Chiens de race

Other countries (other than America, that is) have better dogs. It's a fact. A simple Google search of dachshunds will reveal that the breed is better-appreciated, if not cuter, in Japan than elsewhere. In France, the golden retriever-equivalent is a huge white ball of fluff, much nicer and sillier than what one finds in the States. Belgium has better bernese mountain dogs, or at least more of them.

And then there is Zadok, pictured below:



So cute! Zadok, reports Haaretz, might well be Israel's only field spaniel, and as such has had to resort to online dating (um, breeding) in order to find a mate. Of course, Zadok could always find a nice labradoodle, which does seem close enough, but I don't know if the orthodox rabbis would allow it.