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Sydenham Teast Edwards (5 August 1768 – 8 February 1819) [1] was a natural history illustrator. He illustrated plants, birds and importantly published an illustrated book on the breeds of dogs in Britain, Cynographia Britannica.
The Hundred and One Dalmatians is a 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith about the kidnapping of a family of Dalmatian puppies. It was originally serialized in Woman's Day as The Great Dog Robbery, [1] and details the adventures of two dalmatians named Pongo and Missis as they rescue their puppies from a fur farm.
What type of dog the mythical Peritas was, is hard to ascertain and remains unknown. Peritas is sometimes referred to as a Molossus, [4] or a Bulldog, [2] perhaps from the fierce nature of a few stories. Peritas may also have been a Laconian, a classic ancient Greek hunting dog, [5] as depicted in the mosaic.
Old skulls from the collection of the Natural History Museum of Bern show that at least two types of dog lived at the hospice. [4] By 1800, the year that Barry was born, it was known that a special kind of dog was being used for rescue work in the pass. [3] This general variety of dog was known as a Küherhund, or cowherd's dog. [5]
The Great Dane was named the state dog of Pennsylvania in 1965 [42] and the University of Iowa had Great Danes, Rex I and Rex II, as mascots before the Hawkeye was chosen. [43] "Great Danes" is the nickname of the University at Albany. Their mascot is the Great Dane. [44] Military. Just Nuisance was the only dog to be officially enlisted in the ...
Sylvia, a matchbox-size Yorkshire Terrier owned by Arthur Marples of Blackburn, England, was the smallest dog in recorded history. The dog died in 1945 when she was almost two years old, at which point she stood 6 centimetres (2.4 in) tall at the shoulder, measured 9 centimetres (3.5 in) from nose tip to tail, and weighed 0.11 kilograms (3.9 oz).
Albert Payson Terhune (December 21, 1872 – February 18, 1942) was an American writer, dog breeder, and journalist.He was popular for his novels relating the adventures of his beloved collies and as a breeder of collies at his Sunnybank Kennels, the lines of which still exist in today's Rough Collies.
It was the first Canadian book in history to sell over a million copies, and by the late 1930s had sold over 7 million copies worldwide. In 1902, a sequel, Beautiful Joe's Paradise , was published. In 1934, Saunders was granted Canada's highest civilian award at the time, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire or C.B.E.