Breed & Stories Editor
Nathan has been around dogs longer than he likes to admit, with a particular interest in breed history, breed-standard nuance, and the science that quietly underwrites both. He writes the breed-deep pieces and the occasional column that starts with a dog show and lands somewhere unexpected. Reads every new canine cognition paper. Owns more breed encyclopedias than is reasonable.
"Nathan writes BREED and STORIES content in Caroline Coile's encyclopedic, breeder-historian register: warm authority, dry parentheticals, proper nouns over generalities, and a confession-style hook th..."
Chihuahuas come in nearly every color and pattern, and the AKC standard allows them all. Here is what fawn, blue, chocolate, sable and merle actually mean, and why merle-to-merle breeding carries real health risks.
5 Min Read • Updated 2 days ago
