Origin Australian stockmen needed a tough, silent herding dog to control wild range cattle. Breeders began with blue merle Smooth Collies and added a variety of breeds starting with the native Dingo, then the Australian-developed Kelpie and finally the Dalmatian, to inst...
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2/6/2014 1:08:52 PM
Origin The only breed of dog with spots, the Dalmatian has been known throughout Europe since the Middle Ages, as evidenced in paintings. But theories of the breed’s origins are not well defined. He takes his name from Dalmatia, now a part of the Republic of Croatia. The...
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2/6/2014 1:23:37 PM
Origin The Eurasier is a modern breed developed about 50 years ago by Prof. Julius Wipfel in Germany. To create a large and distinctive Spitz type of dog with beautiful colours and a mellow character, he crossed Chow Chow males with large German Wolfspitz (Keeshond-type)...
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2/6/2014 1:47:12 PM
Origin It’s believed the ancestor of the Brussels Griffon was a breed known as the German Rat Dog, which was crossed with a variety of Toy breeds in the early 19th century. The breed has a rags-to-riches story, starting out as a ratter in the stables where the hansom cab...
/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Toy-Dogs/Griffon-Brussels
2/6/2014 1:38:05 PM
Origin An ancient member of the greyhound family, the Afghan was believed to have been brought from Arabia and Persia to Afghanistan where the breed’s long coat developed in response to the harsh climate. It was there on the border between Afghanistan and India that the ...
/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Hounds/Afghan-Hound
2/6/2014 1:15:17 PM
Origin Although white Spitz-like dogs were known in Japan from about 1900, the breed didn’t become established until after World War II. Bearing a remarkable physical resemblance to the Samoyed, it is considerably smaller in size. The British Kennel Club recognized the b...
/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Non-Sporting-Dogs/Japanese-Spitz
2/6/2014 1:24:03 PM
Origin The Briard may well be the most ancient of the French herding breeds. A tapestry in the Louvre shows Charlemagne (742-814) flanked by two of the shaggy guardians. Napoleon was said to have owned a Briard as well. And when Thomas Jefferson was searching for herding...
/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Herding-Dogs/Briard
2/6/2014 1:11:28 PM
Origin The Boxer was developed in Munich, Germany, toward the end of the 19th century. Aiming to produce a medium-sized security dog, breeders combined the Bulldog with the mastiff-type Bullenbeisser. The breed was first registered in Germany in 1904 but attracted little...
/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Working-Dogs/Boxer
2/6/2014 1:44:29 PM
The awarding of Best In Show at the Elora Gorge Kennel Club Championship Shows on Saturday, December 29 signals the end of 2018 Dog Show and Obedience season in Canada. These festive shows in Kitchener, Ontario are generally a make or break event for dogs trying to move highe...
/en/The-Dish/January-2019/It’s-A-Wrap
1/17/2019 12:25:53 PM
A collection from America’s dog show. You could say my memory is “selective”. I can’t always remember my postal code (it starts with an M..) but I can always recall who won Best in Show at Westminster in 1957 (it was Sunny Shay’s Afghan Hound CH Shirkhan of Grandeur). Becau...
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2/11/2019 1:52:29 PM
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