Over the years, I think many of us in Europe have learned that importing new blood is about much more than pedigrees, COI percentages, or DNA panels. Those tools are valuable — but they are not the whole picture. Some traits and problems simply cannot currently be DNA-tested away. They have to be followed through…

My Name Book. Whenever I hear, see, or think of a word that could work as a puppy name, I write it down in the book. Often it leads to more names in the same spirit – a theme slowly taking shape.