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The dog could also be simply a lap dog, a gift from husband to wife. Many wealthy women in the court had lap dogs as companions, reflecting wealth or social status. [17] During the Middle Ages, images of dogs were often carved on tombstones to represent the deceased's feudal loyalty or marital fidelity. [18]
Pairs of bar-link saddle chains one above another with suspender rods hold the deck, which is 220 feet (67 m) in length and 22 feet (6.7 m) wide. [9] [a] Thomas Telford's method of "three lines of rectangular cross-section eye-bar links with short connecting links and cross-bolted" was copied from his 1822 Menai Suspension Bridge construction.
The earliest books in the English language to mention numbers of dog types are from the "Cynegetica" (hunting literature), namely, The Art of Venery (1327) by Twiti (Twici), a treatise that describes hunting with the limer (a leashed bloodhound type); the pack of running hounds, which included barcelets and brachetz (both scent hounds); and the sighthound and greyhound. [4]
The twist hobble, made of soft leather or rope, with a twist between the horse's legs. The above patterns are unsuitable for training, as they can tighten around a leg and cause injury. Western hobbles are normally used to secure a horse when no tie device, tree, or other object is available for that purpose; e.g., when, if traveling across ...
Though one of the dogs eventually gives in and follows its owner across the structure, the other whines, holds back, and at one point pulls so hard it breaks free from its leash and harness ...
Consider the catastrophe of Silver Bridge, this was an instance where only 2 eyebars were paired together as supports in the chain. It was more common practice to use 4 eye bars pinned together in the instance where one eyebar failed 3 more would be able to split the load rather than just the single eyebar left.
Lauren visited the bridge this summer to leave the collar of her dog, Moa, a Great Pyrenees who passed away earlier this year at the age of 5. Courtesy White Creek Photography
Talk about a design flaw. The pier in the video was so steep that both German Shepherds couldn't make it up on their first try. "Hold on, hold on. Don't panic," Brett warned one of his dogs as ...