Posted on February 20, 2020 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Today is National Love Your Pet Day, so it makes perfect sense that we’d share a dog-related editing tip.
Grammar Girl explains when to capitalize animal breeds. (Specifically, the Associated Press refers to cats and dogs, but you're just fine applying it to other four-legged friends.)
And even if you’re not actually in need of editing help, you might enjoy the etymological trivia behind such breeds as terrier and basset hound.
Categories: Behind the scenes
YES! Dog breeds (real breeds) should be capitalized. German shepherd? Is this a sheepherder in Germany? I write dog-shifter fantasies and always tell my proofreaders to keep their pencils off the dog breeds (or use AKC spellings and capitalization as the standard).