General Information: Height: 20-26 inches Weight: 50-95 pounds Life Span: 10-15 years Coloring: Black, Brown and White in any combination. Area of Origin: Louisiana Similar Breeds: Australian Cattle Dog, Black Mouth Cur, and Smooth Collie. History and Origin: The Catahoula Leopard Dog is known by many names, most commonly the Catahoula Cur and Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog. Referring to this dog as a cur indicates the current status of this dog, which is that it is of mixed-origin. These dogs [...]
General Information: Height: 25 – 30 “ Weight: 99 – 110lb Life Span: 10-11 years Coloring: The Caucasian Shepard can be any solid color, piebald or spotted, except brown, black and liver. Area of Origin: Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, historic Circassia, but mostly Russia Similar Breeds: Bernese Moutain Dog, Entlebucher Mountain Dog, Mastiff AKA: The Caucasian Shepherds are also known by several other names these include the Caucasian Sheepdog, Caucasian Ovcharkam, Kavkaskaia Ovtcharke, Caucasian Owcharka, Caucasian Mountain Dog, Sage Ghafghaz, [...]
General Information: Height: 1.8 – 2.2 feet Weight: 55 – 75 pounds Life Span: 10-12 years Coloring: Mostly Brown Area of Origin: Belgium Similar Breeds: German Shepard Dog, Belgian Sheep Dog, Australian Shepard, Belgian Tervuren, Border Collie, Bearded Collie and Briard. History and Origin: The Belgian Malinois originates from Belgium and was developed as a herding dog. They still do herding work but today they are more likely to be seen as a police dog, family dog or guard dogs. [...]
General Information: Height: 1.5 to 1.8 ft. Weight: 49-84 lbs Life Span: 10 years Coloring: White, white with brown or black Area of Origin: England Similar Breeds: Miniature Bull Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, English White Terriers, Mastiff History and Origin: The terrier canine family has produced a wide variety of dogs – large and small and everything in between. Most of the standard terriers also have a miniature version and this is true of the Bull Terrier. The Bull Terrier [...]
General Information: Height: 18 inches Weight: 25-27 pounds Life Span: 12-15 years Coloring: Solid color golden red, red, red-wheaten or wheaten. While white on the chest is allowed, it is not ideal. Area of Origin: Ireland Similar Breeds: Airedale Terrier, Bedlington Terrier, Cairn Terrier, Kerry Blue Terrier. History and Origin: The Irish Terrier is noted as one of, if not the oldest breed of terrier in the world. These dogs were bred for the unpredictable and often inhospitable weather of [...]
