Page 55 - Dog

A GIANT AMONG TERRIERS
The Airedale terrier is named after the district in Yorkshire,
England, where it originated. The largest of all terriers, it was
developed in the mid-1800s by crossbreeding (pp. 60–61) the
now-extinct black and tan terrier with the otterhound to increase
its size and strength for the hunting of large prey. The Airedale
was also used in World War I as a messenger dog (pp. 44–45).

Tail is set high
and carried
erect, not
curved
forward
over FOXY FELLOW With excellent balance, a
its back In the late 1800s, the fox wire-haired fox terrier is
terrier was the most
popular breed of dog in ready for action – whether
England. Today this popularity has tearing up a carpet or
been taken over by the smaller Jack hunting foxes (pp. 28–29)
Russell terrier (pp. 38–39). Fox
terriers can be either wire-haired
like this one, or smooth-haired.

A LEGEND
IN HIS OWN LIFETIME
When a gentleman named
Greyfriars died in Edinburgh,
Scotland, his faithful little dog –
a Skye-type terrier called Bobby –
refused to leave his master’s grave
until he himself died, ten years
later. So the legend of “Greyfriars’
Bobby” began.
Bedlington’s LIKE A LAMB
long ears, All sorts of breeds,
pear-shaped including the whippet, DANDIFIED DOG
DECORATED “DRUMMER” DOG head, and otterhound, and bull Dogs have been
Dogs have always been popular as curly, light- terrier are thought to have used in advertising
mascots. Shown here is the brave colored coat contributed to the for a long time.
war hero, Drummer, the mascot of make it look development of the Here, a terrier in his
an English army regiment, the more like Bedlington terrier, at one time finery graces a
Northumberland Fusiliers. a lamb known as the Rothbury terrier. magazine cover.
Drummer’s death was reported in
a British newspaper in 1902.
DIGGER BONES
The Norfolk terrier is a new breed that is
descended from terriers bred in East
Anglia, England. It is an active little
dog with short legs and a wiry coat.
This terrier used to be called a
Norwich terrier, which had
both prick, and
drop-eared
varieties, but in
1965 the name
of Norfolk was
given to
those with
drop ears.

Terriers – like
this Norfolk –
dig with both
their front and
hind legs

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