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FIGURE 6.2 Herding group: (a) German Shepherd, (b) Old English Sheepdog, and (c) Welsh Corgi Pembroke. Note the ears on both
the Shepherd and the Corgi; they are naturally erect ears. Both the Sheepdog and Corgi are naturally bobtailed. Source: Wikimedia
Commons. Used under CC BY‐SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DSHwiki.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
File:Welchcorgipembroke.JPG; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bobtail_in_Riga_4.JPG.

were originally developed to hunt badgers so their bodies Apso or mesocephalic with regular length noses like the
were selected for short crooked legs to fit into badger Dalmatian, Schipperke, or Shiba Inu. They tend to be
holes, sharp pointed noses to grab onto the badger’s very attached to one person and can be standoffish and
nose, and heavily muscled hindquarters to drag the aloof with strangers. Approach all these dogs with cau-
badger out of the hole. They come in two sizes (standard tion, as some are known to bite without warning. As a
and miniature) and three hair coats (smooth, wire, and group they do not make the best pets if children are in
long). The scent hounds tend to be easy keepers, meaning the home, unless the owner knows how to maintain their
that they get fat on regular‐sized rations. It is always a dominance and the dog knows where it stands in the
good idea to keep them lean by measuring their food “pack” (family).
and weighing them regularly. Scent hounds are usually
more gregarious than their sight hound cousins. All of Sporting Group
them love their people and will be lap dogs if you let
them, which is fine with a Miniature Dachshund but not The sporting group is made up of dogs used for hunting
so great with a 120 lb Irish Wolfhound!
birds (Figure 6.5). There are four types of dogs based
upon the type of bird or the type of hunting humans
Non‐Sporting Group liked to pursue. Setters are large dogs with long hair,
which come in three colors. Irish Setters are red, English
The non‐sporting group is basically a catch‐all group. Setters are white with black or brown spots, and Gordon
They don’t have a specific group, body type, hair coat Setters are black and tan. The Setters are used for upland
length, or job they like to do. This group ranges from game like pheasants and grouse. Retrievers are heavier
Poodles (four sizes) with tight curly hair, Dalmatians built dogs than a Setter and have either short or long
with spotted short hair, to Chows with super thick double hair. Two of the retrievers are very popular dogs; the
coats (Figure 6.4). The faces are brachiocephalic or Labradors which come in black, yellow, or chocolate col-
“smashed in” like the Bulldog, Boston Terrier, and Lhasa ored short hair and the Goldens that range from a light