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You'll be seeing a few new faces this year at Westminster. In fact, The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will welcome six new breeds: Boykin spaniel, Leonberger, Cane Corso, Icelandic sheepdog, bluetick coonhound and Redbone coonhound. Want to know more about these new-to-the-show competitors? Here's a cheat sheet. Westminster Kennel Club Boykin spaniel: The official state dog of South Carolina, where it was originally bred as an amphibious hunting dog and named after L. Whitaker Boykin, one of the original developers of the breed. You'll be able to identify a Boykin by its relatively compact size compared to other breeds of spaniel. But like all spaniels (save the nonsporting ...

Siddhis Havana Browns The Havana brown is a cat that, like its name says, is a deep, chocolate brown, similar in appearance to a sable Burmese, but with a deeper, more mahogany coat. Like many breeds, Havana browns are of average size, height, and musculature. They should have green eyes, apple shaped heads, and large ears. Of course, their coat is their biggest distinguishing characteristic, and although there are other brown cats, none have the rich, homogenous luster of the Havana brown. According to Wikipedia, the origins of the Havana brown are hard to pin down, but it seems to have first shown up as a man-made breed in late nineteenth century England. Most likely, it was born from a ...

Flickr/*yasuhiro Despite its name, the American shorthair is older than America itself. Records show that American shorthairs were brought over by early settlers, and there is even proof that there were American shorthairs on the Mayflower. Given their variety of coats -- there are more than eighty -- and the similarity in name with the non-purebred domestic shorthair, this breed is confused for mutts. However, they are more purebred than many other breeds. With their origins in Europe, American shorthairs were selected for their strength, agility, and ability to hunt mice and rats which was a major concern for most Europeans after 75 million died from the bubonic plague. American ...

Photo: ObeythePurebreed.com We all know who rules the roost. Your dog, and in some cases, your cat. From the kitchen to the couch, your pet is the dictator of the house, and you ought to let everyone know about it. Obey the Purebreed! supplies propaganda to let house guests, neighbors and the soccer mom behind you in traffic know that your Shar Pei is hell bent on world domination. The breed-specific t-shirts, posters, dog bowls and bumper stickers boast a variety of graphics and designs all with one bottom line: Your breed is top dog. Prices range from around $4 for stickers to $40 for sweatshirts. Start shopping from their long list of breeds and designer mixes, or go with the simple ...