Page 59 - Dog

IN THE GREAT FAR NORTH
The Great Dane,
like all mastiffs,
has a very deep
and powerful chest
WHEN IS A DANE NOT A DANE?
The Great Dane was developed in Germany,
where in the old days no castle was complete
The working dog’s without a pair of these giant mastiff-type dogs
harness is designed to
give it the greatest
pulling power
The word “Eskimo” means “snow.” It
is no longer used for the Inuit and
other native North Americans who
live in the Arctic regions, but the
name has remained in use
for their dogs.
to guard it.
The tail trails
when the dog is
working or at
rest, but curves
over its back
when the dog
is running
HARNESSING A HUSKY
The Siberian husky is the
only pure breed of this dog.
Otherwise, the name is used
in North America, particularly
Canada, for all the dogs of the spitz
type that are used for drawing sleds
and for hunting seals and other Arctic
animals. Peoples who have lived for
thousands of years in the Arctic zones
of North America, Europe, and Asia
could not have survived without
their working huskies and
Eskimo dogs (pp. 46–47).
HERALDIC DOG
Images of dogs have often
appeared in heraldry. This
husky is an important part of
the coat of arms for Canada’s
Yukon Territory.
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