Breeds Week 3 Flashcards
Golden Retriever
Country: England Group: Sporting Color: Deep red-gold to light cream. Coat: Combo/Silky Correct Grooming Procedures: Bathe & brush out, Minor Trimming
Facts: Intelligent / Friendly / Devoted. Dudley Marjoribanks, the first Lord Tweedmouth, who developed the breed in the Scottish Highlands during the reign of Victoria. The Golden Retriever was admired from the beginning of its history in America, but the breed’s popularity really took off in the 1970s, the era of President Gerald Ford and his beautiful Golden named Liberty.
Bernese Mountain Dog
Country: Switzerland
Group: Working
Color: Tricolor in black, chestnut and white.
Coat: Combo Heavy
Correct Grooming Procedures: Bathe & Brush Out
Facts: Good-Natured / Calm / Strong. One of four mountain-dog breeds of the canton of Bern, a vast agricultural region vital to the dairy production required for two of Switzerland’s most profitable exports: chocolate and cheese. Earned their keep droving cattle, guarding farmyards and serving as gentle companions. Perhaps their greatest claim to working-dog fame is their ability to pull many times their own weight as drafting dogs, with their broad and muscular hindquarters.
Great Pyranees
Country: France Group: Working Color: White Coat: Soft/Thick Correct Grooming Procedures: Bathe & Brush Out
Facts: Calm / Patient / Smart. Great Pyrenees were bred centuries ago to work with peasant shepherds and herding dogs in the Pyrenees Mountains, the natural border between France and Spain; to watch the flock and deter predators. In the 17th century, the Great Pyrenees was adopted as the Royal Dog of France in the court of King Louis XIV.
Newfoundland
Country: Newfoundland, Canada
Group: Working
Color: Black, Brown, Gray solid colors.
Correct Grooming Procedures: Bathe/Brush, minor trimming
Facts: Sweet / Devoted / Patient. History
Canadian fisherman long relied on them as peerless shipboard working dogs who specialized in dramatic water rescues. Born swimmers, complete with partially webbed feet, and strong enough to save a grown man from drowning. In 1802, when Lewis and Clark began their historic 8,000-mile trek across the American continent, a Newfoundland named Seaman was part of the expedition as a hunter and guard dog.
Saint Bernard
Country: Switzerland Group: Working Color: Red/White combo. Coat: Combo/Heavy Correct Grooming Procedures: Bathe/Brush, minor trimming
Facts: Inquisitive / Playful / Charming. Over several centuries the hospice monks developed powerful working dogs able to locate and rescue luckless travelers buried by drifts and avalanches. Myth busted: Dogs of the Great St. Bernard Pass didn’t carry casks of brandy around their necks.
Samoyed
Country: Siberia Group: Working Color: White Coat: Combo/Thick Correct Grooming Procedures: Bathe/Brush, minor trimming
Facts: Gentle / Adaptable / Friendly. The name Samoyed comes from the Samoyedic people (also Samodeic people), a semi-nomadic people from Asia who migrated to Siberia a thousand years ago, of the family of Sayantsi. The Samoyede people lived in tents and huddled for warmth with their dog packs during the Arctic nights. This type of human-canine cooperation for mutual survival forged a tight bond between Samoyed dogs and people.
Australian Shepherd
Country: USA Group: Herding Color: Black, Red, Black Merle, Red Merle. Coat: Combo/ Silky Correct Grooming Procedures: Bathe/Brush
Facts: Smart / Work-Oriented / Exuberant. California ranchers admired the Basques’ herding dogs and assumed they were an Australian breed—thus the misleading name Australian Shepherd. Aussies, further refined and perfected in America, have been an iconic part of cowboy culture ever since. Many are still happily herding in the American West, others earn their feed as rodeo performers, and still others of this exuberantly versatile breed work as therapy dogs, drug detectors, service dogs, and search-and-rescue dogs. The Australian Shepherd entered the AKC Herding Group in 1993.
Bearded Collie
Country: Britain Group: Herding Color: Blue, gray, brown. Coat: Long/Flowing Correct Grooming Procedures: Bathe/Brush or Clipper Trim.
Facts: Bouncy / Smart / Charismatic. Originally known by such names as the Highland Collie and Mountain Collie, Bearded Collies for centuries earned their feed on the Scottish Highlands as rugged herding and droving dogs prized by shepherds for the ability to do a hard day’s work amid Scotland’s raw climate and hilly terrain. Beardies were expected to help control cattle at pasture and drive the herd to market. The first litter of U.S. Beardies was born in 1967, the breed entered the AKC Stud Book 10 years later, and it was a charter member of the AKC Herding Group, formed in 1983.
