “the tenth circle of hell,” while naturalist and TV presenter, Steve ...
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The Real Talent Behind Bill Belichick
If you don’t follow football, (or not as ardently as some, you may have missed the chuckles generated by a complet...
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“They Always Get Their Man”
As early as 1908, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force members used their own dogs to assist in searching for individuals...
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A Need to Blush?
“Man is the only animal that blushes — or needs to.” Mark Twain. With respect to Mark Twain, he was wrong, and...
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No Ordinary Dog
After it was done, rumors swirled around the dog as he was Elvis spotted in Las Vegas two years after his reported death...
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Sotar Rua agus Bán
The show judge, Elliot Weiss, once used the device of analogy to describe the differences between the setters by compari...
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The Dog of God
It was Aristotle who described the Tibetan Mastiff as a result of a union between dogs and tigers, and he based his narr...
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The Tiger Dog
The loyal Kai Ken – sometimes known as the Tiger Dog or Tora Inu – is native to the Kai region of Japan (kno...
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The Chortai
Some cynologists say that in Russia and the Central Asian Republics, the word, “borzoi” is a generic term fo...
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The Legend of the Wolfhound, Ailbé
In 1897, the first Irish Wolfhound registered by the AKC was “Ailbé,” an ancient name, and perhaps a grim r...
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The Australian Pig Dog
In as much as our mandate is education about purebred dogs, we occasionally post information that may or may not be abou...
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Spot Variations
Spots are just the beginning. Ticking, patches (a disqualification), clumps, old age ticking, and even stripe patterns c...
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Embracing Native Breeds?
There are an estimated 500,000–600,000 dogs in Norway across eleven counties, but not all of them are breeds native to...
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Racy/Rangy
Though the words, “rangy” and “racy” may seem interchangeable, they’re really not, and dep...
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“Mopsorden” (the Order of the Pug)”
Who doesn’t love a good secret? Freemasons did. The highly secretive group first became official in 1717, but in...
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It’s Not a Dirty Word
The word “weaselly” is generally used as an uncomplimentary way to refer to a person who is devious, sneaky,...
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The English Flush
The Clumber Spaniel is the largest of the AKC flushing spaniels, a dog bred especially for working “under the gun&...
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This One is a Paalakanni
The Kanni of India is a stunning sighthound, but the object of debate. Local dog experts insist that the breed is a vari...
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