Newfoundland Dog Breed Guide
Newfoundlands hauled fishing nets and pulled drowning sailors out of the North Atlantic, and the job left its mark: webbed feet, a…
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Saint Bernard Dog Breed Guide
Two centuries ago, Saint Bernards worked the snowfields of an Alpine pass, digging travelers out of avalanches for the monks of the…
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Mastiff Dog Breed Guide
The Mastiff is the heaviest dog in the world, an animal that regularly outweighs its owner and descends from war dogs Caesar…
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Bloodhound Dog Breed Guide
The Bloodhound owns the finest nose ever pointed at the ground. Trailing evidence from these dogs has been cited in American courtrooms,…
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Weimaraner Dog Breed Guide
German nobles bred the Weimaraner as a personal hunting companion, a dog meant to work all day beside its aristocrat and then…
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Irish Setter Dog Breed Guide
Few dogs stop traffic like an Irish Setter in full stride, mahogany coat streaming, built like a red arrow with a sense…
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Standard Poodle Dog Breed Guide
Strip away the show-ring topiary and look at what is actually standing there: a rugged German duck-hunting retriever, one of the smartest…
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Alaskan Malamute Dog Breed Guide
People confuse Malamutes with Siberian Huskies, and both breeds find this insulting. The Husky is a marathon sprinter built to move light…
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Siberian Husky Dog Breed Guide
In 1925, relay teams of Siberian Huskies ran diphtheria serum 674 miles through an Alaskan blizzard to save the town of Nome,…
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Boxer Dog Breed Guide
Nobody has ever accused a Boxer of hiding its feelings. This is a dog that greets you by folding itself in half,…
