We understand working dogs as being dogs who help people in their work, as it were “working” dogs. Today the best known are probably police dogs and dogs in service authorities. Here, they are used to search for traces, to detect drugs, explosives and people (missing children, vulnerable persons, escaped suspects or convicts), and dead bodies, but also on the patrol as a weapon and to guard people. Some breeds Read More ...
In many countries there are breeds that can be seen as archetypes of the first dogs. After a subdivision of the Society for Animal Research, these included the wild dogs that are found, for example in the equatorial region of Africa. These are dogs that have joined the bulk of the people and are tolerated for eating waste. The behaviour of such dogs is the first step of domestication, and Read More ...
The origin of the Shepherd breeds were developed as working dogs by shepherds and these dogs were often were often white so that they could see the difference between their dogs and predators in the darkness. The requirement was a dog that had the characteristics of weather resistance, reliable, and resilient in every way and so over time they developed an essentially uniformly assessed docile herding dog whose quiet and Read More ...
The medium-sized barbet is one of the oldest European water dogs, and possibly the precursor of the poodle. In the sixth century, its ancestors were brought by Muslims to Spain and Portugal, where the dog breed spread rapidly throughout Europe. From an early date the Portuguese water dog as a breed is mention in documents in Portugal with characteristics of the barbet breed. This water dog is found in the Read More ...
The Berger Picard reached France with the Celts around 800 in Picardy and the last two world wars saw the dog population decimated and from this great loss this dog breed has not fully recovered, however this dog breed of today is showing a very high breeding potential, something that was lost after the world wars. The Berger de Picardie is up to 65 cm tall, approximately 32-pound in weight Read More ...
The Bernese Mountain Dog is a rather massive dog with strong bone structure and a Height of up to 70 cm and males can weigh 50 kilograms or more. The coat is long and soft and it should be either straight and smooth or slightly wavy. The dog has large drop ears that are hairy and the main feature is the tri colour dog, with the bulk of the coat Read More ...
The Bichon Frize, also known as the Bichon peak, is a breed of small dog that is mostly bought as pets, notable for its white and fluffy fur and is characterized as a dog that is happy, active and tireless. The Bichon Frise dog is of European origin and is descended from the Maltese or Water Spaniel. The name “Bichon” is actually a shortened form of “Barbichon” which in turn is Read More ...
