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Female dogs do usually stay home and are excellent watch dogs. [citation needed] Askals were allowed to compete in the First Philippine Dog Agility Championships in 2013. [8] [9] At the 2015 Pet Express Doggie Run in Pasay, askals were the featured dog. [10] The dogs featured in an essay by Gilda Cordero-Fernando. [11]
The St. Bernard or Saint Bernard (UK: / ˈ b ɜːr n ər d /, US: / b ər ˈ n ɑːr d /) is a breed of very large working dog from the Western Alps in Italy and Switzerland. [3] They were originally bred for rescue work by the hospice of the Great St Bernard Pass on the Italian-Swiss border.
Alaskan husky. Crossbreeding has played a key characteristic in the development of sled dogs with various crossbreeds developing to meet the specific needs of the era and geographical region, including the Mackenzie River husky, in which European breeds were crossed with Native American dogs to produce a powerful and hardy freighting dog in the 19th century, and the Alaskan husky, bred ...
A giant dog breed is a breed of dog of gigantic proportions, sometimes described as a breed whose weight exceeds 45 kilograms (100 lb). [1] Breeds sometimes described as giant breeds include the English Mastiff , Great Dane , Newfoundland , St. Bernard and Irish Wolfhound . [ 2 ]
One authority has classified the Paleolithic dog as Canis c.f. familiaris [1] (where c.f. is a Latin term meaning uncertain, as in Canis believed to be familiaris).Previously in 1969, a study of ancient mammoth-bone dwellings at the Mezine paleolithic site in the Chernigov region, Ukraine uncovered 3 possibly domesticated "short-faced wolves".
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 ...
The Kombai is described as a broad, short, muscular, powerful and athletic dog that stands around 58 centimetres (23 in). [2] [3] They have a short, smooth coat that is usually light brown to dark red in colour, and a black muzzle. [2] [3] They have dark eyes, the mid-length ears with bent tips, and a fine muzzle. [3]
A dog's coat is composed of two layers: a top coat of stiff guard hairs that help repel water and shield from dirt, and an undercoat of soft down hairs, to serve as insulation. [1] Dogs with both under coat and top coat are said to have a double coat. Dogs with a single coat have a coat composed solely of guard hairs, with little or no downy ...