Origin The Irish Wolfhound, the world’s tallest breed of dog, is believed to have descended from the ‘cu,’ a giant, rough-coated type of Greyhound known in Ireland from pre-Christian times. The cu was renowned in story and legend as a ferocious dog in battle, a tenacious...
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2/6/2014 1:19:27 PM
Origin Known for over four hundred years in Belgium, the Schipperke (pronounced skipper-key) is most likely a descendant of the black sheepdog that was also the predecessor of the later Belgian Sheepdog variety known as the Groenendael. While the latter was bred larger, the...
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2/6/2014 1:25:08 PM
Origin The Tibetan Terrier is not really a terrier at all. It was not used to ‘go to ground’ after burrowing animals nor was it meant to dispatch vermin. And it’s believed the only reason the term was applied to the Tibetan’s name was because it was similar in size to th...
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2/6/2014 1:25:40 PM
Origin The “gun dog par excellence” was named for the work he does – pointing game for the hunter. Britain is the breed’s country of development though the lineage traces back to a number of imported European sporting breeds. Because European dogs were too slow afield fo...
/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Sporting-Dogs/Pointer
2/6/2014 1:27:16 PM
Origin The history of the Chesapeake Bay Retriever began in 1807 with the wreck of a British ship off the coast of Maryland. Among the survivors were two Newfoundland pups, a male named ‘Sailor’ and a female later named ‘Canton’ in honour of the American rescue ship. Bot...
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2/6/2014 1:27:58 PM
Origin The most glamorous of the retriever family, the Golden was developed in the mid-19th century by a Scotsman, Sir Dudley Majoribanks, later Lord Tweedmouth. The romantic story that first unfolded concerned Sir Dudley visiting a circus and being so taken with a troup...
/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Sporting-Dogs/Retriever-Golden
2/6/2014 1:28:42 PM
Origin The Labrador descended from dogs taken to Newfoundland by explorers, fishermen and settlers and evolved by natural selection. The breed was known by several names, among them the black Water Dog, the Lesser Newfoundland and the St. John’s Dog. Excellent retrievers...
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2/6/2014 1:28:49 PM
Origin The first named Terrier and the only breed to be named for a fictional character, the Dandie Dinmont acquired its unique name after Sir Walter Scott penned the novel Guy Mannering in 1814. In the book, the character Dandie Dinmont kept a strain of pepper-and-mustard ...
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2/6/2014 1:33:38 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...
/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Toy-Dogs/Yorkshire-Terrier
2/6/2014 1:40:37 PM
Origin A dog of the Canadian Arctic, the Canadian Eskimo Dog is called ‘Qimmiq’ by the Inuit. The breed proved popular with Arctic explorers and earned a reputation as a sled dog that could pull the heaviest loads over the greatest distances on the least amount of food. ...
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2/6/2014 1:45:04 PM
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