The Mountain Cur requires a diverse training program that includes both physical activity and cognitive stimulation. Photo: Getty Images/adogslifephoto The Mountain Cur is one of America’s original ...

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sometimes I'm just too busy to get a column out, so I asked a guest to step in for me this time. Please, no comments about her writing better than I do. My name is Dotzie, and I'm a dog ...

The first dogs in my memory were the farm dogs we used for herding our dairy cows. This was back in the 1950s, when the Thumb had countless small farms, usually entailing milk cows. A common dog in ...

We haven’t talked about cur dogs for a while. Just to be honest I have been thinking about them a lot lately as I am trying to find one to replace my little cur dog Dotzie, who I lost almost a year ...

It was a rainy morning in November and the small stand of public timber was filled with deer hunters. I typically come to this spot during the week, but this was a Sunday and the mud hole that doubled ...