Origin Considered the smallest and oldest of Japan’s canines, DNA research has shown the Shiba is one of the closest relatives to the Asian wolf. It originated in that country’s mountainous regions and was used to hunt game which included boar, rabbit, and bird. The hunt...
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2/6/2014 1:25:15 PM
Origin Credit for the development of the Flat-coated Retriever is given to a sportsman, S.E. Shirley, whose other noteworthy accomplishment was the founding of The Kennel Club (England) in 1873 when he was just 29. How the Flat-coat was developed is not clear but it’s th...
/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Sporting-Dogs/Retriever-Flat-coated
2/6/2014 1:28:35 PM
Origin Developed in Scotland, the Gordon Setter was stabilized by Alexander, the fourth Duke of Gordon, between 1770 and 1820. His purpose was to create a larger, heavier setter to adapt to the rugged Scottish countryside. It’s rumoured that some Collie and Bloodhound ge...
/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Sporting-Dogs/Setter-Gordon
2/6/2014 1:29:37 PM
Origin Spaniels are thought to take their name from Hispania, the old word for Spain, which is considered the country of origin for these breeds. Various sizes and shapes of spaniels have been known in Britain and throughout Europe since the 14th century. In 1677, a writ...
/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Sporting-Dogs/Spaniel-English-Cocker
2/6/2014 1:30:40 PM
Origin Known principally in Wales and the west of England for hundreds of years, Welsh spaniels didn’t come into prominence until the end of the 19th century, when they started to appear at field trials and shows. Initially called the Welsh Cocker, the breed was renamed ...
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2/6/2014 1:31:25 PM
Origin The Wire Fox Terrier was created by breeding the smooth variety with the rough-coated Black and Tan Terrier. Though the Wire is the more recent of the two, paintings of the dogs confirm that both coat varieties have been around since the middle of the 18th century...
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2/6/2014 1:34:11 PM
Origin The history of this native of the Emerald Isles is not well documented. There’s a long stretch of time between 1588 when some elegant “puddle dogs” swam ashore after the wreck of ships of the Spanish Armada off the Irish coast and 1808 when the Irish Blue Terrier ...
/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Terriers/Kerry-Blue-Terrier
2/6/2014 1:34:38 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 ...
/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Terriers/Sealyham-Terrier
2/6/2014 1:35:36 PM
Origin It’s likely that the West Highland White and several of the other terriers of Scotland came from the same root stock. Though many terriers were earth-coloured, there were some breeders who preferred white dogs, because of their visibility when working among rocks ...
/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Terriers/West-Highland-White-Terrier
2/6/2014 1:36:15 PM
Origin Once the favourite breed of King Charles II of England, the small sporting spaniel was first dubbed the King Charles Spaniel. Then oriental breeds came into fashion and breeders began crossbreeding the spaniels to achieve a more snub-nosed, round-headed look. In 1...
/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Toy-Dogs/Cavalier-King-Charles-Spaniel
2/6/2014 1:36:59 PM
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