Hounds

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 122. Chapters: Dachshund, Beagle, Sighthound, Greyhound, Great Dane, Azawakh, Afghan Hound, Whippet, Italian Greyhound, Pharaoh Hound, Basenji, Irish Wolfhound, Ibizan Hound, Galgo Español, Scottish Deerhound, Borzoi, Basset Hound, Saluki, Sloughi, Harrier, Black and Tan Coonhound, Scent hound, Bloodhound, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Formosan Mountain Dog, Portuguese Podengo, Norwegian Elkhound, Hortaya borzaya, Finnish Spitz, Artois Hound, Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen, Longhaired Whippet, Blackmouth Cur, Thai Ridgeback, Rampur Greyhound, Treeing Walker Coonhound, Magyar agár, Deutsche Bracke, Basset Fauve de Bretagne, Bluetick Coonhound, Basset Bleu de Gascogne, American Foxhound, Podenco Canario, Sabueso Español, Taigan, Mudhol Hound, Lurcher, English Foxhound, Africanis, Drever, Plott Hound, Hungarian Hound, Anglo-Français de Petite Vénerie, Otterhound, Westphalian Dachsbracke, Andalusian Hound, Hamiltonstövare, Alpine Dachsbracke, Slovenský kopov, Istrian Shorthaired Hound, Beagle-Harrier, Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et Noir, Rajapalayam, Gascon Saintongeois, Griffon Nivernais, Petit Bleu de Gascogne, Grand Bleu de Gascogne, Longdog, Griffon Bleu de Gascogne, Halden hound, Polish Greyhound, Grand Anglo-Français Tricolore, Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et Orange, Chien Français Blanc et Noir, Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen, Porcelaine, Griffon Fauve de Bretagne, Double-nosed Andean tiger hound, Bavarian Mountain Hound, English Coonhound, Schillerstövare, Majestic Tree Hound, Basset Artésien Normand, Istrian Coarse-haired Hound, Segugio Italiano, Old Croatian Sighthound, Kanni, Combai, Posavaz Hound, Chippiparai, Schweizerischer Niederlaufhund, Welsh Hound, American Staghound, Dunker, Cirneco dell'Etna, Lithuanian Hound, Chien Français Tricolore, Chien Français Blanc et Orange, Ariegeois, Finnish Hound, Hanover Hound, Schweizer Laufhund, Piccolo Segugio dell'Appennino, Segugio Cravin, Segugio Maremmano, Polish Hound, Estonian Hound, Levriero Sardo, Maida. Excerpt: The Beagle is a breed of small to medium-sized dog. A member of the Hound Group, it is similar in appearance to the Foxhound but smaller, with shorter legs and longer, softer ears. Beagles are scent hounds, developed primarily for tracking hare, rabbit, chipmunks, pocket mice, rocket horned toads, and other game. They have a keen sense of smell and tracking instinct that sees them employed as detection dogs for prohibited agricultural imports and foodstuffs in quarantine around the world. Beagles are intelligent, and are popular as pets because of their size, even temper, and lack of inherited health problems. These characteristics also make them the dog of choice for animal testing. Although beagle-type dogs have existed for over 2,000 years, the modern breed was developed in Great Britain around the 1830s from several breeds, including the Talbot Hound, the North Country Beagle, the Southern Hound, and possibly the Harrier. Beagles have been depicted in popular culture since Elizabethan times in literature and paintings, and more recently in film, television and comic books. Snoopy of the comic strip Peanuts has been promoted as "the world's most famous beagle". Dogs of similar size and purpose to the modern Beagle can be traced in Ancient Greece back to around the 5th century BC. Xenophon, born around 433 BC, in his Treatise on Hunting or Cynegeticus refers to a hound that hunted hares by scent and was followed on foot. Small hounds are mentioned in the Fores...