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A drafting dog, 1915 Milk sellers: photochrom showing two peddlers selling milk from a dogcart in Belgium; 19th century. A drafting dog, pulling dog, or draft dog (also spelt draught dog) is a dog bred and traditionally used for pulling a dogcart, or in winter also for sled pulling. [1]
Horse and cart at Beamish Museum (England, 2013) Dockworkers and hand cart (Haiti, 2006). A cart or dray (Australia and New Zealand [1]) is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by draught animals such as horses, donkeys, mules and oxen, or even smaller animals such as goats or large dogs.
Such animals are grouped as a draught or draft animals. Others may be used as pack animals , for animal-powered transport , the movement of people and goods. Together, these are sometimes called beasts of burden .
L.A. County said it'd supply 200 vendors with free mobile food carts. Nearly two years later it hasn't delivered even one.
The largest and heaviest types would be carried by draught animals. Lady in a litter being carried by her slaves, province of São Paulo in Brazil , c. 1860 Another form, commonly called a sedan chair , consists of a chair or windowed cabin suitable for a single occupant, also carried by at least two porters, one in front and one behind, using ...
Carts pulled by a single dog were sometimes used by peddlers. Dogs were used as draught animals during the World War I to pull small field guns. Dogs were used by the Soviet Army in World War II to pull carts containing a stretcher for wounded soldiers. The modern-day sport of carting is an
Bass talked up Animal Services in her State of the City address last month and thanked the volunteers who work at the shelters. She said the mayor's office is leading a nationwide search for a new ...
A draft horse (US) or draught horse (UK), also known as dray horse, carthorse, work horse or heavy horse, is a large horse bred to be a working animal hauling freight and doing heavy agricultural tasks such as plowing. There are a number of breeds, with varying characteristics, but all share common traits of strength, patience, and a docile ...