Staffordshire Bull Terrier
History and Development The Staffordshire Bull Terrier, as his name implies, was produced from a Bulldog with one or more of the terrier breeds which abounded in the early 1800’s. His main progenitor...
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History and Development It has been said many times that the origin of the Scottish Terrier dates back several centuries. On this assumption, it is clear that if length of genealogy counts for...
View ArticleIrish Terrier
History and Development Records of the Irish Terrier's background are sparse. Early Greek writers mention a terrier of Great Britain which had apparently been cultivated for many generations and which...
View ArticleDachshund
History and Development It is certain that by chance, mutation and finally by recognized breeding, the Dachshund, or Teckel as it is known in Germany, has been evolved from the oldest known breeds of...
View ArticleGreyhound
History and Development There is little doubt that the Greyhound is one of the very few breeds which can claim to be true. One of the oldest, it not the oldest, of sporting breeds, it has been...
View ArticleBedlington Terrier
History and Development The exact origin of the Bedlington Terrier cannot be definitely ascertained, but it is generally believed that it appeared at about the same time as the Dandie Dinmont. Or...
View ArticleDandie Dinmont Terrier
History and Development Dandies were first heard of as an established breed in the late 1700's in the Coquet Water district of Northumberland when they were largely in the hands of the Border...
View ArticleDistemper in Dogs
Distemper in dogs have been mentioned in 1824 This scourge to the canine race, now so general and common, does not appear to have been known a century ago; and even yet, throughout the European...
View ArticleDiarrhoea in Dogs
Diarrhoea in dogs have been mentioned in 1824 Looseness, or Purging (Diarrhoea). Dogs are very subject, under various circumstances, to diarrhoea. It is seldom that they are affected with the Distemper...
View ArticleFleas in Dogs
Fleas in dogs have been mentioned in 1824 Among the numerous inconveniences to which the canine race are liable, I hardly know one more troublesome to themselves, or vexatious to their owners, than...
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