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The Lundehund was a valuable working animal for hunting puffin birds along the Norwegian coast as food for over 400 years. [2] The first known written record of the breed dates to 1591, when a bailiff wrote of his visit to Værøy that, “one cannot easily retrieve [puffins] from the depth without having a small dog accustomed to crawling into the hole and pulling the birds out.” [1] Its ...
Schnauzers have a high prey drive, which means they may chase other small animals and hence should not be off leash when not in a fenced area. [6] Stanley Coren ranked the Miniature Schnauzer 12th out of 140 breeds in his book The Intelligence of Dogs (2006). Coren grouped the breed amongst "excellent working dogs".
This breed is not a spaniel in the original meaning of the term; its breeding differs from other spaniels, and unlike true spaniels, which are gun dogs, the Tibetan spaniel is a companion dog. The spaniel name may have been given due to its resemblance to the bred-down lapdog versions of the hunting spaniels, such as the Cavalier King Charles ...
It is unknown why small dog breeds live longer, but some research has found that, statistically speaking, larger dogs do in fact live shorter lives than smaller breeds, says Dr. Abens.
Articles of dog breeds that need photos. Photo guidelines "Fair use" is almost never appropriate. Preferred main photos show the complete animal, head to tail. Additional photos should add information, such as: Face-only shot; Distinct coat color or texture variants; Other anatomical detail; Animal in action
While we wish our dogs could never grow up, especially when we have one of the 50 cutest dog breeds as puppies, the next best thing is a dog that says small throughout their entire life. If you ...
There are several theories on the etymology of the word Pinscher; that it derives from French "pincer", meaning "to seize" and "to nip", [1] or "to bite" and "to grip" which are possibly related to their function of catching vermin on the farm, [3] that it derives from English "pinch" referring to their clipped ears, [4] "fox terrier" type of dog (considered that it was a descriptive term ...
Toy dog traditionally refers to a very small dog or a grouping of small and very small breeds of dog. A toy dog may be of any of various dog types. Types of dogs referred to as toy dogs may include spaniels, pinschers and terriers that have been bred down in size. Not all toy dogs are lap dogs.