Origin Of the three Schnauzers, only the Miniature is classified as a terrier, the other two being regarded as working breeds. German in origin, it is believed the Miniature was created in the 1890s by crossing small specimens of the Standard Schnauzer with either the Af...
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2/6/2014 1:35:20 PM
Origin The Sealyham was named after the Welsh family estate of its creator, Captain John Edwardes, who set out to develop the ultimate working terrier – one fast and fearless enough to work with his Otterhounds as a hunt terrier as well as tough and agile enough to slip ...
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2/6/2014 1:35:36 PM
Origin A true Spitz breed in miniature, the Pomeranian is the smallest member of that family of northern breeds. But that wasn’t always the case. The original Pomeranian weighed up to 30 lb (13.5 kg). When the breed was imported to Britain during the reign of Queen Victo...
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2/6/2014 1:39:37 PM
Origin A far cry from the diminutive glamorous breed of today, early Yorkshire Terriers were developed in the north of England in the mid-19th century for the job of dispatching rats in the coal pits and cotton mills. They were also featured combatants in rat-killing con...
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2/6/2014 1:40:37 PM
Origin The handsome animated snowdrift known as the Great Pyrenees descended from the Molossian hounds brought to Spain by the Romans. They became established in the Pyrenean Mountains on the Franco-Spanish border and bred pure there for centuries. The Pyr was used to pr...
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2/6/2014 1:47:25 PM
Origin The history of the Hungarian Kuvasz can be traced back 7,000 years to its country of origin, Sumeria. It is believed to have descended from the Tibetan Mastiff and may be related to the Great Pyrenees and Maremma, which it greatly resembles. The breed was brought ...
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2/6/2014 1:48:25 PM
Origin Beef to feed the Roman legions travelled ‘on the hoof’ and the soldiers used mastiff-type dogs to drive and guard the cattle on the journey across Europe. Some were left behind to guard outposts established along the way. One of these was in the community of Rottw...
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2/6/2014 1:49:32 PM
Origin Credited with saving more than 2,500 travellers lost in the snow, this breed was named for the Hospice du Grand Saint Bernard in Switzerland, where the monks have bred these large dogs since the 17th century. It seems probable that the Saint developed from the heavy ...
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2/6/2014 1:50:18 PM
2016 Top Coursing Dogs - 2016 CKC Official Results 2016 Top Pointing Dogs - 2016 CKC Official Result s 2016 Top Retrievers - 2016 CKC Official Results 2016 Top Field Spaniels - 2016 CKC Official Results We a...
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2/1/2018 4:48:22 PM
Top Coursing Dogs - Full Results PDF Top Pointing Dogs - Full Results PDF Top Field Beagles - Full Results PDF Top Field Spaniels - Full Results PDF Top Retrievers - Full Results PDF From showing off their incredible speed to hunting feathered and fu...
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