From the 101 Dalmatians written by Dodie Smith in 1956, the dog’s popularity as a pet sky rise. Many people love to own that white and black spotted dog to be their pet due to its lovely coat and intelligent nature as indicated in the book or in the cartoons and live action movie with the same title....
If ever you would come across a Shar Pei what would your reaction be? Maybe by saying “what an ugly dog!” or “does it even know how to smile?” will definitely be a part of your comments. But do you ever consider why the Shar Pei looks like that? If you would just take another view of it and look it straight...
Have you heard of Nana the famous family dog of the Darling family from James Barrie’s famous children’s book Peter Pan? What about Faithful, Hector, and Lara? They are the famous first dogs of Presidents Ulysses Grant, Rutherford Hayes, and James Buchanan respectively. These pets have one thing in common...
Huskies are one of those breeds that are widely known as sled dogs in colder regions. They are used to carry people or goods and are considered as a very big help especially if there are no snow mobiles handy or only a limited number of them can be used. But today, they qualify as pets. Different breeds...
What is Akita dog breed? What family of dog does it belong? Akita dog breed is among the most ancient dog breeds. It's sometimes called as Japanese Akita Inu. It's large with breed stands of sixty to seventy centimeters at the shoulders. For male, it weighs about thirty-four to fifty- four kilograms....
Everyone and everything has a good and bad side, or at least two features that contrast. Take the fictional character Dr. Jeckle for example: before he got into the freak accident or got high on the drugs or whatever he was using, he was a normal person. But after the freak accident or the drugs, or...
7. What Makes The Greyhound A Champion The Greyhound dog breed is one of the fastest there in existence – proof of that would be Greyhounds participating in races everywhere, and organizations being put up which host races exclusive to this breed of pooch. What makes it so damn fast anyway? Let's take a glance at its anatomy: it stands anywhere...
8. Greater Swiss Mountain Dog: My Personal Bodyguard Today's world is getting a lot more dangerous than it was way back in the early days. There was a time when people could sleep with their doors and windows open, and wouldn't have to worry about any thieves stealing anything, nor killers killing anybody. Nowadays, leaving doors and windows unlocked or...
9. How The English Pointer Hunts Prey Hunters use all kinds of dogs with different hunting abilities – they choose the one with the skills that are best suited for them. Some canine use their scent of smell for finding animals, track it down, and then lead its human buddy to the game. Others put to good use their eyesight, where they will...
10. Why You Should Get A Hairless Dog I have this friend that knows this guy, who's daughter is the only one in the theater club she joined, that doesn't own a dog. The reason behind that is she's got this allergic reaction to pooches. That may sound like nothing nobody would care about, but this girl isn't a nobody (not like most people)....
11. The Dutch Shepherd Vs. The German Shepherd Perhaps the most common and popular dog used at airports for sniffing cargo and baggage (for illegal commodities) is the German Shepherd. Almost in every part of the world you can see one doing this type of job. There is another breed dog though, that is slowly becoming more popular as the preferred...
12. English Setter: Beautiful Hunter Pet The English Setter was said to have originated from France – the end result of crossing the French Pointer with the Spanish pointer. So why on earth did they call it the English Setter? The reason behind that is that the refinement of the pooch wasn't completed until it was brought to England. This pooch...
13. Retrieving Dead Game With The Boykin Spaniel Dog Breed Are you the kind of guy or gal that has a thing for shooting waterfowl, or in other words, birds sitting around in the water? If you are, then you must be a “waterfowl hunter”, or some sick demented individual with a lot of issues. Which ever of the two you are, (hope you aren't the latter) you'd probably...
14. Chuck Norris And His Briard Dog I'm not sure if Chuck Norris does own a Briard dog breed, but if you've seen his movie “Top Dog”, you'll see that the canine was assigned as his partner. The pooch did all kinds of tricks and stunts that would make people's jaws drop, and the “couple” constantly found themselves in crazy situations....
15. Norwegian Elkhound: Since Stone Age If you want a dog that's meant for staying outside the house, but can do fine inside the house if needed (or you have a change of heart), then you'll want the Norwegian Elkhound breed. Some pooches, when kept indoors for long periods of times, develop canine behavioral problems. That's usually because...
16. Night Stalking With A Bluetick Coonhound A hunter can easily get frustrated while spending long hours or even days in search of an animal. Sometimes, the hunting dog that they're currently with loses the scent of the trail, which misleads its owner somewhere the prey isn't. That can be quite frustrating (these guys put their hearts into the...
17. Australian Kelpie: The Most Popular Working Dog There are over a hundred thousand Australian Kelpies being used as a work dog in Australia alone. The medium sized pooch weighs anywhere from 25 to 45 pounds and stands 17 to 20 inches. Despite the “not-so-big” build, they are, with no doubt, one of the best herding dogs on the planet. They have extremely...
18. The Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dog Breed Living in an apartment is great, but it does have some restrictions. For instance, you can never be too loud, some of your neighbors would hate it (the management would too). And if you were to have an eye for pet ownership, not all apartments would be allowed to house one. As for the ones that do accept...
19. Rare Dog Breed: Austrian Shorthaired Pinscher Yet another rare dog breed “exclusive” to its country of origin – the Austrian Shorthaired Pinscher, “manufactured” in Austria, can rarely be seen outside its hometown. The courageous sheepdog is the Austrian farmer's best friend. They are very intelligent, can learn numerous commands, and are basically...
20. Rare Dog Breed: Berger Picard One of the oldest dog breeds in France is the Berger Picard – its name was derived from the region of its “said to be” origin, which is the Picardie region. Yes it is as unique as the name sounds, this dog breed almost faced extinction during World War I and II. Some say that there are only a few of...
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