The Boxer is a medium to large breed, weighing 50 to 80 pounds, depending on sex, and was developed in Germany. It has had many jobs over the years, including hunting, farming, policing, military service, and guiding. Today, it is a very popular family pet that usually ranks in the top 10 most popular dog […]
Too big or not too big, that is the question. Yes, Bernese Mountain Dogs (Berners) are Big Dogs! Some can weigh over 100 pounds. They are big and strong enough to pull carts, which they did back on Switzerland’s farms. Bernese Mountain Dogs are small dogs at heart but in massive bodies. They are […]
Working Group dogs love to help their human’s daily lives by doing such jobs as guard duty, pulling sleds and carts and search and rescues. They have been performing these jobs for longer than history has recorded. The Doberman Pinscher, Siberian Husky, and Great Dane are included in the Working Group, to name just a […]
History Of The Bullmastiff One common misconception about dog breeds in Britain is that the Bullmastiff is one of the oldest. Mastiffs are the oldest, but the Bullmastiff is a relatively new dog breed. It was created as a guard dog by mating the English Mastiff with the now-extinct Old English Bulldog in the nineteenth […]
The Anatolian Shepherd Dog is a mixed breed of Turkish livestock guardian dogs. Some of its ancestors include the Kangal Shepherd, the Turkish Kangai, the Akbash, and others. The American variety began in the late 1960s from dogs imported to the United States. This breed can be an ideal family pet and is highly devoted […]
Where Do Doberman Pinschers Come From? The Doberman Pinscher dog breed originated in , Germany, during the last half of the 1800s. It seems that Karl Dobermann did just about every city job that needed to be done during that time. One of his many jobs was collecting taxes. Another was being the town’s dog […]
Where Did The Siberian Husky Come From? The forerunners of the Siberian Husky arrived in Nome, Alaska, in 1909, near the end of the Nome Gold Rush. The breed was developed in the Chukchi Peninsula of Siberia by a nomadic people called Chukchi. The Chukchi bred the Husky for companionship and pulled sleds over the […]