Breed-Specific Care Guides
243 care guides tailored to individual dog and cat breeds — covering breed-typical health risks, energy needs, grooming, and nutrition.
Generic pet advice misses what matters most: every breed carries its own health predispositions, exercise thresholds, and grooming demands. These 243 guides (180 dog, 43 cat) are written per breed — for example, the Golden Retriever's hip dysplasia and cancer screening needs, or the Persian's daily coat and tear-duct maintenance. Use the search to jump to a breed, or filter by species below. Looking for life-stage or general advice instead? See all care guides.
243 guides
catAbyssinian Cat Care Guide
The Ancient Athlete of the Cat World The Abyssinian is one of the oldest known domestic cat breeds, with a history that stretches back thou…
dogAffenpinscher Care Guide
Affenpinscher Care Overview This Affenpinscher care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Affenpinscher/dogs/affenpin…
dogAiredale Terrier Care Guide
Airedale Terrier Care Overview This Airedale Terrier care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Airedale Terrier/dogs…
dogAkita Care Guide
The Akita: Japan's Monument to Loyalty In 1935, a Japanese Akita named Hachiko died waiting at Shibuya Station in Tokyo. For nine years and…
dogAlaskan Klee Kai Care Guide
The Alaskan Klee Kai at a glance The Alaskan Klee Kai is a modern breed, not an ancient landrace. Linda Spurlin and her family developed it…
dogAlaskan Malamute Care Guide
The Alaskan Malamute is a large, powerful arctic sled dog — commonly 75 to 85 pounds and 23 to 25 inches at the shoulder PetMD — built to ha…
catAmerican Bobtail Care Guide
Meet the American Bobtail The American Bobtail is a medium-to-large, powerfully built cat best known for its short, expressive "bobbed" tai…
dogAmerican English Coonhound Care Guide
American English Coonhound Care Overview This American English Coonhound care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the A…
dogAmerican Eskimo Dog Care Guide
American Eskimo Dog Care Overview This American Eskimo Dog care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the American Eskimo…
dogAmerican Foxhound Care Guide
Virginia was assembling this hound before the United States existed. Packs put together in Virginia and Maryland from English, Irish and Fre…
dogAmerican Hairless Terrier Care Guide
A Rat Terrier that lost its coat The American Hairless Terrier began as one hairless puppy in a litter of Rat Terriers in the early 1970s. …
dogAmerican Leopard Hound Care Guide
American Leopard Hound Care Overview This American Leopard Hound care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the American …
catAmerican Wirehair Care Guide
American Wirehair Care Overview This American Wirehair care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the American Wirehair/c…
dogAnatolian Shepherd Dog Care Guide
Anatolian Shepherd Dog Care Overview This Anatolian Shepherd Dog care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Anatolian…
dogAppenzeller Sennenhund Care Guide
Appenzeller Sennenhund Care Overview This Appenzeller Sennenhund care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Appenzell…
catArabian Mau Care Guide
The Arabian Mau at a Glance The Arabian Mau is one of the few pedigreed cats that a breeder did not design. It is a landrace: a population …
dogAustralian Kelpie Care Guide
The Australian Kelpie is a working herding dog that will out-think and out-last most of the households that acquire one. This is a medium do…
catAustralian Mist Care Guide
Australian Mist Care Overview This Australian Mist care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Australian Mist/cats/au…
dogAustralian Shepherd Care Guide
Australian Shepherd Overview Despite the name, the Australian Shepherd was not developed in Australia. The breed was refined in the America…
dogAustralian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog Care Guide
The Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog at a glance The Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog — "Stumpy" to the people who work them — is one of …
catBalinese Care Guide
Balinese Care Overview This Balinese care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Balinese/cats/balinese. Balinese are …
dogBarbado Da Terceira Care Guide
Barbado Da Terceira Care Overview This Barbado Da Terceira care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Barbado Da Terc…
dogBasenji Care Guide
Basenji Care Overview This Basenji care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Basenji/dogs/basenji. Basenjis are smal…
dogBasset Hound Care Guide
Basset Hound Care Overview This Basset Hound care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Basset Hound/dogs/basset-houn…
dogBavarian Mountain Scent Hound Care Guide
Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound Care Overview This Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with…
dogBedlington Terrier Care Guide
The Bedlington Terrier at a Glance Few dogs cause a double-take like the Bedlington Terrier. With its arched loin, pear-shaped tasseled-ear…
dogBelgian Laekenois Care Guide
Belgian Laekenois Care Overview This Belgian Laekenois care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Belgian Laekenois/d…
