Boston Terrier

The Boston Terrier, contrary to its name did not originally hail from Boston in the United States but rather came from Liverpool in England. The founding father of the Boston Terrier dog breed was born in Liverpool sometime in the 1870s before he was shipped  across the Atlantic to Boston. This founding dog was originally [...]

Powerdogs-Presa Canario

The Presa Canario dog which also goes by any one of the following names:

Canary dog
Perro de Presa Canario
Dogo Canario
Canary mastiff

…is certainly not a dog for the faint of heart or the novice dog owner. The Presa Canario hails from the Canary Islands a place to which the Canary bird owes its name but contrary to [...]

Powerdogs-Tosa Inu

The Tosa dog is also known by the following names:

Tosa Inu
Tosa Token
Tosa Ken
Japanese Tosa
Japanese mastiff
Japanese Fighting Dog
Tosa Fighting Dog

Banned in many a country on account of a combination of its immense power, size and fighting genetic ancestry, the Tosa Inu is truly a powerdog if ever one existed! The countries that take issue with Tosa [...]

Powerdogs-Central Asian Ovcharka

The Central Asian Ovcharka is also known as the:

 Alabai
Central Asian Sheepdog
Mid-Asian Shepherd
Middle Asian Ovcharka

Like many of the large heavily built dog breeds the Central Asian Ovcharka is believed to be descended from the tibetan Mastiff though there are those who believe that this ancient breed is the true root of the large boned livestock [...]

How To Choose The Perfect Puppy

Do Your Research; In Other Words Don’t Turn Your Dog Into Another Rescue Statistic!
This seems pretty obvious but I think it really has to be said. Make an honest and objective assessment of the kind of person you are and then do your due diligence (homework/research) to match your personality type to the appropriate dog [...]

The Dog Who Cried Wolf

The question of who and how the dog was tamed is one that reminds me of that riddle about the egg and the chicken and which came before the other.
That said, let’s get on with it.
The court is now in session and The Honorable Justice Kayye Nynne is presiding. So let’s go ahead and look [...]

Bullmastiff Dog Breed

The Bullmastiff (which on the rare occasion is referred to as the English Bulmastiff) was once upon-a-time called the Gamekeepers Night Dog in keeping with its developmental guidelines that specifically bred for a dog to ward off poaching on the grand estates of the landed gentry.
The Bullmastiff was developed from a Bulldog/Mastiff cross in the [...]

Pomeranian Dog Breed

The Pomeranian is classified under the Toy Dog Group and is the smallest member of the Spitz family of dogs that have a strong and extensive legacy of sledding. Till this day there is some dispute over the exact development pedigree of the Pomeranian dog breed. Some dog historians contend that the direct ancestor of [...]

Beagle Dog Breed

The Beagle dog breed is the smallest of the British pack hounds and was primarily developed for hunting hare and rabbits. In fact to that end the sport of hare hunting was referred to as beagling.
The origins of this dog breed’s name to date are somewhat murky, some schools of thought contending that the name [...]

Rottweiler Dog Breed

The Rottweiler is a dog breed that hails from Germany and was originally known as the Rottweiler Metzerhund of which the literal translation means, “the butcher’s dog from Rottweil.”
Unsurprisingly the Rottweiler derived its name from a market town called Rottweil where the dog breed was primarily used to drove and herd cattle that were destined for slaughter.
The progenitors of the [...]