Border Collie
Country: Scotland Group: Herding Color: Various, usually black and white Coat: Combo/Silky Correct Grooming Procedures: Bathe/Brush
Facts: Smart / Affectionate / Energetic. Crosses between the old Roman dogs and the Viking spitzes produced compact and agile herders, well equipped to work stock in the hilly, rocky highlands of Scotland and Wales. Thus began the history of the Border Collie. Borders have been called the world’s greatest herders —with their sweeping outruns, their stealthy crouching and creeping, and their explosive bursts of focused energy—would have to agree. The Border Collie joined the AKC Herding Group in 1995.
Old English Sheepdog
Country: England
Group: Herding
Color: Blue, Gray, Grizzle, or blue merle with or without white.
Coat: Hard/Thick
Correct Grooming Procedures: Bathe/Brush, Clipper trim
Facts: Adaptable / Smart / Gentle. The name Old English Sheepdog is something of a misnomer. As a creature of the late 1700s, the OES is not particularly old by canine standards. By blood, they aren’t fully English; possible OES component breeds include dogs of Scotch, European, and Russian ancestry. And, technically, they aren’t even sheepdogs: OES were employed primarily as drovers who moved cattle over dusty country roads, from the pasture to town markets. With their full coat, free and powerful gait, and warm personality, OES show well in the ring. They were present at the sport’s very beginnings. Stockmen have been exhibiting their OES in England since 1865. The AKC registered its first OES in 1888.
Shetland Sheepdog
Country: Shetland Islands
Group: Herding
Color: Sable, blue merle. tricolor, black.
Coat: Combo/Long
Correct Grooming Procedures: Bathe/Brush out, minor trimming
Facts: Bright / Playful / Energetic. Shetland Sheepdogs were originally bred on the rocky Shetland Islands, the United Kingdom’s northernmost point. They were employed by farmers to herd sheep, ponies, and poultry. The Sheltie was first recognized by the Kennel Club (England), as the Shetland Collie, in 1909.
Rough Coated Collie
Country: Scotland
Group: Herding
Color: Sable white, tricolor, blue merle.
Coat: Combo/Long
Correct Grooming Procedures: Bathe/ Brush Out
Facts: Graceful / Devoted / Proud. The Collie enters the written record around 1800, and by the time Victoria “discovered” the Collie later in the century, the breed’s now familiar characteristics were set. In 20th-century America, author and dog breeder Albert Payson Terhune popularized the breed for generations of eager young readers, who thrilled at adventures of the Sunnybank Collies. In 1940, British author Eric Knight launched one of the great pop-culture franchises of all time with his novel Lassie Come-Home. Thanks to Knight’s books, spin-off movies, and a long-running TV show, Lassie made Collies the ideal canine companion of every child’s fantasy.
Belgian Sheepdog
Country: Belgium Group: Herding Color: All black with white around muzzle, chest, feet Coat: Combo/Silky Correct Grooming Procedures: Bathe/Brush
Facts: Bright / Watchful / Serious-Minded. The Belgian Sheepdog Club of America was formed in 1949, and since then this noble breed has done it all: show dog, athlete, police officer, soldier, service dog, searcher and rescuer, watchdog, and tireless backyard tennis-ball fetcher.
Bouvier Des Flandres
Country: France Group: Herding Color: Black, Gray and fawn Coat: Harsh/Long Correct Grooming Procedures: Clipper Trim
Facts: Strong-Willed / Courageous / Affectionate. Bouvier des Flandres roughly translates as “cowherd of Flanders.” The Belgian army was responsible for keeping the breed alive, and Bouviers distinguished themselves as courageous and resourceful dogs of war. In peacetime, Bouviers burnished their résumé as European police K-9s and guide dogs for the blind. After WWII, the Bouvier was again nearly extinct, but European expatriates kept the breed alive in America. The American Bouvier des Flandres Club was formed in 1963.
Briard
Country: France Group: Herding Color: All colors except white. Coat: Long/Flowing Correct Grooming Procedures: Bathe/Brush, Clipper trim
Facts: Smart / Confident / Faithful. French farmers, known for frugality, developed Briards as two-in-one dogs: They are sheepherders famed for quicksilver agility, and are also tough, courageous flock guardians capable of running off sheep-steeling predators. Origin stories of Briards in America feature two towering figures in the War of Independence. Thomas Jefferson enters the story in 1789, at the end of his long tenure as America’s ambassador to France. Before he departed for home, the future President acquired a pregnant Briard named Bergère (“pd. for a chienne bergere big with pup, 36 libre,” he wrote in his memorandum book).
