"Dogs" at Encyberpedia"
If you want more about "Dogs," here is the place to go as it appears to have every "hot link" on the subject that you would ever want to know.

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For Paws

Pet accessories and gifts

90 Main St. (On Ark Road)
Tiburon, CA. 94920
Daily 10:00am - 6:00pm
Tel: (415)359-9100
Fax: (415) 435-8482
E-mail: catnipandbones@yahoo.com
American Rxpress, Cash, Gift Certificates, Mastercard, Visa, We Ship

Perhaps our favorite pet accessory store. They have unique items, and a personal touch to everything they sell. Whenever we have a lunch at Guaymas, we always make it a habit to visit this store.

 

Go Places With Your Dog!
...Travel, sightsee, shop and work with your pooch!

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Humane Society of Santa Clara Valley
Great site with a lot of local information and also many helpful answers to questions about animals.

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How to Love Your Dog
If you love dogs, you've come to the right place! Whether you're preparing for a new dog or just want to have more fun with the dog you have, you'll find everything you need right here.

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Saratoga School for Dogs
I have trained six dogs in the last twenty years at Saratoga School for Dogs, 14451 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga 408-867-9223. We have boarded dogs here, too; but prefer now to get a house sitter as we have three and spoil them more than before.

This is from "The Intelligence of Dogs", Stanley Coren, Free Press. 100 dog obedience judges rated breeds of dogs for overall working and obedience intelligence. Translation: what a dog can learn to do to make his or her owner happy. Stanley Coren concludes, "Pick a dog on the basis of your lifestyle. A border collie is an absolutely terrible dog for a working person. If you have a (smart) dog…you have to spend time with him."

This list then are 133 pedigreed dogs ranked according to their ability to learn owner-pleasing behavior.

01. Border collie	45. Australian terrier	89. Staffordshire bull terrier
02. Poodle	46. American Staffordshire terrier	90. Alaskan malamute
03. German shepherd	47. Gordon setter	91. Whippet
04. Golden retriever	48. Bearded collie	92. Chinese shar-pei
05. Doberman pinscher	49. Cairn terrier	93. Wirehaired fox terrier
06. Shetland sheep dog	50. Kerry blue terrier	94. Rhodesian Ridgeback
07. Labrador retriever	51. Irish setter	95. lbizan hound
08. Papillon	52. Norwegian elkhound	96. Welsh terrier
09. Rottweiler	53. Affenpinscher	97. Irish terrier
10. Australian cattle dog	54. Silky terrier	98. Boston terrier
11. Pembroke Welsh corgi	55. Miniature pinscher	99. Akita
12. Miniature schnauzer	56. English setter	100. Skye terrier
13. English springer spaniel	57. Pharaoh hound	101. Norfolk terrier
14. Belgian Tervuren	58. Clumber spaniel	102. Sealyham terrier
15. Schipperke	59. Norwich terrier	103. Pug
16. Belgian sheep dog	60. Dalmatian	104. French bulldog
17. Collie	61. Soft-coated wheaten terrier	105. Brussels griffon
18. Keeshond	62. Bedlington terrier	106. Maltese terrier
19. German short-haired pointer	63. Smooth-haired fox terrier	107. Italian greyhound
20. Flat-coated retriever	64. Curly-coated retriever	108. Chinese crested
21. English cocker spaniel	65. Irish wolfhound	109. Dandie Dinmont terrier
22. Standard schnauzer	66. Kuvasz	110. Vendeen
23. Brittany spaniel	67. Australian shepherd	111. Tibetan terrier
24. Cocker spaniel	68. Saluki	112. Japanese Chin
25. Weimaraner	69. Finnish spitz	113. Lakeland terrier
26. Belgian Malinois	70. Pointer	114. Old English sheep dog
27. Bernese mountain dog	71. Cavalier King Charles spaniel	115. Great Pyrenees
28. Pomeranian	72. German wirehaired pointer	116. Scottish terrier
29. Irish water spaniel	73. Black and tan coonhound	117. Saint Bernard
30. Vizsla	74. American water spaniel	118. Bull terrier
31. Cardigan Welsh corgi	75. Siberian husky	119. Chihuahua
32. Chesapeake Bay retriever	76. Bichon frise	120. Lhasa apso
33. Puli	77. English toy spaniel	121. Bull Mastiff
34. Yorkshire terrier	78. Tibetan spaniel	122. Shih Tzu
35. Giant schnauzer	79. English foxhound	123. Basset hound
36. Portuguese water dog	80. Otter hound	124. Mastiff
37. Airedale	81. American foxhound	125. Beagle
38. Bouvier des Flandres	82. Greyhound	126. Pekingese
39. Border terrier	83. Wirehaired pointing griffon	127. Bloodhound
40. Welsh springer spaniel	84. West Highland white terrier	128. Borzoi
41. Manchester terrier	85. Scottish deerhound	129. Chow Chow
42. Samoyed	86. Boxer	130. Bulldog
43. Field spaniel	87. Great Dane	131. Basenji
44. Newfoundland	88. Dachshund	132. Afghan hound