Landmark Study Reveals Breed-Specific Causes of Death in Dogs

The results can significantly help prolong your dog’s life. That is the conclusion of the authors of a new University of Georgia study that provides a rare and comprehensive look at the causes of death in more than 80 canine breeds. The study, published in the current edition of the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, […]

Dog Files Fact: Potcakes

Potcakes are indigenous dogs found on several Caribbean islands, namely the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. Potcake is a name derived from the food caked on the bottom of the pots that the Bahamians cooked in. Bahamians would feed these leftover cakes to the stray dogs of the islands, and eventually, the dogs came to […]

Dog Files Fact: Shetland Sheepdog

The Shetland Sheepdog originates from the islands that lie northwest of the British Isles, between Scotland and Norway, approximately 50 miles north of Scotland and a bit south of the Arctic Circle. As can well be imagined, the climate is harsh and the terrain, rugged. The limited space of these islands has resulted in this […]

Dog Files Fact: Alaskan Malamute

At least four thousand years ago, but very likely even earlier, the Eskimos crossed the Bering Straits when the tribes migrated East from the cold barren lands of Siberia. Arctic anthropology indicates the presence of Eskimo civilization at Cape Krusenstern as early as 1850 B.C. Eskimo means “raw flesh eater” in the language of the […]

Dog Files Fact: Boxer

The Boxer originates from Germany and was bred originally for a variety of tasks including hunting wild boars, deer and small bears and bull baiting. Although it has reached its greatest perfection in Germany during the past hundred years, the Boxer springs from a line of dogs known throughout the whole of Europe since the […]

Dog Files Fact: Bullmastiff

The Bullmastiff is a powerful dog that was originally bred by English gamekeepers in the 1800s to assist wardens or gamekeepers guard estates from poachers. As a result the Bullmastiff is known as the Gamekeeper’s Night Dog. They bark much less often than other breeds, however, when they do bark it’s generally worth checking. It […]

African Village Dogs Are Genetically Much More Diverse Than Modern Breeds

ScienceDaily (Aug. 6, 2009) — African village dogs are not a mixture of modern breeds but have directly descended from an ancestral pool of indigenous dogs, according to a Cornell-led genetic analysis of hundreds of semi-feral African village dogs. That means that village dogs from most African regions are genetically distinct from non-native breeds and […]

Dogs Are Aggressive If Trained Badly

Here is an interesting article from ScienceDaily.com about the origins of aggressive dogs. Not surprisingly it concludes that, “it is the owners who are primarily responsible for attacks due to dominance or competition of their pets.” Check it out and tell me your thoughts in the Comments Section. Many dogs are put down or abandoned due […]

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