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The Taiwan Dog (Chinese: 台灣犬) is a breed of small or medium dog indigenous to Taiwan.These dogs are also known as the Formosan Mountain Dog. [1] They are well-adapted to the uneven and thickly forested terrain of Taiwan, having become a semi-wild breed prior to the arrival of several colonial reigns and foreign powers.
Bully Kutta literally translates to "heavily wrinkled dog". The word "Bully" comes from the root word of the Hindustani and Punjabi languages "Bohli" which means heavily wrinkled. [citation needed] "Kutta" means dog in the Hindi-Urdu language. [5] [6] [7] The Sindhi mastiff resembles the mastiff, and is notable for its hardiness and size. The ...
A painting of about 1650 by Abraham Hondius of a bear-baiting with dogs, including at least one apparent Mastiff A picture of 1804 by Philip Reinagle, engraved by John Scott, showing a Mastiff of the Bandog type Alpine Mastiff (1805), contributor to the modern Mastiff along with his contemporaries of English stock Marquis of Hertford's crop-eared black Mastiff Pluto (1830) Lukey's Governor ...
The Irish Wolfhound is a breed of large sighthound that has, by its presence and substantial size, inspired literature, poetry and mythology. [3] [4] [5] One of the largest of all breeds of dog, the breed is used by coursing hunters who have prized it for its ability to dispatch game caught by other, swifter sighthounds.
In modern times, the Giant Schnauzer is used as a police dog; is trained for obedience, dog agility, herding, search and rescue, and Schutzhund; and is shown in conformation shows. [7] [9] They are also used for carting. [8] In Europe, the breed is considered to be more of a working dog than a show dog. [10] [self-published source?
Striped hyenas are known to kill dogs in their range. [160] Dogs as introduced predators have affected the ecology of New Zealand, which lacked indigenous land-based mammals before human settlement. [161] Dogs have made 11 vertebrate species extinct and are identified as a 'potential threat' to at least 188 threatened species worldwide. [162]
Image credits: dogswithjobs There’s a popular saying that cats rule the Internet, and research has even found that the 2 million cat videos on YouTube have been watched more than 25 billion ...
Sylvia, a matchbox-size Yorkshire Terrier owned by Arthur Marples of Blackburn, England, was the smallest dog in recorded history. The dog died in 1945 when she was almost two years old, at which point she stood 6 centimetres (2.4 in) tall at the shoulder, measured 9 centimetres (3.5 in) from nose tip to tail, and weighed 0.11 kilograms (3.9 oz).