Many (and I do mean many) years ago, there was an advertising jingle on television that in part went something like this: “He said that she said that he has halitosis.  She said that he said it’s true of some girls, too.” I don’t recall if the commercial was for…

The scent hound, as you would expect, is a type of hound that hunts by using its powerful sense of smell rather than sight. Once they identify a scent, they are able to track their prey, or humans, over long distances and rough terrain. They do need to be fast…

Where Do Cocker Spaniels Come From The Cocker Spaniel was developed in England as a bird hunting dog. Its name “Cocker” was derived from the , a bird it frequently hunted. The Cocker Spaniel and the English Springer Spaniel are closely related and for a while both breeds came from…

Where Do English Springer Spaniels Come From? The English Springer Spaniel was developed in England during the 19th century from a now-extinct breed, the . It is closely related to the English Cocker Spaniel, and at one time, puppies from the same litter were classified as Springer or Cocker based…

If you do an online search for “best dog in the world,” which breed will come up as number one? When I searched, “mixed breeds” came in first. The Golden Retriever was in the top 10, but for purebred dogs, the Labrador Retriever was on top. The Lab is a…

  Kennel clubs, also known as a kennel council  in some countries,  are organizations which provide guidance on the breeding, showing and promotion of more than one breed of dog.  Generally, kennel clubs are “all-breed clubs.”  All, in this case, meaning only those breeds that they recognize and “breed” means…