Dog breeds Word Search

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chihuahua

Chihuahuas can have a soft spot called a molera, resembling the flexible gap in the top of a human baby's skull.

dalmatian

Dalmatian puppies are born plain white, and their first spots usually appear within about ten days of birth.

greyhound

Racing greyhounds reach peak speeds of about 43 miles per hour, with all four feet airborne twice each stride.

rottweiler

Rottweilers were known as Rottweil butchers' dogs in Germany, herding livestock and pulling carts of meat to market.

schnauzer

The schnauzer takes its name from the German word for snout, thanks to its distinctively bearded muzzle.

bulldog

The bulldog got its name from bull baiting, an English sport outlawed by the Cruelty to Animals Act 1835.

beagle

The name Beagle belongs to a hunting dog, Darwin's ship, and a Mars probe, giving one familiar name three very different lives.

poodle

The poodle's German name Pudel comes from a word meaning to splash, and larger poodles retrieved waterfowl for hunters.

pomeranian

Queen Victoria adopted a small red Pomeranian in 1888, and her favorites helped make the tiny size wildly popular.

dachshund

Dachshund means badger dog in German, and the breed was built to scent, chase, and flush badgers from burrows.

labrador

Labrador retrievers were developed in Britain from St. John's water dogs imported from Newfoundland, not from Labrador.

terrier

Terrier literally means earth dog, from Latin terra, because these dogs chase foxes and badgers right into their burrows.

sheepdog

A border collie learned the names of over a thousand toys, showing a sheepdog's skills could extend well beyond moving a flock.

spaniel

Spaniel-loving Charles II played with a dog during royal business, prompting diarist Samuel Pepys to complain that the king wasn't paying attention.

retriever

Golden retrievers were bred from a yellow retriever and a now-extinct water spaniel, giving a familiar pet a vanished ancestor.

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