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…
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French Bulldog Dog Breed Guide
The French Bulldog recently became the most popular dog in America, and it earned the spot the honest way: by being a…
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Dachshund Dog Breed Guide
Germany bred the Dachshund to crawl into a badger sett and argue with the occupant, and every inch of the dog still…
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Chihuahua Dog Breed Guide
The Chihuahua is the smallest dog in the world and has never once been informed. Descended from the Techichi dogs of ancient…
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Shiba Inu Dog Breed Guide
The Shiba Inu is Japan’s oldest and smallest native breed, a mountain hunter refined over two thousand years into the fox-faced icon…
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Basset Hound Dog Breed Guide
French monks bred the Basset Hound low to the ground on purpose: “bas” means low, and a hunter on foot could follow…
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Whippet Dog Breed Guide
A Whippet is two dogs in one elegant skin. For roughly forty-five seconds a day it is the fastest accelerating dog on…
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English Bulldog Dog Breed Guide
The English Bulldog spent its first centuries in the appalling business of bull-baiting, and its last two being systematically re-engineered into one…
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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…
