If you’re going to commit to owning a dog, then you need to be prepared to commit to a regular training schedule. Without proper obedience training, your canine will not respect you as the owner and does what it wants when it wants. You need to set boundaries and make it be known that it is not above you in...

Table of Contents 1. The Basics stuff to know about buying a puppy in the Middle East Heat Culture Exercise Travel restrictions and health issues 2. Dogs native to the Middle East Saluki Caanan Dog Pharoh Hound 3. Dogs suited to the Middle Eastern climate Cairn Terrier Chihuahua Doberman Pinscher Vizsla Beagle Whippet Dogs are loyal, fun and make excellent...

Hundreds of years ago cropping (surgically changing the shape of the ears) was done for practical purposes. For example, to stop the ears being snagged in rough territory and being injured while hunting or working. For dogs that were bred for fighting it gave less for an opponent to grip on to rip off and sure gave a real “don’t...

Tell me…do women look better with breast implants? You are probably thinking “what the hell does silicone have to do with dogs?” Not much, I agree, but as an analogy, it is striking. Today I was walking in a shopping mall and saw a woman with “fake boobs”. My train of thought steamed ahead of me and I found myself...

According to Psychologist and dog researcher: Dr. S. Coren, author of "The Intelligence of Dogs", canine intelligence can also be recoded. Working with over 200 show judges, he devised a record that shows us who the "caninesteins" of our world are...to the more ...uhm....academically-challenged pooches. Ready? Here it goes.... Ranks 1 to 10- Brightest Dogs. Understanding of New Commands: Less...

The best tracker was recorded in 1925, and the record is still held by the Doberman Pinscher named "Sauer", trained by Detective-Sergeant Herbert Kruger. Sauer tracked a stock thief 100 miles (161 km) across the vast Great Karroo, in South Africa by scent alone. Did you know that a man named Louis Doberman, a German tax-collector, first bred the Doberman...

Military dogs are dogs that are used to complement the various tasks that are needed to carry out a military operations. To some, this may seem to be contrary to humanitarian principles. But I look at it like this - This is how dogs first evolved - as a companion in hunting, and in fact, gun dogs like the Hungarian...