dogBelgian Malinois Care Guide
Belgian Malinois Care Overview This Belgian Malinois care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Belgian Malinois/dogs…
dogBelgian Sheepdog Care Guide
Belgian Sheepdog Care Overview This Belgian Sheepdog care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Belgian Sheepdog/dogs…
dogBelgian Tervuren Care Guide
Belgian Tervuren Care Overview This Belgian Tervuren care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Belgian Tervuren/dogs…
catBengal Cat Care Guide: The Wild-Looking Companion
Bengals are a hybrid breed — created by crossing the Asian Leopard Cat with domestic shorthairs in the 1960s-70s. The generation matters leg…
dogBergamasco Sheepdog Care Guide
Bergamasco Sheepdog Care Overview This Bergamasco Sheepdog care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Bergamasco Shee…
dogBerger Picard Care Guide
Berger Picard Care Overview This Berger Picard care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Berger Picard/dogs/berger-p…
dogBernese Mountain Dog Care Guide
The Tri-Color Swiss Farm Dog The Bernese Mountain Dog is one of four Swiss mountain dog breeds Sennenhunde, originating in the canton of Be…
dogBiewer Terrier Care Guide
Biewer Terrier Care Overview This Biewer Terrier care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Biewer Terrier/dogs/biewe…
dogBlack and Tan Coonhound Care Guide
Black and Tan Coonhound Care Overview This Black and Tan Coonhound care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Black a…
dogBluetick Coonhound Care Guide
Overview The Bluetick Coonhound is an American scenthound built for one demanding job: trailing and treeing raccoons through the dark, over…
dogBoerboel Care Guide
The Boerboel is a giant working guardian, bred on South African farmsteads to face leopards and intruders alone, and that job is the reason …
dogBohemian Shepherd Care Guide
The Bohemian Shepherd — Chodsky pes in Czech, and historically the Chodenhund — is a Czech herding-and-guarding breed from the Chodsko regio…
dogBorder Collie Care Guide
Border Collie Overview: The World's Most Intelligent Dog The Border Collie is widely regarded as the most intelligent dog breed on the plan…
dogBorzoi Care Guide
The wolf-courser of the Russian nobility The Borzoi was not bred to be a pet, and almost everything about the dog still says so. In Russia …
dogBouvier des Flandres Care Guide
The Bouvier des Flandres at a Glance The Bouvier des Flandres was bred to earn its keep on the farms of Flanders, the border region between…
dogBoykin Spaniel Care Guide
The Boykin Spaniel is a compact American gundog built for warm-water retrieving — usually under 18 inches at the shoulder and up to about 40…
dogBracco Italiano Care Guide
The Bracco Italiano at a glance The Bracco Italiano is an Italian pointing gundog with a history stretching back centuries, and the America…
dogBraque du Bourbonnais Care Guide
Braque du Bourbonnais Care Overview This Braque du Bourbonnais care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Braque du B…
dogBraque Francais Pyrenean Care Guide
Braque Francais Pyrenean Care Overview This Braque Francais Pyrenean care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Braqu…
dogBriard Care Guide
Briard Care Overview This Briard care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Briard/dogs/briard. Briards are herders k…
catBritish Shorthair Care Guide
The British Shorthair: Victorian England's Teddy Bear Cat The British Shorthair is one of the oldest recognized cat breeds in the world, wi…
dogBroholmer Care Guide
Broholmer Care Overview This Broholmer care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Broholmer/dogs/broholmer. A large, …
dogBrussels Griffon Care Guide
Brussels Griffon Care Overview This Brussels Griffon care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Brussels Griffon/dogs…
dogBull Terrier Care Guide
Bull Terrier Care Overview This Bull Terrier care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Bull Terrier/dogs/bull-terrie…
catBurmese Cat Care Guide
A Breed Founded on a Single Cat Few breeds can trace their entire origin to a single individual as precisely as the Burmese. In 1930, Dr. W…
rabbitCalifornian Rabbit Care Guide
Californian Care Overview This guide gives you a practical plan for living with a Californian/rabbits/californian, the large, muscular Amer…
dogCanaan Dog Care Guide
A Landrace That Was Collected, Not Constructed Most modern breeds were assembled from other breeds. The Canaan Dog was gathered from open c…
dogCane Corso Care Guide
Cane Corso Care Overview This Cane Corso care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Cane Corso/dogs/cane-corso. The C…
dogCatahoula Leopard Dog Care Guide
The Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog at a glance The Catahoula Leopard Dog is a working breed native to north-central Louisiana, taking its …
dogCaucasian Shepherd Dog Care Guide
The single most important fact for anyone caring for a Caucasian Shepherd Dog is sobering: in the largest UK study of canine longevity to da…
dogCentral Asian Shepherd Dog Care Guide
The Central Asian Shepherd Dog at a glance The Central Asian Shepherd Dog — also called the Alabai or Central Asian Ovcharka — is one of th…
