The Dog Blog
What It Takes to Train a Champion Dog
There's a particular moment in competitive dog sports that becomes the visible symbol of everything that came before it: the clean agility run, the perfectly executed heeling pattern, the dog...
What It Takes to Train a Champion Dog
There's a particular moment in competitive dog sports that becomes the visible symbol of everything that came before it: the clean agility run, the perfectly executed heeling pattern, the dog...
Why Dog Competitions Are So Popular
Ask someone who does competitive dog sports why they got into it and the answer is almost never "I wanted to win ribbons." It's usually something more like: "I wanted...
Why Dog Competitions Are So Popular
Ask someone who does competitive dog sports why they got into it and the answer is almost never "I wanted to win ribbons." It's usually something more like: "I wanted...
The World of Competitive Dog Shows Explained
From the outside, a dog show can look like an elaborate mystery. Immaculate dogs. Handlers in suits moving purposefully around a ring. Judges circling, examining, occasionally crouching to inspect a...
The World of Competitive Dog Shows Explained
From the outside, a dog show can look like an elaborate mystery. Immaculate dogs. Handlers in suits moving purposefully around a ring. Judges circling, examining, occasionally crouching to inspect a...
How TV Shows Made Dogs Household Names
A dog that appears in a beloved television series doesn't just become familiar. They become part of the emotional landscape of the show — the warm presence that grounds the...
How TV Shows Made Dogs Household Names
A dog that appears in a beloved television series doesn't just become familiar. They become part of the emotional landscape of the show — the warm presence that grounds the...
The Influence of Dogs in Media and Advertising
There's a reason that some of the most remembered Super Bowl commercials involve dogs. There's a reason that a golden retriever in a car commercial doesn't need a script or...
The Influence of Dogs in Media and Advertising
There's a reason that some of the most remembered Super Bowl commercials involve dogs. There's a reason that a golden retriever in a car commercial doesn't need a script or...
Why We Love Celebrity Dogs
In an environment where nearly every piece of content seems to be asking something of you — your opinion, your outrage, your alignment — celebrity dogs ask only whether you...
Why We Love Celebrity Dogs
In an environment where nearly every piece of content seems to be asking something of you — your opinion, your outrage, your alignment — celebrity dogs ask only whether you...