Breeds Week 2 Flashcards
Spinone Italiano
Country: Italy
Group: Sporting
Coat Type: Hard/ Wiry
Colors: All white or white with tan, rust or brown areas.
Correct Grooming procedures: Card & Hand Strip
Facts: Sociable/Patient/Docile. Their strengths as hunter’s companions include intelligence, a great nose, the ability to retrieve on land or lake, and the stamina to work all day and eagerly ask for more. The name Spinone refers to “pino,” the thorny undergrowth found in Italy’s Piedmont region.
Basenji
Country: Africa
Group: Hounds
Coat Type: Short/Smooth
Colors: Deep reds, black or bindle as a base on body with white points on chest, feet and end of tail or tricolors. White legs, facial blaze and collar are permitted.
Correct Grooming procedures: Bathe and Curry Brush
Facts: Smart, poised and independent. They were already well established when they were brought up the Nile from interior Africa as gifts for the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Basenjis are depicted in ancient Egyptian artifacts, and traces of the breed can also be seen in ancient Babylonian and Mesopotamian art.
American Eskimo
Country: USA
Group: Non-Sporting
Coat Type: Hard/ Wiry
Colors: All white with some cream or biscuit allowed.
Correct Grooming procedures: Bathe and Brush Out, Minor trimming.
Facts: Smart, Versatile, Loyal. In the late 19th century, these farm dogs called German Spitz or “Eskie’s” made the move from farm dog to stage dog. The little white wonder dogs who performed various chores around Midwestern farms, and later charmed audiences under the circus big top, are today sought out by pet owners looking for versatile, fun-loving companions. In 1917, during WWI the name was changed to “American Eskimo Dog”.
Chow Chow
Country: China
Group: Non-Sporting
Coat Type: Combo/ Heavy
Colors: Black, Blue, all shades of red and cream.
Correct Grooming procedures: Bathe & brush out/ clipper-trim
Facts: Serious minded, bright, dignified. Chows have played many roles during their long history. At times, they were the lordly companions to Chinese nobles. Over the centuries they also earned their keep as guarders, haulers, and hunters. Chows were first exhibited in America in the 1890s and were admitted to the AKC in 1903.
Keeshond
Country: Holland
Group: Non-Sporting
Coat Type: Combo/Thick
Colors: A combo of black, gray and cream.
Correct Grooming procedures: Bathe/brush out/ minor trimming
Facts: Outgoing, Lively, friendly. Was a hardy, nimble-footed barge dog long kept as a guard and companion on Dutch vessels that sailed the manmade waterways of the Low Countries. There’s historical disagreement over why the breed is called Keeshond: The name might refer to a Patriot mascot dog called Kees, or to two different Patriot leaders nicknamed “Kees.”
Schipperke
Country: Belgium Group: Non-Sporting Coat Type: Double coated/thick Colors: Black. Correct Grooming procedures: Bathe & brush out
Facts: Alert, curious, confident. The breed earned its fame as shipboard exterminators on the canals that crisscrossed the Low Countries. The little black avenger of the Belgian dockyards was also a fearless watchdog on barges and in city shops. The name “schipperke,” is Flemish for “little captain.”
Irish Wolfhound
Country: Ireland
Group: Hound
Coat Type: Moderate/Wiry
Colors: Tans, Gray, red, black, cream, white, black and brindled.
Correct Grooming procedures: Card and hand strip
Facts: Calm, Dignified, Courageous. Created by breeding the indigenous large dogs of Britain to the Middle Eastern coursing hounds that were bartered around the known world in the earliest days of international trade. In 15th-century Ireland, wolves were overrunning the countryside. The Irish hounds, already renowned big-game hunters, began to specialize on wolves.
Norwegian Elkhound
Country: Norway
Group: Hound
Coat Type: Double coated
Colors: Deep blue/gray, blacks, tans and brindles. Dark mask and ears are typical on lighter dogs.
Correct Grooming procedures: Bathe & brush out
Facts: Confident, dependable, friendly. History
Shipmate of the Vikings, guardian of remote farms, herder of flocks and defender from wolves and bear, a sometime hauler and a hunter always, and a companion to restless wandering men, the Norwegian Elkhound has survived more than six millennia with all his Nordic traits intact, a fearless and friendly dog, devoted to humankind.
