All articles tagged with "Large-Dogs"
The Weimaraner is one of the most visually striking dogs in existence, a sleek, muscular, silvery-grey dog with pale blue-grey or amber eyes that seem to look through you rather than at you. Nicknamed "the Grey Ghost" for that ethereal appearance, the Weimaraner is a German sporting breed of except
The Samoyed is one of the most visually spectacular dog breeds in the world, a large, pure white, densely coated spitz of Siberian origin whose perpetual smile and cloud-like coat have made it one of the most photographed and admired dogs alive. Developed by the nomadic Samoyedic peoples of northwe
The Rottweiler is one of the oldest herding breeds with a documented working history, a dog whose ancestors served the Roman legions and whose descendants drove cattle to market in medieval Germany. It is also one of the most persistently misrepresented breeds in popular culture - frequently depicte
The Rhodesian Ridgeback is one of the most powerful, athletic, and distinctively marked dogs in the world, a South African breed developed by Boer settlers to serve as a versatile hunting companion and homestead guardian in the demanding terrain and climate of southern Africa. Its most famous role
The Greyhound is the fastest domestic dog breed, capable of reaching sprint speeds of 68 to 72 kilometres per hour. It is also one of the oldest pedigree breeds in recorded history: Greyhound-type dogs are depicted in Egyptian tomb art dating to approximately 2900 BCE, making this one of a small num
The Golden Retriever is one of the most popular, most studied, and most beloved dog breeds in the world. Ranking consistently in the top five of the American Kennel Club's annual registration statistics, the breed combines athletic ability with an exceptionally stable temperament, making it the defa
The German Shepherd Dog is, by almost any measure, the most versatile working dog in the world. It patrols international borders with customs officers, detects improvised explosive devices with military units, guides blind individuals through city streets, tracks missing persons through wilderness t
The Doberman Pinscher is the only dog breed created by a single named individual with a documented purpose. In the 1890s in Apolda, Thuringia, a German tax collector named Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann needed a dog that could accompany him on his rounds, which required entering some of the more da
The Cane Corso is one of the most powerful and commanding dog breeds in the world, a direct descendant of the ancient Roman war dog, a mastiff of extraordinary size and physical ability whose presence is as formidable as its loyalty is absolute. Not a breed for inexperienced owners, the Cane Corso
The Boxer is one of the most exuberant, physically capable, and characteristically expressive dog breeds in the world. Developed in Germany from the now-extinct Bullenbeisser, a large game-hunting mastiff, the Boxer carries the musculature and power of its working heritage alongside a clown's person
The Bloodhound holds a distinction shared by no other animal on earth: its ability to follow a scent trail is so precise and so well-documented that evidence based on Bloodhound tracking has been accepted in courts of law across the United States as legitimate forensic evidence. A Bloodhound can tra
The Bernese Mountain Dog is among the most instantly recognizable and beloved large breeds in the world. With its striking tricolor coat of black, white, and rust, its calm and affectionate temperament, and its substantial, well-muscled frame, the Berner commands admiration wherever it goes. Yet thi
The Alaskan Malamute is one of the oldest and most magnificent of all dog breeds, a massive, powerful Arctic sled dog developed by the Mahlemut Inuit people of Alaska over thousands of years for the specific purpose of hauling heavy loads across the frozen wilderness of the far north. Often confuse
The Akita is Japan's national dog, a symbol of good health, happiness, and long life so deeply embedded in Japanese culture that small Akita figurines are traditionally given to new parents, the sick, and the newly married as tokens of good fortune. The breed's combination of power, dignity, loyalty
The Afghan Hound is one of the most genetically ancient and visually distinctive dog breeds in existence. Genetic analysis of dog breed relationships consistently places Afghan Hounds among the basal breeds, those most closely related to the ancestral wolf population and most distantly separated fr
