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Rachel Fealko, a third-generation Samoyed breeder in Ann Arbor, Mich., said she’s been getting more emails since word of Swift’s pup hit the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

It’s her fourth time participating, and last year she secured second place, losing to a 2-year-old hairless Frenchie and English bulldog mix named Petunia who had been rescued from a backyard breeder in Las Vegas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

"There are no beauty contests for women in Turkmenistan but there are for horses," said Ashir, a 70-year-old breeder.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Showhouses are always extravagant, and this year’s event takes place inside the 8,000-square-foot former home of Clara Baldwin Stocker, daughter of land investor and racehorse breeder Elias J. “Lucky” Baldwin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

After spending a petless year with only one child still living at home, my parents visited a breeder and returned with a Great Dane they named Melina.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Most of the dogs are beagles, along with some Malinois and Shepherd mixes, brought on board through adoption or legal breeders.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

Though the Womacks come from a line of West Virginian horse breeders, there was nothing Americana about the childhoods of BG, Zeimani and Kucha.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Its striking white and yellow coloration quickly attracted attention in the pet trade, but breeders soon noticed an unfortunate pattern.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

“I don’t think they bring something new in breeding,” said Joris de Brabander, one of Europe’s most successful breeders of show-jumping horses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

As a rule domesticated plants are less genetically diverse than wild species, because breeders try to breed out characteristics they don't want.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann