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A Breakfast Fit forRoyalty We’ve had Merlina the hooded crow for over two years now and she seems quite happy in her voliera (aviary) which I made by enclosing part of an existing pergola with vines...

Volpino Italiano This name means little fox and gives you a good idea of what the dog looks like. It is often referred to as an Italian Spitz.  History The breed’s origins are not known, but it is believed...

If you’ve seen any of the Harry Potter films then you’ll know that Harry’s giant chum Hagrid has a dog called Fang. In the books Fang is a boarhound, but in the films he is a Neapolitan mastiff. (Actually...

 The official breed name in Italian for these majestic dogs is the pastore maremmano abbruzzese or pastore abbruzzese and they originate from the mountains of Abruzzo in central Italy. Abruzzo, which hit...