Euro Puppy BLOG

Click To Play

Our super cute French Bulldog is having a wonderful time in Miami, FL. Check out Euro Puppy USA if you liked her.

On April 21st we were honored with the visit of a great actor, Thomas Mikal Ford.
Here, he is pictured with his son TJ and our newest addition “Berzeti’ a gorgeous Biewer Yorkie.


He has starred and co-starred on several movies and television shows. He is most known for his part on the sitcom “Martin” and crime drama “New York Undercover”.

Tommy is a great dog and exotic animal fan. He often goes to see Mario at Euro Puppy USA to see his dogs and exotic animals.

Here is another shot with a tiger!

Some of Zoological Wildlife Foundation’s tiger cubs went to visit Napo, an amazing Euro Puppy USA French Bulldog male belonging to Spencer. They wrestled and played until exhaustion. Since then Napo has become friends with other exotics too since Spencer is one of the most valuable ZWF volunteers. More videos are forthcoming!!!

No wonder why French bulldogs are one of the most popular breeds in the Euro Puppy family. Their clownish and outgoing personality seduces dog lovers of all kinds.

First time ever Euro Puppy USA went to the Boston Marathon. It was a lot of fun and an experience we will never forget. No, there were no dogs running the Marathon. It was Sandor Joo from Hungary who ran under the Euro Puppy USA flag.

Sandor is a well recognized marathon and ultra marathon runner in Hungary. As many other marathon runners' dream, his dream was to run on the Boston Marathon which is probably one of the top five most recognized Marathons in the world. Euro Puppy USA was happy to sponsor him on this memorable experience. His bib number was 2118. He began the race from the second coral which is where the best 2000-2999 runners were.

He is 40 years old and his dream was to be within the first 300 in his devision and overall 1500 out of the 26000+ runners. We are very proud of him. Sandor finished 289th in his division and was 1302nd overall.

Here are a few photos of Sandor and the race. Please leave a comment if you also ran on the Boston Marathon in 2008.

Playmate sporting our new doggy t-shirts at our Miami Facility!

For those Rhodesian Ridgeback fans, who have wondered why a Ridgeback is indeed called a Ridgeback, one has to look at the cause of the ridge on their backs to get the real answers.

Taking the inititative to map the hair ridge trait in Rhodesian ridgebacks, scientists identified a segment of DNA that was found in Ridgebacks and the analysis revealed the precise genetic cause of ridges in this awesome African dog. A certain region contained three genes which were abnormally duplicated. These three genes are present in excess copies. When the genes are present in single copies, no ridge occurs - as in "normal dogs".

The same underlying genes are responsible for two traits: the rare white coat color in boxers and the inverted ridge of hair growth in the 3 Ridgeback breeds: the Rhodesian Ridgebacks, the Thai Ridgeback, and the rare Phu Quoc Dog of Vietnam, which is somewhat smaller than the Thai Ridgeback. Based on genetic-based hypothesis, both the Thai Ridgeback Dog and Phu Quoc Dog are likely to be descended from a so-called Funan Ridgeback Dog which originated over 1,000 years ago in Funan Era of the region. The Hottentot Dog or Ari Dog (as called by the tribe), a known African ridgeback ancestor of the Rhodesian Ridgeback, is now extinct. The possible genetic connection among the three remaining breeds is being investigated through DNA studies. So far, the only thing they have in common is the ridge on their backs.

In addition to showing a simple pattern of inheritance- suggesting that one gene or genomic region is responsible - the coat color and ridgeback traits are easily observed in dogs as well!

Euro Puppy is proud to have Rhodesian Ridgeback puppies for sale.

Ask the average person to tell you whether a dog is happy or not, and they will advise you to look at its tail -- if the dog is happy, the tail is wagging. Yes. But this is only partly true. Some tail wags have totally different meanings. This can be especailly important in understanding canine body language.

- A rapid tail wag, where the tail swings from side-to-side in a not very large, but constant way, is actually a sign of excitement rather than pleasure.

- A moderately fast, broad tail wag: the dog is trying to say either "I’m pleased" or "I like you."

- A slight tail wag with the tail held at its normal height, for example, usually appears when greeting someone. It can be interpreted as "Hello there," but can mean "I see you looking at me. You like me, don’t you?"

-A slow tail wag with the tail held lower than its usual height is a sign of insecurity. It often shows up when a dog is working on a problem -- trying to understand what is going on. During dog training, this can be interpreted as "I’m trying to understand you. I want to know what you mean, but I can’t quite figure it out (yet)."

- Once the dog finally solves the problem, the speed and size of the tail wags will usually increase until it becomes the broad wag that we interpret as happiness!

" My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpets or to ruin our lives. " - Rita Rudner

• A tame dog's bite hurts the most. – South African (Afrikaans) Proverb