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The Silken Windhound is an intelligent sighthound with a strong prey drive. They were developed by Borzoi breeder, Francie Stull to be a medium sized, sporty sighthound and family-oriented companion.
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Peeking out from behind its hair are the Skye's lively, intelligent eyes, the windows to a canine soul that is fearless, good-tempered and loyal. Long, lean and lanky are words used to describe this Scottish native, which was once called the Terrier of the Western Islands.
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The Sloughi is a noble and proud member of the sighthound family. This dog's skill at hunting is as noted as its wonderful temperament. The nomadic tribes of the Ethiopian, Nubian and Egyptian deserts are the Sloughi's first known companions.
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Popular throughout England and Germany, the Small Munsterlander is an all-purpose pointing and retrieving gun dog that performs well in field trials and obedience, thanks to its soft nature and eager-to-please attitude.
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A dog-of-all-work that has been known in Ireland for more than 200 years, the Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier is thought to share the same ancestry as the Kerry Blue Terrier.
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The hard-working Spanish Water Dog is an old and rare member of the Spanish Barbet, or water dog family. Despite its name, in past centuries this breed served mostly as a herder for Spanish shepherds.
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Long ago, the people of the province of Friesland in the Netherlands used a versatile, intelligent sporting dog at home and in the field. The Stabyhoun, also called the Frisian Pointer, is thought to have descended from spaniels brought in by the Spanish during the mid 1500s.
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With the tenacity of the Old English Bulldog and the fire of the terrier, the original Bull and Terrier was bred in Britain as a pit fighter, a job at which the dogs excelled for more than 175 years.
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The word schnauzer is German for "whiskered snout," which this breed surely has. This is the oldest and the original member of the Schnauzer family from which the other two sizes, the Giant and the Miniature, were developed.
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The Sussex is a spaniel with an attitude. It's solid, strong and bullheaded, with a somber and serious expression, but underneath lies a cheerful dog with a great sense of humor, at least as it regards other dogs and people.
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This small, hardy spitz breed may date to the Vikings and be a precursor to the Pembroke Welsh Corgi. Intelligent, energetic and trainable, it's a fine cattle herder and watchdog with a sound, sweet temperament.
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The Treeing Walker Coonhound was developed in the United States in the 1700s. They take their name from two unrelated men (both named walker) who imported English foxhounds and bred them with a stolen dog of unknown origin.
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The Welsh Springer is a hard worker and devoted companion, willing to go all day whether in the field or just out having a good time with its people. It is thought that the Welsh Springer descends from red and white dogs that were brought into Wales by the Gauls in pre-Roman times.
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Developed in England to hunt by sight, the Whippet was bred down from the Greyhound (and several other breeds) by working class folk. Known as the “poor man's racehorse,” the breed was introduced to North America by Lancashire textile workers who came to work in the New England mills.
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Its shaggy appearance and delightful character will entertain its people from puppyhood on, but the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon also lives up to its moniker of "supreme gundog." This breed came into existence between 1865 and 1885 in Europe, during a time of much experimental breeding.
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The Wirehaired Vizsla is a fairly new breed which was developed by hunters looking to create a dog with the smooth-coated Vizsla's color, but with a heavier build and a dense wiry coat to make it more apt to working in rough field conditions.
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Prized as a symbol of goodness and unselfish love, the Xoloizcuintli (show-low-eats-kweent-lee) is one of the world's oldest and rarest breeds. It probably originated in Asia and came to Latin America when native people migrated there. Xolos were present when the Aztecs founded Tenochtitlan.
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