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The Italian Greyhound or Italian Sighthound (Italian: Piccolo levriero Italiano) is an Italian breed of small sighthound. [2] It was bred to hunt hare and rabbit , but is kept mostly as a companion dog .
Some small dogs and lean dogs--like Italian Greyhounds--can also be prone to coldness. They may try to warm up by snuggling into something warm, like a blanket, a bed, or even a person. If this is ...
The Italian Greyhound Club of America says these tiny hounds were bred as companions and became a sign of wealth in Renaissance Italy. They are sensitive creatures but respond well to positive ...
Sighthound type "gracile" bones, dating from the 8th to 9th century CE, anatomically defined as those of a 70 cm (28 in) high "greyhound", were genetically compared with the modern Greyhound and other sighthounds and found to be almost identical with the modern Greyhound breed, with the exception of only four deletions and one substitution in ...
You can reliably find an Italian greyhound hiding under pillows and blankets too. As far as personalities go, Italian Greyhounds are friendly. But they can be a little aloof around strangers.
The Whippet is a British breed of medium-sized dog of the sighthound type, related to the larger Greyhound and the smaller Italian Greyhound.Aside from size differences, the Whippet closely resembles these two breeds and is sometimes referred to as the "miniature Greyhound" or, colloquially, as "the poor man's racehorse."
Italian greyhounds have the classic "lean and lanky" supermodel build, so it's not exactly shocking that they can pull off some fashionable threads - especially glamorous greyhounds Cindy, Claudia ...
Coren's book presents a ranked list of breed intelligence, based on a survey of 208 dog obedience judges across North America. [10] When it was first published there was much media attention and commentary in terms of both pros [11] and cons. [12] Over the years, Coren's ranking of breeds and methodology have come to be accepted as a valid description of the differences among dog breeds in ...