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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 ...
Seated four-year-old female Tibetan Terrier. The Tibetan Terrier is a medium-sized breed of dog that originated in Tibet. [1] Despite its name, it is not a member of the terrier group. The breed was given its English name by European travelers due to its resemblance to known terrier breeds. [2]
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".
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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 ...
A Tricolor (black, white, brown) Shih Tzu in show coat.. The Shih Tzu is a sturdy little dog with a small snout and normally has large dark brown eyes. The Chinese have described their head shapes as "owl head" and "lion head", and their mouth as "frog mouths" and their lips as "earthworm lips". [2]
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
Image credits: dogswithjobs There’s a popular saying that cats rule the Internet, and research has even found that the 2 million cat videos on YouTube have been watched more than 25 billion ...