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Preferred, fault, major fault and disqualification are not interchangeable. The Border Terrier's nose shows how....

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How a fish launched a Scottish Deerhound to Westminster. Scottish Deerhound history has its share of unexpected turns, and George Shepard Page’s story begins with a fish. Not the usual route to a dog show, but George Shepard Page’s introduction to Scottish Deerhounds apparently began with black bass. According to the American Kennel Club’s archival guide, […]

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Koalas,  notoriously difficult to spot, have a particular knack for being hard to find precisely when it matters most. Sitting high in a eucalyptus canopy, a koala can blend into its surroundings remarkably well. Researchers at the University of Newcastle describe them as monstrously challenging to detect, with traditional searches using spotlights or recordings of […]

White facial marking” tells us what we are looking at. Bläss gives us something more: a glimpse of how people speak about the breed where it belongs.

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Three Westies, one screaming-yellow coat and a snowy 1967 Vogue assignment: the story behind Toni Frissell’s Vail photograph

Our newest story is now on the National Purebred Dog Day website.

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