Origin The Shih Tzu is believed to trace its ancestry back to the temple dogs of Tibet, which had been bred in that country for over 2,000 years. Contact between the rulers of Tibet and China led to several of these dogs being presented as gifts of esteem to Chinese roya...
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2/6/2014 1:25:26 PM
Origin Sigismund Freiherr von Zedlitz und Neukirch was convinced that a cross between a Pointer and a Poodle was the only road to an ideal German pointing dog. In the first crossing, a black Poodle bitch named ‘Molly’ was bred to a Pointer named ‘Tell,’ descended from th...
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2/6/2014 1:27:50 PM
Origin One of the oldest of the retriever breeds, the Curly has appeared in British sporting prints dating back 300 years. He was the first breed trained to retrieve game and deliver it back to the hunter. Because he was a ‘finished’ breed long before breeding records we...
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2/6/2014 1:28:05 PM
Origin The Brittany is thought to represent a cross between the English Setter and the small French land spaniels. This is the Breton peasant’s hunting dog, known since the mid-19th century in the French province of Brittany and regarded as the smallest of the versatile ...
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2/6/2014 1:30:24 PM
Origin At one time, the only thing that distinguished Cocker Spaniels from Field Spaniels was weight, the ‘under 25-pound’ variety being called Cockers and the ‘over 25-pound’ variety Fields. The Cocker advanced in popularity while the Field Spaniel suffered terribly at ...
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2/6/2014 1:30:55 PM
Origin One of the oldest pointing dogs, the stately French Spaniel first gained fame in the Middle Ages. His style of freezing into the traditional point at the scent of a bird leads many to believe he may be the forerunner of today’s setter breeds. He was sufficiently w...
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2/6/2014 1:31:02 PM
Origin Originally billed as the Bull and Terrier, the breed was a cross between the old-time Bulldog and the now-extinct White English Terrier. Known as the “white cavalier,” the Bull Terrier was developed in England early in the 19th century for bull baiting and in the ...
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2/6/2014 1:33:15 PM
Origin No newcomer to the dog world, the Miniature Bull Terrier has been around for over 80 years. Early Miniatures came in a wide range of sizes with some as small as 4 lb (2 kg) and others close to the full-sized Bull Terrier. Because of the variation, the breed attrac...
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2/6/2014 1:33:21 PM
Origin Czechoslovakian geneticist Frantisek Horak wanted a breed of terrier that would work well in the open field as well as go to ground so he crossed the Scottish and Sealyham Terriers to create the Cesky Terrier in 1949. Also known as the Bohemian or Czech Terrier, t...
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2/6/2014 1:37:07 PM
Origin Up until its time of development as a pure breed in the United States, the origin of the long-coated version of the Chihuahua is identical to that of the short-coated variety. The long, soft coat is thought to have been achieved by crossbreeding the Short Coat wit...
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2/6/2014 1:37:14 PM
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