Poodle (Miniature) Dog Breed Guide
The Miniature Poodle is the Standard Poodle’s brain installed in an apartment-sized chassis, and for most of the twentieth century it was…
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Pug Dog Breed Guide
The old breed motto is “multum in parvo,” a lot of dog in a small space, and nobody who has lived with…
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Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Dog Breed Guide
King Charles II was accused of neglecting affairs of state to play with his spaniels, and the breed that carries his name…
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Boston Terrier Dog Breed Guide
The Boston Terrier is America’s first purpose-built companion breed, engineered in 1870s Boston and nicknamed “the American Gentleman” for the tuxedo markings…
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Bichon Frise Dog Breed Guide
The Bichon Frise has held three jobs in seven centuries: sailors’ trade dog, court companion to Renaissance royalty, and circus performer when…
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Yorkshire Terrier Dog Breed Guide
Before the Yorkshire Terrier was a handbag icon, it was shop-floor equipment: a ratter working the textile mills of northern England, bred…
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Shih Tzu Dog Breed Guide
The Shih Tzu was bred inside the Forbidden City for one imperial purpose: to sit near an emperor and be magnificent. The…
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Pomeranian Dog Breed Guide
Somewhere inside every Pomeranian is a sled dog that never got the memo about the downsizing. The breed descends from big spitz…
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Miniature Schnauzer Dog Breed Guide
German farmers wanted a compact ratter with the nerve of a terrier and the sense to live peacefully with the family, so…
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Maltese Dog Breed Guide
Aristocrats of the ancient Mediterranean carried Maltese dogs in their sleeves, and the breed has spent the two thousand years since refining…