dogCesky Terrier Care Guide
Cesky Terrier Care Overview This Cesky Terrier care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Cesky Terrier/dogs/cesky-te…
catChantilly-Tiffany Care Guide
The Chantilly-Tiffany at a glance The Chantilly-Tiffany is a rare North American semi-longhaired cat whose story began in New York in the l…
catChartreux Care Guide
Chartreux Care Overview This Chartreux care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Chartreux/cats/chartreux. The Chart…
catChausie Care Guide
Chausie Care Overview This Chausie care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Chausie/cats/chausie. For those owners …
catCheetoh Care Guide
What a Cheetoh Actually Is The Cheetoh is a deliberate cross of two spotted domestic breeds — the Bengal and the Ocicat — made to concentra…
dogChesapeake Bay Retriever Care Guide
Chesapeake Bay Retriever Care Overview This Chesapeake Bay Retriever care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Chesa…
dogChihuahua Care Guide
Chihuahua Overview The Chihuahua is the smallest recognized dog breed in the world, weighing between 2 and 6 pounds and standing 5 to 8 inc…
dogChinese Shar-Pei Care Guide
Chinese Shar-Pei Care Overview This Chinese Shar-Pei care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Chinese Shar-Pei/dogs…
dogChinook Care Guide
Chinook Care Overview This Chinook care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Chinook/dogs/chinook. Tawny-coated, no-…
dogChow Chow Care Guide
The Chow Chow at a glance Few dogs give themselves away the moment they open their mouth, but the Chow Chow does: it carries a blue-black t…
dogCirneco dell’Etna Care Guide
The Sicilian rabbit hound from the slopes of Etna The Cirneco dell'Etna is an ancient hunting hound native to Sicily — medium-sized in both…
dogClumber Spaniel Care Guide
Clumber Spaniel Care Overview This Clumber Spaniel care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Clumber Spaniel/dogs/cl…
dogCocker Spaniel Care Guide
America's Most Popular Dog: A Title Earned for Sixteen Years The American Cocker Spaniel held the position of the most registered breed in …
dogCollie Care Guide
Collie Care Overview This Collie care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Collie/dogs/collie. The Collie is a large…
catColorpoint Shorthair Care Guide
Colorpoint Shorthair Care Overview This Colorpoint Shorthair care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Colorpoint Sh…
dogComplete Beagle Care Guide
You open the back door and your Beagle's nose hits the ground before their paws do. Within seconds they've caught a scent trail and the rest…
dogComplete Boxer Care Guide
The Boxer/dogs/boxer who greets you at the door doesn't walk — they bounce. A full-body, tail-nub-wiggling, face-licking celebration that ma…
dogComplete French Bulldog Care Guide
That flat face staring up at you with bat-like ears and an expression somewhere between concerned professor and mischievous toddler — that's…
dogComplete German Shepherd Care Guide
They move with a purpose that smaller dogs don't possess — a fluid, ground-covering trot that tells you this German Shepherd/dogs/german-she…
dogComplete Golden Retriever Care Guide
Your Golden Retriever brings endless joy — but that beautiful coat, those puppy eyes, and that boundless energy all need proper care to keep…
catComplete Maine Coon Care Guide
The first time a Maine Coon/cats/maine-coon walks into a room, you understand why they're called the "gentle giants" of the cat world. At 15…
catComplete Persian Cat Care Guide
The Persian/cats/persian cat doesn't rush anything — not their walk across the room, not their decision about which sunbeam to occupy, and c…
catComplete Siamese Cat Care Guide
Your Siamese/cats/siamese doesn't meow — they have opinions. Loud, persistent, elaborately vocalized opinions about when dinner should be se…
dogComplete Yorkshire Terrier Care Guide
Seven pounds of pure attitude struts across the living room floor, silky coat swinging, head held high with the confidence of a dog ten time…
catCornish Rex Care Guide
The Cornish Rex at a glance The Cornish Rex began with a single kitten. In 1950, on Nina Ennismore's farm in Cornwall, England, a cream-col…
dogCoton de Tulear Care Guide
A Coton de Tulear asks almost nothing of your floor space and far more of your grooming hours than most new owners expect. It is a small Mal…
dogCroatian Sheepdog Care Guide
The Croatian Sheepdog at a Glance The Croatian Sheepdog Hrvatski ovčar is a compact, black-coated herder bred to move sheep and cattle acro…
catCyprus Care Guide
The Cyprus Cat Aphrodite / Aphrodite Giant The Cyprus cat is a large, slow-growing natural landrace that developed with little human shapin…
dogDachshund Care Guide: Caring for the Wiener Dog
Dachshunds were bred in 17th-century Germany to hunt badgers — they had to fit inside a badger sett, confront a 30-pound animal underground,…
dogDandie Dinmont Terrier Care Guide
Dandie Dinmont Terrier Care Overview This Dandie Dinmont Terrier care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Dandie Di…
dogDanish-Swedish Farmdog Care Guide
Danish-Swedish Farmdog Care Overview This Danish-Swedish Farmdog care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Danish-Sw…
