My Ebook Publishing House - Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds

Encyclopedia of DogBreeds

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Table of Contents

1. THE GERMAN SHEPHERD

2. THE BELGIAN SHEPHERD TERVUREN

3. THE ROMANIAN CARPATHIAN SHEPHERD

4. THE MIORITIC ROMANIAN SHEPHERD

5. THE BRIE SHEPHERD-BRIARD

6. THE SHEPHERD DOG OF FLANDERS

7. THE SCOTTISH COLLIE SHEPHERD WITH LONG ANDHARSH HAIR

8. THE BORDER COLLIE

9. THE BOBTAIL ENGLISH SHEPHERD

10. THE SHETLAND SHEEP DOG-SHELTIE

11. THE COMONDOR

12. THE KUVASZ

13. THE MUDI

14. THE PULI

15. THE PUMI

16. THE MAREMAN ABRUZI SHEPHERD DOG

17. THE POLISH PLAIN SHEPHERD

18. THE SARPLANINA SHEPHERD

19. THE WELSH CORGI, CARDIGAN

20. THE WELSH CORGI. PEMBROKE

21. THE GERMAN BOXER

22. THE DOBERMAN

23. THE ROTTWEILER

24. THE GIANT SCHNAUZER

25. THE GERMAN DOG

26. THE MEDIUM SCHNAUZER

27. THE TERRA NOVA

28. THE ALASKAN MALAMUTE

29. THE SIBERIAN HUSKY

30. THE GREAT PYRENEE DOG

31. THE ENGLISH BULLDOG

32. THE BULLMASTIF

33. THE MASTIFF

34. THE ITALIAN DOG

35. THE SAMOYED

36. THE BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG

37. THE SAINT BERNARD

38. THE GERMAN HUNT TERRIER

39. THE AIREDALE TERRIER

40. THE BEDLINGTON TERRIER

41. THE BULL TERRIER

42. THE IRISH TERRIER

43. THE KERRY BLUE TERRIER

44. THE SCOTTISH TERRIER

45. THE SKYE TERRIER

46. THE WEST HIGHLAND WHITE TERRIER

47. THE SMOOTH FOX TERRIER

48. THE WIREHAIRED FOX TERRIER

49. THE CESKY TERRIER

50. TECKELS

51. THE SAINT HUBERT BLOODHOUND

52. THE TRANSYLVANIAN HOUND

53. THE FOXHOUND

54. THE BEAGLE

55. THE BASSET HOUND

56. THE WEIMAR BRACKE

57. THE DEUTSCHE BRACKE WITH SHORTHAIR

58. THE DEUTSCHE BRACKE WITH HARSHHAIR

59. THE DEUTSCHE BRACKE WITH LONGHAIR

60. THE DEUTSCHE BRACKE WITH WIRYHAIR

61. THE LARGE MUNSTERLAND BRACKE

62. THE SMALL MUNSTERLAND BRACKE

63. THE POODLE POINTER

64. THE SHORT HAIRED HUNGARIANVIJLA

65. THE WIRY HAIRED HUNGARIAN VIJLA

66. THE HANOVERAN OUTRUNNER

67. THE POINTER

68. THE ENGLISH SETTER

69. THE IRISH SETTER

70. THE GORDON SETTER

71. THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER

72. THE LABRADOR RETRIEVER

73. THE ENGLISH COCKER SPANIEL

74. THE AMERICAN COCKER SPANIEL

75. THE MINIATURE PINSCHER

76. THE MINIATURE SCHNAUZER

77. THE FRENCH BULLDOG

78. THE POODLE

79. THE BOSTON TERRIER

80. THE KING CHARLES SPANIEL

81. THE CAVALIER KING CHARLESSPANIEL

82. THE CHOW-CHOW

83. THE SHIH-TZU

84. THE LHASA APSO

85. THE PEKINESE

86. THE MALTESE SILKY DOG

87. THE JAPANESE SPANIEL

88. THE PUG CARLIN MOPS

89. THE YORKSHIRE TERRIER

90. THE DALMATIAN

91. THE XOLOIZCUINTLE

92. THE CHIHUAHUA

93. THE AFGHAN HOUND

94. THE RUSSIAN HOUND-BARZOI

95. THE ENGLISH GREYHOUND

96. THE IRISH WOLFHOUND

97. THE WHIPPET

98. THE HUNGARIAN HOUND

99. THE PERSIAN HOUND-SALUKI

100. THE SMALL ITALIAN HOUND

I. THE SHEPHERD DOGS

Used over the centuries exclusively for guarding the sheepflocks or cattle herds as unique specialization, the dogs from thisgroup represent, through their way of forming and spreading, aproof of the important role they played into a certain historicstage from the evolution of the human society. This group containsa great number of breeds, with a large area of dispersion, a wealthof forms and varieties, owning, along with the breeds of huntingdogs, a special place numerically. From the start, the dog provedeven other qualities than the one of hunter and of them, theinstinct of guarding the masters belongings was always the mostappreciated. At the beginning, the watchdogs of the herds andflocks were exclusively a part of the large, massive, strong andcourageous dogs, ready anytime to face the kidnappers, no matter ifthey were wolfs or bears. In time, because of the differentenvironment conditions and the services solicited, the existentforms diversified a lot, appearing an increasingly number ofbreeds, with various exterior aspects. The first forms of shepherddogs are known from the oldest of times, and their greatdissemination is due to the development along the millenniums ofthe humans preoccupations for raising animals, of the economicalexchanges occurred between different human communities, of themigration of some people (particularly the Asian people), whichdetermined coming into contact of the different canine populationsand implicit of forming new breeds. In the actual conditions, whenthe number of animals raised in traditional system, on grass,diminished significantly, a great number of dog breeds, at originsfor herding, gained a well deserved role as protection orutilitarian dogs.

1. THE GERMAN SHEPHERD

DESCRIPTION. Dog with harmonious general aspect, slightly elongated,athletic, with obvious musculature and strong skeleton. The head isbalanced, of a slightly elongated shape toward the snout, withoutbeing pointy. The jaws are powerful, with massive teeth that closein scissors. The snout is black. The eyes are medium sized,almond shaped, slightly oblique, brown colored, brisk look,intelligent. The ears are medium sized and pointy at the top, withtall insertion and are worn straight upward. The neck is strong,devoid of collar. The torso has a rectangular profile, with a longsuperior line, straight and slightly descendant, from the witherstoward the croup, well dressed in muscles, large and muscularloins, long and slightly splayed croup, deep chest, but not toowide, slightly sucked abdomen. The limbs are straight, parallel,with strong skeleton, small paw, round and well closed. The longtail, well dressed in compact hair, worn slightly arched,downwards, reaches the knuckles. It presents three varieties ofhair: short, harsh and shaggy, the most widespread being thevariety with short, thick, straight, harsh and slick hair on thebody, shorter on the head and the anterior faces of the limbs. Thecolor of the robe can be completely black or black withcharacteristic drawing, represented by brown shapes, buff, red,yellow, iron-gray, gray, as well as the agouti color (wolfish).The height at the withers, specified in the standard, is 60-65centimeters for males and 55-60 centimeters for females, the bodyweight varying between 25 and 40 kilograms.

THE ORIGIN. A German breed, it was considered for a long time as adomesticated form of the wolf, because of the seemingly alike withit regarding the general look. The old type of the breed issupposed to have appeared somewhere at the middle of theseventeenth century, the modern shape being described for the firsttime into a standard from the 1884. A special role in the growthand selection of this breed falls back to the cavalry captain Maxvon Stepanitz.