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Large Munsterlander
Read moreLarge Munsterlander The Large Munsterlander was developed on the same root stock as the German Long Haired Pointer but selective breeding embedded the black/white colour as the breed’s hallmark. He is an excellent versatile gundog. The first breed club was founded in Germany in 1919 and the breed was recognised by The Kennel Club in …
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Entlebucher Mountain Dog
Read moreEntlebucher Mountain Dog The Entlebucher Mountain Dog is the smallest of the four breeds of Swiss Mountain Dog. He carries the same tricolour coat pattern, but his coat is close fitting and dense. His tail may be long or naturally bobbed. He was traditionally used as a herding dog bringing the cows down from the …
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Korthals Griffon
Read moreKorthals Griffon Korthals Griffon: The breed takes its name from its founder, the Dutchman Edward Korthals who had a wirehaired pointing bitch which was a great worker. He wanted to perpetuate her talents in her progeny with inputs of various breeds, probably of Griffon blood and German Pointer blood. By 1870 a breed standard had …
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Catalan Sheepdog
Read moreCatalan Sheepdog Catalan Sheepdog: Originating in North Eastern Spain as a sheepdog in the Spanish Pyrenees, the breed is still widely used as the flock herd and guard in that region. Known in his native country as the Gos d’atura Català , the breed has also become popular as a family companion. General appearance of Catalan …
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Turkish Kangal Dog
Read moreTurkish Kangal Dog Turkish Kangal Dog: The breed has only been recently recognised in the UK and was previously included as an Anatolian Shepherd Dog, but the standard for the Kangal reveals more specific details. He is used as a flock guard and lives a nomadic lifestyle, living outside in all weathers. Tall, strong and …
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Kerry Blue Terrier
Read moreKerry Blue Terrier Place of origin and colour of coat give the breed its name. The Kerry Blue terrier was used to cull rats, and was adept in hunting in rivers to kill otter. Like most breeds, the origins of the breed are disputed, but there are records of a black/blue type of dog native …
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Braque DÂ’Auvergne
Read moreBraque DÂ’Auvergne The Braque d’Auvergne originates in the mountainous area of Cantal, in the province of Auvergne in the mid-south of France. This is a strong, substantial breed. The short, glossy coat is white with black mottling and this creates a blue impression. The head and ears are predominantly black. This recent arrival into the …
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Korean Jindo
Read moreKorean Jindo The Korean Jindo is the National Breed of Korea and takes its name from the Korean Island of Jindo. This island was, until 1984, separated from mainland Korea and this geographical remoteness aided the survival of this breed. The Jindo is spitz-like in its features and was used as a hunting dog, and …
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Coton De Tulear
Read moreCoton De Tulear Coton De Tulear: Although this, the ‘Royal dog of Madagascar’ was officially recognised as recently as 1990, the breed had been seen on the island of Tula for several centuries. The Coton in his title describes the texture of his single coat, which is a hallmark of the breed along with his …
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Kooikerhondje
Read moreKooikerhondje Kooikerhondje: This is a Dutch breed which works with hunters as a decoy to attract ducks by waving its white plumed tail and lures them along streams where they are eventually trapped in nets. The orange/red of its parti-coloured coat is thought by some to be associated with the Royal House of Orange and …
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Norwegian Buhund
Read moreNorwegian Buhund Norwegian Buhund: In Norwegian the word “Bu” means homestead and thus the breed is now the dog of the homestead – versatile as a herder of sheep and a guard dog of the farmyard. Archaeologists discovered the skeletons of dogs with a strong resemblance to the Norwegian Buhund buried in a Viking grave, …
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Komondor
Read moreKomondor The largest of the Hungarian pastoral breeds the Komondor shares some common ancestry with the Puli and the Kuvasz. He is formidable in appearance: large, powerfully built and, when mature, coated with a dense corded coat. He also has a forbidding temperament, distrustful of strangers and strongly territorial. General appearance of Komondor Large, cord-coated …
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Lagotto Romagnolo
Read moreLagotto Romagnolo Lagotto Romagnolo: The name of the breed is very informative: Lagotto is an Italian dialect word for “curly coated duck retriever” and Romagne was the district in northern Italy where the breed was developed, a landscape of expansive marshes. However the reclamation and draining of the marshes in the early 20th century brought …
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Picardy Sheepdog
Read morePicardy Sheepdog The striking outline of the Picardy sheepdog with its erect ears and harsh coat might bear some resemblance to the Briard and the Beauceron, and probably the breeds share some common ancestry. Indeed, when the first Picardy Sheepdogs were shown in France in 1863, they were shown in the same class as Beauceron …
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Beauceron
Read moreBeauceron Beauceron: The breed was developed from the sheepdogs of the French plains of Beauce: hence his name – Quiet and confident the breed is also valued as a loyal companion and guard dog and was described by the French novelist Colette as “a country gentleman” – a very apt epithet. His tan markings on …
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Black & Tan Coonhound
Read moreBlack & Tan Coonhound The Black & Tan Coonhound is a trail and tree hound – that is, a scent hound developed to hunt racoon (hence the derivative in the breedÂ’s name). He is one of several Coonhound varieties and is distinguished by his black and tan markings. The origin of the breed trace back …