dogDeutscher Wachtelhund Care Guide
Deutscher Wachtelhund Care Overview This Deutscher Wachtelhund care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Deutscher W…
dogDoberman Pinscher Care Guide
Doberman Pinscher Overview: The Velcro Dog Built for Protection The Doberman Pinscher's origin is unusually well recorded for a breed of it…
dogDogo Argentino Care Guide
Caring for a Dogo Argentino means running a large, high-drive hunting dog every day and managing its strength every day — and then handling …
dogDogue de Bordeaux Care Guide
The Dogue de Bordeaux at a Glance The Dogue de Bordeaux is an ancient French mastiff, or molosser, that worked as a guardian of estates, fl…
dogDrentsche Patrijshond Care Guide
Drentsche Patrijshond Care Overview This Drentsche Patrijshond care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Drentsche P…
rabbitDutch Rabbit Care Guide
Dutch Rabbit Care Overview This guide gives you a practical plan for living with a Dutch/rabbits/dutch, the compact, crisply marked rabbit …
dogDutch Shepherd Care Guide
The Dutch Shepherd Hollandse Herdershond began as an all-purpose farm dog in the southern Netherlands, hired to keep flocks off the crops, d…
rabbitDwarf Hotot Care Guide
Dwarf Hotot Care Overview This guide gives you a practical plan for living with a Dwarf Hotot/rabbits/dwarf-hotot, the tiny 2-to-3-pound pu…
catEgyptian Mau Care Guide
Egyptian Mau Care Overview This Egyptian Mau care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Egyptian Mau/cats/egyptian-ma…
dogEnglish Bulldog Care Guide
English Bulldog Overview The English Bulldog is one of the most recognizable dog breeds in the world, with a wrinkled face, pushed-in nose,…
rabbitEnglish Lop Care Guide
English Lop Care Overview This guide gives you a practical plan for living with an English Lop/rabbits/english-lop, the breed that started …
dogEnglish Setter Care Guide
English Setter Care Overview This English Setter care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the English Setter/dogs/engli…
dogEnglish Toy Spaniel Care Guide
The English Toy Spaniel at a glance The English Toy Spaniel is a small, square-bodied toy companion, typically 9 to 10 inches tall and 8 to…
dogEurasier Care Guide
Eurasier Care Overview This Eurasier care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Eurasier/dogs/eurasier. The Eurasier …
catEuropean Burmese Care Guide
European Burmese Care Overview This European Burmese care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the European Burmese/cats…
dogFinnish Lapphund Care Guide
Finnish Lapphund Care Overview This Finnish Lapphund care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Finnish Lapphund/dogs…
dogFinnish Spitz Care Guide
Finnish Spitz Care Overview This Finnish Spitz care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Finnish Spitz/dogs/finnish-…
dogFlat-Coated Retriever Care Guide
A gundog that never quite grew up The Flat-Coated Retriever was Britain's mainstream shooting dog through the late 1800s, then lost that po…
rabbitFlemish Giant Care Guide
Flemish Giant Care Overview This guide gives you a realistic plan for living with a Flemish Giant/rabbits/flemish-giant, the largest of the…
rabbitFrench Lop Care Guide
French Lop Care Overview This guide gives you a practical plan for living with a French Lop/rabbits/french-lop, the large lop-eared rabbit …
dogFrench Spaniel Care Guide
French Spaniel Care Overview This French Spaniel care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the French Spaniel/dogs/frenc…
dogGerman Longhaired Pointer Care Guide
German Longhaired Pointer Care Overview This German Longhaired Pointer care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Ger…
dogGerman Pinscher Care Guide
The German Pinscher is a medium-sized working dog — roughly 17 to 20 inches at the shoulder and 25 to 45 pounds, with a lifespan of about 12…
dogGerman Shorthaired Pointer Care Guide
German Shorthaired Pointer Care Overview This German Shorthaired Pointer care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the G…
dogGerman Wirehaired Pointer Care Guide
The German Wirehaired Pointer at a glance Bred in late-19th-century Germany as an all-purpose hunting dog, the German Wirehaired Pointer, o…
dogGiant Schnauzer Care Guide
The Giant Schnauzer was built to work — first driving cattle, later serving in police and protection roles — and that job history sets the t…
dogGlen of Imaal Terrier Care Guide
Glen of Imaal Terrier Care Overview This Glen of Imaal Terrier care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Glen of Ima…
dogGordon Setter Care Guide
Gordon Setter Care Overview This Gordon Setter care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Gordon Setter/dogs/gordon-s…
dogGrand Basset Griffon Vendéen Care Guide
Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen Care Overview This Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with t…
dogGreat Dane Care Guide
Great Dane Overview: The Apollo of Dogs The Great Dane is the definition of a contradiction. It is the tallest of the commonly kept compani…
dogGreat Pyrenees Care Guide
Great Pyrenees Care Overview This Great Pyrenees care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Great Pyrenees/dogs/great…
