Origin and use neighborhood of Boom near Antwerp, where many bleach-works were established and the dogs were used to guard the fields where costly linen was put out to bleach. Appearance similar to that of the Groenendael, except for the color, which should be fawn with blackening on the muzzle and tail. And the coat, …
Origin and use the Campine country and the north of Brabant where they are used as drovers for cattle and sheep. The name comes from the town of Mechelen (Malines). Appearance sim lat to the Groerendaet, except for the coat, which is dense end short, somewhat longer on neck and tail, and the color Height …
Origin Tervuren, near Brussels. Same descent as that of the Groenendael. Appearance similar to that of the Groenendael, except the color, which should be rich fawn with the tip of each hair black with the face-mark and ears largely black and a black tip to the tail. Height to withers: dop about 24.5 inches (62 …
Origin surprisingly, not the region of Beauce but of Brie. Appearance Headlong with little stop the skull and muzzle are of the same length. Eyes dark or harmonizing with the color of the coat. Ears may be cropped or natural; the former is preferred in countries where cropping is permitted. Neck moderately long Body a …
Origin the name probably has nothing to do with the region of Brie but is a corruption of ‘Chien d’ Aubry’. In 1317 a dog of the type is reported to have traced the murderer of his master, a nobleman named Aubry de Montdidier. The Briard is found all over France, especially in the north …
Origin and use a native of the Kabyle Mountains and common as a Mill shepherd’s dog in Tunisia and Algeria, where they guard the tent villages of the Arabs, ca led douars, and herd the cattle. Their popularity would perhaps be greater were it not for their precious nature. • Appearance Head rather long, with …
Origin the whole area of the Pyrenees, from Cerdogne to far into the Landes. Originated by crossing indigenous dogs with Briards and Beaucerons who brought their flocks there. • Appearance Head a rather flat skull, no visible stop and a not heavy, short muzzle. • Eyes chestnut, but wall eyes or eves with blue spots …
Origin and use the Belgian Ardennes, where it is still frequently used with cattle Its looks are more those of a sheep herding dog than of a cattle dog It is not a show dog. • Appearance Head heavy and moderately short with slight stop. • Eyes dark. • Ears should be prick ears but …
Origin and use the north of France. Probably the c Idest French sneep herding dog, the breed s thought to have been brought to France by the Celts in the ninth century. It is still a working dog, not a show dog. • Appearance Head a rather broad slightly arched scull, u slight stop and …
Origin descended from a mating of black, long-haired sheepdogs. He got his name from Groenendael, a castle in the forest south of Brussels. Appearance Headlong without exaggeration and moderately broad, the muzzle somewhat longer than the skull: the stop is slight. Eyes almond-shaped, preferably dark brown with a bola intelligent and inquiring expression. Ears triangular …
