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Pugs from Europe; Pugs from China
Black pugs were once considered a very distinct variety from the other colors. According to contemporary accounts, they were derived from more recent imports from China that were quite distinct from...
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Spike
The first JRT I’m watching this weekend is Spike. No one told me that he would attack the water hose if you use it. I turned it on. He yapped. And charged into it. He’s wanting me to turn it on again....
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Sniffing out the woods
Rhodie and Spike sniffing out the woods. This was about how far they will go. They were too afraid to go much deeper. These two dogs have the same (wire-haired and dwarf) father. Rhodie is a...
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Intruders
I got these photos of the neighbors’ Old English sheepdog cross pups. They are terribly socialized and hate Miley very much. That’s probably because Miley is by far the scariest monster they have ever...
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Maddie and Timmy
All photos courtesy of Laura Westfall Atkinson. Timmy was a nice little dog. I spent many, many hours walking him on the beach between Atlantic Beach, North Carolina and Fort Macon. Maddie was his...
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Your hobby is stupid and it is counterproductive
I am often amazed at what people think they are doing with dogs. No one has demonstrated to me what is essentially an article of faith or at least a current mantra of the AKC-apologist set: That...
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The problem with using modern wolves in dog domestication studies
Gordon Buchanan with a wild arctic wolf on Ellsmere. Photo by the BBC. For really long time, the mystery of human bipedalism vexed us. Our closest relatives, the chimpanzees and the bonobos, are all...
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This little dog was discovered in the Gobi desert in China on 155-mile race. The thinking that this dog is a “chihuahua cross” is a bit wrong, I think. I think she’s something a bit more special than...
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Why don’t dogs re-evolve into wolves when they are left to breed freely?
Most feral domestic animals revert to a form that is roughly similar to their wild ancestor. You can see this quite dramatically in feral pigs. They generally evolve into a form that is about the same...
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