dogGreater Swiss Mountain Dog Care Guide
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Care Overview This Greater Swiss Mountain Dog care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the G…
dogHamiltonstovare Care Guide
Hamiltonstovare Care Overview This Hamiltonstovare care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Hamiltonstovare/dogs/ha…
dogHanoverian Scenthound Care Guide
Hanoverian Scenthound Care Overview This Hanoverian Scenthound care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Hanoverian …
rabbitHarlequin Rabbit Care Guide
Harlequin Care Overview This guide gives you a practical plan for living with a Harlequin/rabbits/harlequin, the medium-small French color …
catHavana Brown Care Guide
Havana Brown Care Overview This Havana Brown care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Havana Brown/cats/havana-brow…
rabbitHolland Lop Care Guide
Holland Lop Care Overview This guide gives you a practical plan for living with a Holland Lop/rabbits/holland-lop, the compact 2-to-4-pound…
dogHovawart Care Guide
Hovawart Care Overview This Hovawart care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Hovawart/dogs/hovawart. Physically, H…
dogIcelandic Sheepdog Care Guide
Icelandic Sheepdog Care Overview This Icelandic Sheepdog care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Icelandic Sheepdo…
dogIrish Red and White Setter Care Guide
Irish Red and White Setter Care Overview This Irish Red and White Setter care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the I…
dogIrish Water Spaniel Care Guide
Irish Water Spaniel Care Overview This Irish Water Spaniel care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Irish Water Spa…
dogJagdterrier Care Guide
A Jagdterrier is a working animal that happens to fit in a crate the size of a beagle's. Bred in Germany to go to ground after fox and badge…
dogJapanese Spitz Care Guide
Owning a Japanese Spitz is easier than the dramatic white coat suggests, and that is the trap. People see a miniature Samoyed and brace for …
rabbitJersey Wooly Care Guide
Jersey Wooly Care Overview This guide gives you a practical plan for living with a Jersey Wooly/rabbits/jersey-wooly, the small wooled dwar…
dogJindo Care Guide
Caring for a Jindo means caring for a hunting dog that was never bred to defer to a handler. The breed is a landrace from Jindo Island in So…
dogKai Ken Care Guide
Kai Ken Care Overview This Kai Ken care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Kai Ken/dogs/kai-ken. Kai Ken are athle…
dogKarelian Bear Dog Care Guide
Karelian Bear Dog Care Overview This Karelian Bear Dog care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Karelian Bear Dog/d…
dogKeeshond Care Guide
Keeshond Care Overview This Keeshond care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Keeshond/dogs/keeshond. These square,…
catKhao Manee Care Guide
The White Gem of Thailand The Khao Manee is a natural Thai breed whose name means "White Gem" — the Cat Fanciers' Association also renders …
dogKishu Ken Care Guide
Kishu Ken Care Overview This Kishu Ken care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Kishu Ken/dogs/kishu-ken. The Kishu…
dogKomondor Care Guide
Komondor Care Overview This Komondor care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Komondor/dogs/komondor. Our Hungarian…
catKorat Care Guide
Korat Care Overview This Korat care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Korat/cats/korat. The Korat is a natural br…
dogKromfohrlander Care Guide
Kromfohrlander Care Overview This Kromfohrlander care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Kromfohrlander/dogs/kromf…
dogLabrador Retriever Care Guide: Everything You Need to Know
Your Labrador Retriever/dogs/labrador-retriever is America's favorite dog for a reason — loyal, playful, and always ready for the next adven…
dogLapponian Herder Care Guide
Lapponian Herder Care Overview This Lapponian Herder care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Lapponian Herder/dogs…
dogLeonberger Care Guide
Leonberger Care Overview This Leonberger care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Leonberger/dogs/leonberger. A hug…
rabbitLionhead Care Guide
Lionhead Care Overview This guide gives you a practical plan for living with a Lionhead/rabbits/lionhead, the small dwarf-type rabbit, capp…
catMalayan Care Guide
Malayan Care Overview This Malayan care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Malayan/cats/malayan. Malayans love to …
dogMaltese Care Guide
The Maltese: Two Thousand Years of White Silk and Big Personality Few dogs carry the weight of history the way the Maltese does. Archaeolog…
dogManchester Terrier (Toy) Care Guide
The Toy Manchester Terrier is the smaller of two size varieties of a single breed. The American Kennel Club divides the Manchester Terrier i…
catManx Care Guide
The Manx: The Cat the Isle of Man Made Famous The Manx is defined by what it lacks. Where most cats carry a long balancing tail, the Manx o…
rabbitMini Lop Care Guide
Mini Lop Care Overview This guide gives you a practical plan for living with a Mini Lop/rabbits/mini-lop, the compact lop-eared rabbit that…
rabbitMini Rex Care Guide
