Animal Shelter Daily Pet Tip Archive

Welsh Springer Spaniel

Alternative Names: Starter, tarfgi

Country of Origin: Wales

History: Similar hunting spaniels have existed in Great Britain since the Middle Ages. In Wales, hunters kept packs of red ...Read More...

Weimaraner

Country of Origin: Germany

History: The weimaraner was created by German aristocrats in the courts of Weimar during the nineteenth century. The ...Read More...

Vizsla

Alternative Names: Hungarian vizsla, Magyar vizsla

Country of Origin: Hungary

History: According to depictions found in stone etches and fourteenth-century manuscripts, dogs of vizsla type have ...Read More...

Sussex Spaniel

Country of Origin: Great Britain

History: The Sussex spaniel was developed in Sussex, England as a field dog. It has been recognized as a distinct ...Read More...

Spinone Italiano

Alternative Names: spinone, Italian spinone, spinoni Italiani (plural)

Country of Origin: Italy

History: The spinone Italiano is descended from an ancient hunting dog in the Piedmont region of Italy. Although the ...Read More...

Standard Poodle

Alternative Names: caniche, pudel

Country of Origin: France

History: The poodle is an old breed whose name comes from the German word pudel meaning to “splash in water.” The ...Read More...

Stabyhoun

Alternative Names: Frisian pointing dog

Country of Origin: The Netherlands

History: This Dutch gun dog was developed in the Frisian woods in the province of Friesland during the 19th century. ...Read More...

Spanish Water Dog

Alternative Names: Perro de aqua Wspanol, turco de Andaluz

Country of Origin: Spain

History: This curly-coated breed is probably an old variety of barbet or other water dog. The dogs have been used to ...Read More...

Small Munsterlander

Alternative Names: small Munsterland pointer, kleiner Munsterlander vorstehund

Country of Origin: Germany

History: The Munsterlander was developed in the Munster region of Germany, probably from the crosses between ...Read More...

Pudelpointer

Country of Origin: Germany

History: The pudelpointer was developed in Germany during the nineteenth century as a multipurpose hunting dog. The ...Read More...