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Spanish Bulldogs 1905
11/06/2026

Spanish Bulldogs 1905

Dorsey the Mail Dog, who carried U.S. mail from Calico, to the Bismarck mines in the 1880s. From the collection of the M...
11/06/2026

Dorsey the Mail Dog, who carried U.S. mail from Calico, to the Bismarck mines in the 1880s. From the collection of the Mojave River Valley Museum.

09/06/2026

Just when you think you’ve seen it all! 🐕🐕🐕🐕 🐴 🐴

Joining the Big Dogs🐕Not sure who owns this fellow. ? Credit to you.
09/06/2026

Joining the Big Dogs🐕Not sure who owns this fellow. ? Credit to you.

Translation anyone please? He doesn’t look to happy 🐕
09/06/2026

Translation anyone please? He doesn’t look to happy 🐕

Australian terrierAlthough produced from British ancestors, the Australian terrier is one of the few Breeds in the terri...
08/06/2026

Australian terrier
Although produced from British ancestors, the Australian terrier is one of the few Breeds in the terrier group to have been developed outside the United Kingdom. It can also rightly claim to be the first breed developed in Australia.
It appears reasonably certain that both the Australian silky terrier and Australian Terrier had a common ancestry from stock in Tasmania, New South Wales and Victoria, namely the Broken Coated Terriers. It is assumed this type of dog originated from a
Mixture of breeds, namely:
-Skye terrier for colour and length of coat, shortness of leg, length of body.
-Scotch terrier (Aberdeen) for harshness of coat, shortness of leg.
-Dandie Dinmont for topknot.
-At intervals the Yorkshire Terrier was introduced
-Some say the Irish Terrier was used to stabilise the red colour.
-At a late period in the establishment of the breed, the black and tan terrier (Manchester) was used to improve the tan in the blue and tans.
It is reported that in the early 1800’s free settlers around Campbelltown and Ross in Tasmania were breeding broken coated dogs of a blue sheen body colour and tan markings. They were renowned for their prowess as watchdogs and weighed about
Ten pounds. The ancestral types of all of these breeds were kept to eradicate mice and rats.
In 1896 a standard for the Australian Terrier was drawn up and was very similar to the present one with two fundamental differences being weight 8-14 lb (3.6-6.5 kg),
With average weight about 10 or ii lb (4.5-5 kg) and the ears could be erect or dropped.
In 1947 a more detailed standard was adopted and in this the ears had to be erect, Blue or blue-black or grey black, were added to the colours and the weight was 12-14 lb (5.5-6.5 kg)
On 25th March 1961 the Australian National Kennel Council approved and adopted the present standard.
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL
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The Boykin Spaniel originated in South Carolina in the early 1900s.Originating from Lemuel Whitaker Boykin, who develope...
08/06/2026

The Boykin Spaniel originated in South Carolina in the early 1900s.
Originating from Lemuel Whitaker Boykin, who developed a multi-purpose dog that excelled in retrieving from both land and water. A medium-sized spaniel thats bigger than a Cocker Spaniel but smaller than a Springer Spaniel. Compact enough to jump in and out of a boat without rocking the Boat. This lead it to being known as the breed that wouldn’t Rock the boat!
Boykin crossbred several breeds of hunting dogs—including Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, Springer Spaniels, Cocker Spaniels, and American Water Spaniels—to develop the Boykin Spaniel as it’s known today. But according to the locals, it all started with a mixed-breed spaniel named Dumpy.
As the story goes, a man named Alexander White found Dumpy outside a church in Spartanburg. White gave the dog to Boykin when he showed some aptitude for retrieving. Boykin became fascinated by Dumpy’s skills and built a breeding program around him. The Boykin Spaniel received full recognition by the AKC in 2009, and it is now the state dog of South Carolina.

Three Greyhounds. Frans Snyders (1579–1657)
07/06/2026

Three Greyhounds. Frans Snyders (1579–1657)

Turnspit dog at work. These short-legged dogs were bred especially to work in wheels turning cooking spits. By 1800 the ...
07/06/2026

Turnspit dog at work. These short-legged dogs were bred especially to work in wheels turning cooking spits. By 1800 the breed had almost disappeared.
First Photo- A dog at work inside a wheel near the ceiling; from Remarks on a Tour to North and South Wales (1800)
Second- A preserved example of a turnspit dog is displayed at Abergavenny Museum in Abergavenny, Wales.

PICCOLO LEVRIERO ITALIANO. Italian Greyhound.(Italian Sighthound)Any Good photos for the request please??The little Ital...
07/06/2026

PICCOLO LEVRIERO ITALIANO. Italian Greyhound.
(Italian Sighthound)Any Good photos for the request please??
The little Italian Sighthound
descends from small-sized sighthounds that already existed in ancient Egypt at the court of the Pharaohs. Passing through Laconie
(Greece), where numerous representations on vases and bowls
confirm this, the breed arrived in Italy at the outset of the 5th century
BC. Its greatest development occurred during the era of the
Renaissance at the court of the nobles. It is not rare to find the Italian Sighthound represented in the paintings of the greatest Italian and
foreign masters. FCI
The Italian Greyhound's origins most likely date back to prehistoric times. Indeed, fossil remains of skeletons with characteristics very similar to the current Italian Greyhound standard have been found.
Favored first by Egyptian nobles, Roman patricians, and then by the nobility, especially during the Renaissance, it has always been considered a small "luxury dog," and for this reason its distribution has always remained rather limited. In reality, it is a sporting breed, retaining its hunting spirit with remarkable quickness, speed, and, unique among sighthounds, a keen sense of smell. Sober and of great temperament, it is characterized, despite its small size, by an extraordinary elegance.
Among his admirers were Charles I of England, who famously preferred them to specimens of the breed that still bears his name today, and Frederick II the Great, who we remember for the great support he gave to the arts in Italy, an Italy that certainly owes to him the first concept of unification and which owned around eighty Greyhounds. Italian Club.

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