Mini Rex Care Overview This guide gives you a working plan for living with a Mini Rex/rabbits/mini-rex, the compact 1.4-to-2.0-kilogram Ame…
dogMiniature American Shepherd Care Guide
Miniature American Shepherd Care Overview This Miniature American Shepherd care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the…
dogMountain Cur Care Guide
The Mountain Cur is one of the hardiest dogs you can own, and that is exactly the fact that trips new owners up. This is a medium-sized Amer…
dogNeapolitan Mastiff Care Guide
A Roman-era guardian in a wrinkled coat The Neapolitan Mastiff — the Mastino Napoletano of southern Italy — is a heavy-boned working guardi…
catNebelung Care Guide
Nebelung Care Overview This Nebelung care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Nebelung/cats/nebelung. The Nebelung …
dogNederlandse Kooikerhondje Care Guide
Nederlandse Kooikerhondje Care Overview This Nederlandse Kooikerhondje care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Ned…
rabbitNetherland Dwarf Care Guide
Netherland Dwarf Care Overview This guide gives you a practical plan for living with a Netherland Dwarf/rabbits/netherland-dwarf, the small…
rabbitNew Zealand Rabbit Care Guide
New Zealand Rabbit Care Overview This guide gives you a practical plan for living with a New Zealand/rabbits/new-zealand, the large, well-m…
dogNorrbottenspets Care Guide
Norrbottenspets Care Overview This Norrbottenspets care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Norrbottenspets/dogs/no…
dogNorwegian Buhund Care Guide
The farm dog behind the name The Norwegian Buhund is named for a place of work. "Bu" is the Norwegian word for the farm, homestead or mount…
catNorwegian Forest Cat Care Guide
The Cat of Norse Mythology The Norwegian Forest Cat, known in its homeland as the Skogkatt forest cat, carries a mythology as grand as its …
dogNorwegian Lundehund Care Guide
Norwegian Lundehund Care Overview This Norwegian Lundehund care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Norwegian Lunde…
dogNorwich Terrier Care Guide
Norwich Terrier Care Overview This Norwich Terrier care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Norwich Terrier/dogs/no…
catOcicat Care Guide
Ocicat Care Overview This Ocicat care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Ocicat/cats/ocicat. Loyal and devoted to …
dogOld English Sheepdog Care Guide
Old English Sheepdog Care Overview This Old English Sheepdog care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Old English S…
dogPapillon Care Guide
Papillon Care Overview This Papillon care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Papillon/dogs/papillon. A tiny dog, m…
dogParson Russell Terrier Care Guide
Bred to Run With the Hounds The Parson Russell Terrier was drawn up around a job rather than a silhouette. It was developed in the south of…
dogPembroke Welsh Corgi Care Guide
Pembroke Welsh Corgi Overview: The Herding Dog in a Small Package The Pembroke Welsh Corgi's cultural moment has never been larger. The int…
dogPerro de Presa Canario Care Guide
The Presa Canario at a glance The Perro de Presa Canario — also called the Presa Canario, Dogo Canario, or Canary Mastiff — is a large, pow…
dogPharaoh Hound Care Guide
The Kelb tal-Fenek: Malta's rabbit hound On the terraced rubble walls of the Maltese countryside, the Pharaoh Hound earned its real name — …
catPixie-bob Care Guide
Pixie-bob Care Overview This Pixie-bob care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Pixie-bob/cats/pixie-bob. Companion…
rabbitPolish Rabbit Care Guide
Polish Rabbit Care Overview This guide gives you a practical plan for living with a Polish/rabbits/polish, one of the smallest recognized r…
dogPomeranian Care Guide: The Fluffy Spitz Companion
Pomeranians are the smallest of the Spitz family — typically 3-7 lbs and 6-7 inches at the shoulder — descended from much larger sled-pullin…
dogPoodle Care Guide: Standard, Miniature & Toy
Poodle Overview: Standard, Miniature & Toy The Poodle is one of the most misunderstood dogs in the world. The elaborate show clips, the sil…
dogPortuguese Podengo Care Guide
The Portuguese Podengo is a hunting hound that comes in three sizes — Pequeno small, Medio medium, and Grande large — and the practical diff…
dogPortuguese Podengo Pequeno Care Guide
Portuguese Podengo Pequeno Care Overview This Portuguese Podengo Pequeno care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the P…
dogPudelpointer Care Guide
A German gundog built from a Poodle and a Pointer The Pudelpointer is a versatile German hunting dog created on purpose, not by accident. B…
dogPug Care Guide: Health, Weight and Heat Management
The median Pug in UK primary veterinary care weighs 8.95 kg. The American Kennel Club standard asks for 14–18 pounds 6.4–8.2 kg. That gap is…
dogPuli Care Guide
Puli Care Overview This Puli care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Puli/dogs/puli. First, there are those dreadl…
dogPyrenean Mastiff Care Guide
Pyrenean Mastiff Care Overview This Pyrenean Mastiff care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Pyrenean Mastiff/dogs…
rabbitRabbit Behavior & Training: Understanding Your Rabbit
Rabbits are not instinctively affectionate like dogs. They're prey animals that bond slowly. Here's how to decode body language and bond at …
rabbitRabbit Diet & Nutrition: The 70/20/10 Rule
