Pug Dog Breed

In keeping with its official motto “Multum in Parvo” which means “a lot in alittle”, the history of the Pug is spectacularly lengthy for such a small dog
Okay let’s first tackle the issue of this dog breed’s name, The Pug. Multiple theories abound to the origins of the name “The Pug” and include the following:

Pug [...]

Weimaraner Dog Breed

Perhaps no other dog breed’s pedigree throughout canine history has been so jealously guarded as that of the Weimaraner dog! Originally known as the Weimar Pointer or the Weimaraner Vorstehhund, this dog breed that has also gone by the name of Greydog as well as the mystical appellation of Grey Ghost was bred as a [...]

Kerry Blue Terrier Dog Breed

The Kerry Blue Terrier also known as the Irish Blue Terrier hails from County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland and is the officially recognized National Dog of Ireland. The Kerry Blue Terrier is really not blue but rather various shades of grey but as so often happens in pedigree dog circles there is a [...]

Havanese Dog Breed

The Havanese is one of the older dog breeds of the Bichon Family (a group of small dogs that originated from the Mediterranean). During the course of its history the Havanese has been known by any one of the following rather extensive list of names:
• Cuban Shock Dog
• Bichon Havanais
• Havana Silk Dog
• Havana Spaniel
• Havana Bichon
• White Cuban

Once upon a [...]

Field Spaniel Dog Breed

The Field Spaniel dog differs from its better known cousin the Cocker spaniel in being longer in body and somewhat larger in size. The history of this dog breed can perhaps be described as a see-saw adventure constantly skirting the edge of disaster. The Field Spaniel breed was originally developed in 1800s as a bird-flushing [...]

Psst! Your Dog Is Trying To Talk To You!

Imagine that every time you attempt to talk to your best friend their response is one of harsh scolding words. Now picture this happening not once, twice or thrice but almost every single day. I’m betting soon there won’t be much of anything to call as friendship left! I’ll even go out on a limb [...]

Labradoodle Dog Breed

The Labradoodle
Since the development of the Labradoodle dog in the 1980s by Wally Conron as a non-allergenic guide dog for visually impaired people who suffered from allergies, this “dog breed has branched off in a multitude of directions. Today there are in fact at least two distinct different types of Labradoodles and some people are [...]

Yorkshire Terrier Dog Breed (Yorkie)

Yorkshire Terrier Dog History
Today’s Yorkshire Terrier dog seems to be nothing if not a modern fashion accessory having eclipsed the Chihuahua as the Toy Dog of choice for the seen-about-town starlet. But this was not always the case because the Yorkshire Terrier (or Yorkie as it is commonly referred to for short) evolved from an [...]

How The Dog Evolved So Rapidly

The preeminent evolutionist Charles Darwin postulated that evolution took place gradually, pacing along slowly across the thread of time covering the span of multiple generations. At its most basic evolutionary change occurs as a response to environmental changes, a dynamism that makes pretty logical sense; why after all would an organism undertake the biological expense [...]

Dog Domestication: Did The Wolf Tame Itself To Evolve Into the Dog?

The story of how the dog got domesticated is literally a puzzle of missing pieces which ever so slowly is gradually becoming complete. Popular lore of how the dog became domesticated holds that as humans evolved from the Paleolithic period (during which time man captured his prey using axes and heavy stones) to the Mesolithic [...]