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Lurcher, illustration from The Sportsman's Cabinet by William Taplin, 1803; engraved from a painting by Philip Reinagle. A lurcher is a crossbred dog resulting from mating a greyhound or other sighthound with a dog of another type such as a herding dog or a terrier. The lurcher is not a "breed," but is a generic descriptor of a group of varying ...
The Sloughi / ˈ s l uː ɡ i /, [1] or Arabian Greyhound (Arabic: سلوقي), [2] is an ancient breed of domesticated dog, specifically a member of the sighthound family. It originates from North Africa and is found in Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and Libya.
Some common animals that cache their food are rodents such as hamsters and squirrels, and many different bird species, such as rooks and woodpeckers. The western scrub jay is noted for its particular skill at caching. There are two types of caching behavior: larder hoarding, where a species creates a few large caches which it often defends, and ...
Coursing at Hatfield, an engraving by John Francis Sartorius, depicts Emily Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury riding side-saddle.. The competitive version of hare coursing was given definitive form [5] when the first complete set of English rules, known as the Laws of the Leash, was drawn up in the reign of Elizabeth I reputedly by Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, [6] providing for a pursuit ...
Cross of a Greyhound or Whippet with some sort of Terrier. Bred in the United States as a squirrel dog or ratter. [15] Gerberian Shepsky: Cross of a German Shepherd and a Siberian Husky; [16] it has the German Shepherd's upright ears and coat colour and the Siberian Husky's thick coat, marginally wider face and mask. [16] Goldador
A blue female greyhound. Males are usually 71 to 76 centimetres (28 to 30 in) tall at the withers, and weigh on average 27 to 40 kilograms (60 to 88 lb).Females tend to be smaller, with shoulder heights ranging from 66 to 71 centimetres (26 to 28 in) and weights from 25 to 34 kilograms (55 to 75 lb), although weights can be above and below these average weights. [1]
Dogs of this kind were taken in the first half of the nineteenth century to the United Kingdom, where they were known as Italian Greyhounds; [7]: 44 the first volume of The Kennel Club Calendar and Stud Book, published in 1874, lists forty of them. [8]: 597 A breed association, the Italian Greyhound Club, was established in Britain in 1900.
In recent years, Neurotically Yours has become one of several series run under the broader Youtube banner of 'Foamy the Squirrel', which also includes his side series Island (focusing on Sue Z. June, Foamy and Pilz-E), his animated rant videos and a roughly-weekly (usually posted on Thursdays or Fridays) video podcast called Squirrels and ...