Get a rabbit's diet right and you prevent most of the health problems that send rabbits to the vet. Get it wrong and you invite dental disea…
rabbitRabbit Health & Veterinary Care: A Complete Guide
Your rabbit needs a rabbit-experienced vet, not a general practitioner. GI stasis can be fatal in 12 hours. Most rabbit owners don't find a …
rabbitRabbit Housing: Space, Setup & Bunny-Proofing
The most common mistake new rabbit owners make is buying a hutch that is far too small. Rabbits are active, athletic animals that need room …
dogRafeiro do Alentejo Care Guide
Rafeiro do Alentejo Care Overview This Rafeiro do Alentejo care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Rafeiro do Alen…
catRagamuffin Care Guide
Ragamuffin Care Overview This Ragamuffin care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Ragamuffin/cats/ragamuffin. The R…
catRagdoll Cat Care Guide: The Gentle Giant
Ragdolls are the gentle giants of the cat world — males reach 15-20 lbs, females 10-15 lbs, and most don't hit full size until age 3-4. They…
dogRat Terrier Care Guide
The farm dog that did every job The Rat Terrier's name covers only half of what it did. The American Kennel Club breed standard describes a…
dogRedbone Coonhound Care Guide
Redbone Coonhound Care Overview This Redbone Coonhound care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Redbone Coonhound/d…
rabbitRex Rabbit Care Guide
Rex Care Overview This guide gives you a working plan for living with a Rex/rabbits/rex, the mid-sized 2.0-to-2.7-kilogram breed whose plus…
dogRhodesian Ridgeback Care Guide
Overview The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a large southern-African hound built for a demanding job: developed by settlers in what is now Zimbabwe…
dogRomanian Carpathian Shepherd Care Guide
The Carpatin: a working guardian of the high Carpathians Romanian shepherds needed a dog that could winter outdoors with the flock and put …
dogRomanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog Care Guide
The Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog at a glance The Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog Ciobanesc Romanesc Mioritic is a large Carpathian livesto…
dogRottweiler Care Guide: The Loyal Guardian
Rottweilers are working dogs first, family pets second — the AKC standard sets height at 24 to 27 inches for dogs and 22 to 25 for bitches a…
dogRussian Tsvetnaya Bolonka Care Guide
The first thing to accept about caring for a Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka is a gap you cannot close: because the breed is genuinely rare, there…
dogSaint Bernard Care Guide
The Gentle Giant of the Swiss Alps The Saint Bernard is one of the most recognizable dogs in the world, and one of the most misunderstood. …
dogSaluki Care Guide
The Saluki at a Glance The Saluki is one of the oldest known domesticated dog breeds, kept for thousands of years across the Middle East as…
dogSamoyed Care Guide
Samoyed Care Overview This Samoyed care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Samoyed/dogs/samoyed. The Samoyed is a …
dogSchipperke Care Guide
What the Schipperke really is The Schipperke is Belgium's "little captain" — the traditional barge dog of the canals and waterways of the L…
dogScottish Deerhound Care Guide
Scottish Deerhound Care Overview This Scottish Deerhound care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Scottish Deerhoun…
catScottish Fold Cat Care Guide: Understanding the Folded Ear Breed
Scottish Folds are the cats with the folded-down ears that make them look perpetually surprised — owl-like, round-faced, and undeniably char…
dogScottish Terrier Care Guide
Scottish Terrier Care Overview This Scottish Terrier care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Scottish Terrier/dogs…
dogSealyham Terrier Care Guide
Sealyham Terrier Care Overview This Sealyham Terrier care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Sealyham Terrier/dogs…
catSelkirk Rex Care Guide
The cat in sheep's clothing The Selkirk Rex is the curly-coated cat that looks less like a rex and more like a plush toy — its nickname is …
dogShetland Sheepdog Care Guide
Shetland Sheepdog Care Overview This Shetland Sheepdog care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Shetland Sheepdog/d…
dogShiba Inu Care Guide
The Shiba Inu: Japan's Ancient Dog in a Modern World The Shiba Inu is Japan's oldest and smallest native dog breed, with a lineage that tra…
dogShih Tzu Care Guide
Shih Tzu Overview The Shih Tzu is one of the oldest and most distinctly purposeful dog breeds in existence. Unlike hunting dogs, herding do…
catSiberian Care Guide
Siberian Care Overview This Siberian care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Siberian/cats/siberian. The Siberians…
dogSiberian Husky Care Guide
Siberian Husky Overview: The Arctic Sled Dog That Rewrites Escape Artistry The Siberian Husky is one of the oldest and most genetically dis…
dogSilky Terrier Care Guide
Silky Terrier Care Overview This Silky Terrier care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Silky Terrier/dogs/silky-te…
catSingapura Care Guide
Singapura Care Overview This Singapura care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Singapura/cats/singapura. The Singa…