Shiba Inu
Country: Japan
Group: Non-Sporting
Coat Type: Double coated/thick
Colors: Reds, Black with tan points, and red with black-tipped hairs. the undercoat is always lighter cream or light gray.
Correct Grooming procedures: Bathe & brush out
Facts: Alert, active, attentive. he breed is named after its history as a hunter in the rugged mountains of Japan; “Shiba” means “brushwood” (referring either to the brush in the mountains or to the dog’s reddish color) in Japanese, and “Inu” means “dog.” By the end of World War II Shibas were nearly extinct, but they survived Japan’s wartime deprivations and are today the country’s number-one companion animal.
Alaskan Malamute
Country: USA
Group: Working
Coat Type: Double coated/Harsh
Colors: Undercoat is always white. Guard hair can be black, red, tan or sable.
Correct Grooming procedures: Bathe & brush out
Facts: Affectionate, loyal, playful. Among the oldest of the sled dog breeds of the Arctic. They are believed to be a descendant of the domesticated wolf-dogs who accompanied the Paleolithic hunters that crossed the land bridges of the Bering Strait and migrated into North America roughly 4,000 years ago.
Bull Mastiff
Country: England
Group: Working
Coat Type: Smooth/Short
Colors: Tan, red, brindled with black mask.
Correct Grooming procedures: Bathe & brush out
Facts: Brave, affectionate, loyal. Bred by English gamekeepers in the mid-late 19th century to help them guard estates. The new breed was smart enough to work on command, tractable enough to hold but not maul a poacher, a big enough to scare the bejesus out of any intruder. The AKC granted the breed full recognition in 1933.
Kuvasz
Country: Hungary Group: Non-Sporting Coat Type: Combo/Dense Colors: White Correct Grooming procedures: Bathe & brush out/ minor trimming.
Facts: Loyal / Fearless / Sweet. Kuvaszok came to Hungary in the Middle Ages, but it’s thought their lineage goes back to ancient Turkey and Tibet. As livestock guardians, they had the patience to keep a close eye on their flock for days on end, and also the courage to take on wolves or armed rustlers when duty called.
Siberian Huskey
Country: Siberia
Group: Working
Coat Type: Double coated/Dense
Colors: All colors. Undercoat typically white.
Correct Grooming procedures: Bathe & brush out
Facts: Mischievous / Loyal / Outgoing. The breed’s ancestors were originally bred in northeastern Asia by the Chukchi people and were kept as companion dogs for their families as well as endurance sled dogs. In 1925 when a legendary musher Leonhard Seppala led a relay of Siberian Huskies 658 miles in only five and a half days to rush a lifesaving serum to Nome, Alaska, where an epidemic of diphtheria had broken out.
Rottweiler
Country: Ancient Rome
Group: Working
Coat Type: Short/Harsh
Colors: Main body always deep black with rich chestnut markings.
Correct Grooming procedures: Bathe & curry brush
Facts: Loving, loyal, confident guardian. The Rottie’s career in livestock ended with the rise of the railroad cattle cars in the 1800s. They found new work as police dogs, personal protectors, and all-around blue-collar dogs capable of performing various heavy-duty tasks. Rotties were among the first guide dogs for the blind, and in more recent times they distinguished themselves as search-and-rescue workers at such disaster sites as Oklahoma City and the World Trade Center.
Australian Cattle Dog
Country: Australia
Group: Herding
Coat Type: Short/Dense
Colors: Blue, Blue-mottled, blue speckled, red or red speckled.
Correct Grooming procedures: Bathe & brush out
Facts: Alert, curious, pleasant. The Australian Cattle Dog made vital contributions to the growth of the continent’s beef industry, and important component of the Australian economy. Direct relation to Dingo’s. The Australian Cattle Dog was admitted to the AKC in 1980 and became a charter member of the AKC Herding Group upon the founding of the group in 1983. They’re smart and need a job to do, or they get bored and get into trouble!
