How not to kill a moose

Darwin Award almost awarded here: Source. “I don’t think was three feet from me, because he wasn’t six feet from me when I shot him.”  

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The black spot phenomenon attacks

(Source for the image) This dog has the black spot phenomenon on his face. The black spot phenomenon happens in golden and yellow Labrador retrievers  when dog experiences a somatic mutation that turns the e/e to E/e.  e/e is the genotype that produces the yellow to red coat color in golden retrievers and yellow Labs. [...]

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Newborn crab-eating raccoons

Jess got the closest to answering this edition of “Identify the species.” These are newborn crab-eating raccoons (Procyon cancrivorus). What’s a crab-eating raccoon? Well, it’s the other species of raccoon. Yep. There are two of them. Procyon lotor is the raccoon we North Americans know best. It is larger and shaggier. It also has a greater tendency [...]

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Golden retriever retrieves fox

You know this has to be a  working golden retriever in Europe. And this dog is. I got this image off the TjäderAndens Kennel in Sweden. (Link to the kennel’s blog). Europeans want their dogs to retrieve fur. This takes this desire to a whole new level. I’ve seen photos of German HPR’s retrieving foxes, including [...]

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Queen Victoria’s Maremmas

This image comes from a Country Life Illustrated article entitled “The Queen’s Kennels at Windsor” (20 February 1897). The two dogs are described as follows: Two of the most interesting dogs at Windsor are the “Italian Mountaineer” dogs, Ruffo and Beldia, selected in Italy about two years ago for her Majesty. They are whole white [...]

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Bouvador

Reader Kim Bates sent me this photo of her Labrador/Bouvier des Flandres cross named Sylvie. She is almost twelve years old but still loves to swim and retrieve. This is a cross between two of the most versatile working dog breeds, so it is likely to catch on as a performance-bred crossbreed.  

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Gordon setters, 1897

These dogs belonged to a Mr. Chapman of Glenboig, Scotland. They were featured in Country Life Illustrated on 8 May 1897. These dogs, especially the one on the left, are very retriever-like.  The one on them left may actually be a retriever, but it is not outside of reason for a Gordon setter to have [...]

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Try watching this without smiling

Source.

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“Hund mit Wurst” by Carl Friedrich Deiker

“Dog with sausage.”  

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Bring Smiley home!

Remember the case of OP1, the dog who befriended and guarded a group of American soldiers in Afghanistan? Well, it turns out that OP1 has a friend.  Smiley has joined up with the same soldiers and deserves to come to the United States. As with OP1, donations are required to bring him home. One can [...]

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