dogSkye Terrier Care Guide
Skye Terrier Care Overview This Skye Terrier care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Skye Terrier/dogs/skye-terrie…
dogSlovensky Cuvac Care Guide
Slovensky Cuvac Care Overview This Slovensky Cuvac care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Slovensky Cuvac/dogs/sl…
dogSlovensky Kopov Care Guide
Slovensky Kopov Care Overview This Slovensky Kopov care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Slovensky Kopov/dogs/sl…
dogSmall Munsterlander Care Guide
The Small Munsterlander at a Glance The Small Munsterlander Kleiner Münsterländer in its native Germany is a versatile hunt-point-retrieve …
dogSmooth Fox Terrier Care Guide
Smooth Fox Terrier Care Overview This Smooth Fox Terrier care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Smooth Fox Terrie…
dogSoft Coated Wheaten Terrier Care Guide
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Care Overview This Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the…
catSomali Care Guide
Somali Care Overview This Somali care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Somali/cats/somali. The Somali lives life…
catSphynx Cat Care Guide
The Sphynx: The Cat That Rewrites Every Rule Everything about the Sphynx defies the standard cat ownership experience. It needs baths. It s…
dogSpinone Italiano Care Guide
Spinone Italiano Care Overview This Spinone Italiano care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Spinone Italiano/dogs…
dogStabyhoun Care Guide
Stabyhoun Care Overview This Stabyhoun care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Stabyhoun/dogs/stabyhoun. The Staby…
dogStaffordshire Bull Terrier Care Guide
Staffordshire Bull Terrier Care Overview This Staffordshire Bull Terrier care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the S…
dogStandard Schnauzer Care Guide
Standard Schnauzer Care Overview This Standard Schnauzer care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Standard Schnauze…
dogTeddy Roosevelt Terrier Care Guide
The Teddy Roosevelt Terrier is an American short-legged ratting and farm terrier, built low to the ground and noticeably heavier in bone and…
dogThai Ridgeback Care Guide
The Thai Ridgeback at a Glance The Thai Ridgeback is a primitive, pariah-type dog from eastern Thailand, traditionally associated with the …
dogTibetan Mastiff Care Guide
The Tibetan Mastiff at a glance The Tibetan Mastiff is a livestock-guardian dog from the high Himalaya, developed over centuries by nomadic…
dogTibetan Spaniel Care Guide
The monastery dog that sat on the wall The Tibetan Spaniel is not a spaniel at all. It flushes no game and points no birds; the "spaniel" i…
dogTibetan Terrier Care Guide
Tibetan Terrier Care Overview This Tibetan Terrier care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Tibetan Terrier/dogs/ti…
catTonkinese Care Guide
The Tonkinese: a deliberate Burmese and Siamese cross The Tonkinese was bred on purpose. Mid-20th-century breeders crossed the Burmese with…
dogTornjak Care Guide
The Tornjak at a Glance The Tornjak is a large livestock-guardian dog from the mountains of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, where sheph…
dogToy Fox Terrier Care Guide
Toy Fox Terrier Care Overview This Toy Fox Terrier care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Toy Fox Terrier/dogs/to…
catToyger Care Guide
Toyger Care Overview This Toyger care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Toyger/cats/toyger. The Toyger has a swee…
dogTransylvanian Hound Care Guide
A Carpathian scenthound with a broken lineage The Erdélyi kopó — Transylvanian Hound in English — is a Hungarian scenthound built for the m…
dogTreeing Walker Coonhound Care Guide
Treeing Walker Coonhound: The Fast, Hot-Nosed Tree Dog The Treeing Walker Coonhound descends from the Walker strain of American foxhound — …
catTurkish Angora Care Guide
The Turkish Angora at a Glance The Turkish Angora is one of the oldest naturally occurring longhair cat breeds, tracing back centuries to t…
catTurkish Van Care Guide
A working cat from the highlands of Lake Van The Turkish Van is a natural landrace from the rugged, climatically extreme country around Lak…
dogVolpino Italiano Care Guide
Volpino Italiano Care Overview This Volpino Italiano care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the Volpino Italiano/dogs…
dogWeimaraner Care Guide
The Silver Ghost: Background and Breed History The Weimaraner is one of the most striking dogs in existence. Their silver-grey coat, pale a…
dogWhippet Care Guide
The Whippet at a Glance The Whippet is a medium-small English sighthound, bred in the industrial towns of northern England in the 1800s as …
dogWire Fox Terrier Care Guide
Bred in nineteenth-century Britain to work the mounted foxhunt, the Wire Fox Terrier had one narrow, demanding job: when hounds drove a fox …
dogYakutian Laika Care Guide
The Yakutian Laika at a Glance The Yakutian Laika is an ancient Arctic working spitz from the Sakha Republic Yakutia in northeastern Siberi…
catYork Chocolate Care Guide
York Chocolate Care Overview This York Chocolate care guide gives owners a practical plan for daily life with the York Chocolate/cats/york-…
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