Breed Tips

Samoyed Characteristics Life expectancy: 12 – 14 years  Adult weight: 45 – 70 lbs.  Adult height: 20 – 22 in.  Origin – Russia One of the most beautiful dog breeds in the world, the white-magnificent-looking Samoyed is a medium-sized dog breed that...

Saint Bernard Characteristics Life expectancy: 9 – 10 years  Adult weight: 140 – 180 lbs.  Adult height: 28 – 30 in.  Origin – Switzerland Saint Bernard (or St. Bernard for people who don’t want to type those letters in the middle) is a very large dog...

Pomeranian Characteristics Life expectancy: 12 – 15 years  Adult weight: 8 – 12 lbs.  Adult height: 3 – 7 in.  Origin – Pomerania, Europe Pomeranian, or the widely used name, Pom-Pom, is a toy dog from the northwest of Poland, Pomerania. These dogs...

Tibetan Mastiff Characteristics Life expectancy: 12 – 15 years  Adult weight: 90 – 130 lbs.  Adult height: 26 – 28 in.  Origin – Tibet The term Mastiff itself indicates that the Tibetan Mastiff is a large dog breed, as this term is used for all large...

Maltipoo Characteristics Life expectancy: 10 – 13 years  Adult weight: 15 – 20 lbs.  Adult height: 8 – 13 in.  Origin – United States What happens when the royal dog of Malta and the national dog of France are mixed together? You get a gentle, highly...

Dachshund Characteristics Life expectancy: 12 – 15 years  Adult weight: 15 – 35 lbs.  Adult height: 5 – 9 in.  Origin – Germany Call it the Wiener dog or Sausage dog, or Badger dog; Dachshunds are the dwarfs of the dog world. Short legs and a long...

Rhodesian Ridgeback Characteristics  Life expectancy: 10 – 12 years  Adult weight: 95 – 110 lbs.  Adult height: 26 – 29 in.  Origin – Zimbabwe The Rhodesian Ridgeback originated from the African country of Zimbabwe, gaining fame for their tracking and...

Great Pyrenees Characteristics Life expectancy: 10 – 12 years  Adult weight: 100 – 120 lbs.  Adult height: 85 – 110 in.  Origin – France You can get confused between a Great Pyrenees and a Pyrenean Mountain dog and that’s okay because they are the...

Labrador Retriever Characteristics Life expectancy: 10 – 12 years  Adult weight: 65 – 80 lbs.  Adult height: 21 – 24 in.  Origin – United Kingdom Labrador retriever or commonly called ‘Lab,’ is a British dog breed named after the very land in which it...