Article of the Month. 7 Fascinating Dog Breeds That No Longer Exist

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1 JULY 2016 Issue 16 SJKC News WELCOME! Submission Deadline is the 3rd Tuesday of the Month. As always, newsletter editors are always looking for material to post. Please forward announcements, awards, special mentions, brags, photos, articles, jokes or anything you find interesting to Esther at Board of Directors: President: Ed Odron 1st VP: Jacey Holden 2nd VP: Deirdre Dawson Secretary Virginia Latham Smith Treasurer: Angelique Shear Directors: Don Just Randy Greenlee Carole Foucrault Judy Ventre Esther Jobrack Myron Robb Article of the Month 7 Fascinating Dog Breeds That No Longer Exist Extinct Dog Breeds By James Watson (Book) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Norfolk Spaniel If you think this dog looks like an English Springer Spaniel, you're not too far off but take a closer look. It's actually a breed called the Norfolk Spaniel, which has been extinct since the early 1900s. (The dog pictured left, Dash II, competed in the 1886 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.) The 1861 book House Dogs and Sporting Dogs calls the Norfolk Spaniel "perhaps the commonest breed in England," which may have led to its demise. "A History and Description of Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ireland," published in 1897, claims that the liver and white dogs became so common that the public no longer saw them as a specific breed, and in 1902, the Kennel Club rolled its description (along with any other medium legged Spaniel who wasn't a Clumber or Sussex) into a new breed: the English Springer Spaniel. Cordoba Fighting Dog The Cordoba Fighting Dog, named for its native Cordoba, Argentina, was known for its aggression and skill as a dog fighting competitor. It became extinct, though, when breeders started crossing it with Great Danes, Bulldogs and other breeds to create a more favorable dog: the modern Dogo Argentino.

2 Facts & Fiction 1) They really are hot dogs Next time you see your pet pooch panting on a sunny day take pity on them. Not only are they wearing a huge fur coat, they also have to contend with a higher body temperature than you. The normal body temperature of a human is 37C, but a dog s is a whole degree higher at 38C. That s one reason fleas are more likely to be attracted to your dog than to you. And unlike humans, dogs don t have sweat glands all over their body, just on the pads of their paws. 2) Dogs have their own fingerprint A dog s paw print may look pretty generic but their nose print is actually as unique as a human fingerprint. Their combination of ridges and creases is so distinct it can actually be used to identify them. 3) Dogs dream just like you This won t come as a huge surprise to anyone who has watched their own dog twitching or whimpering in their sleep. Dogs have the same brain wave patterns while they are asleep as humans, so they dream just like we do. English Water Spaniel "She hath more qualities than a water spaniel." So says William Shakespeare in Act 3 of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, in an apparent reference to this breed, the English Water Spaniel. The curly haired dog was known for hunting waterfowl and is mentioned by name for the first time in Sportman's Cabinet in But though Britain's Kennel Club maintained a breed standard for the Irish Water Spaniel, the English Water Spaniel got grouped into a category called Water Spaniels Other than Irish. Russian Tracker This dog looks a lot like our modern Golden Retriever, doesn't he? Some experts believe the Golden Retriever descends from this now extinct breed called the Russian Tracker (or Russian Yellow Retriever), a large herding and guard dog who lived with the Indo Aryan people in Russia's Caucasus Mountains, although that theory is often hotly debated. Tweed Water Spaniel It's believed that the English Water Spaniel was then absorbed by other Spaniel breeds at the start of the 20th century, eventually contributing to the creation of the American Water Spaniel. Other experts believe that this dog, the Tweed Water Spaniel, contributed to the modern Golden Retriever. An 1833 article in The British Sporting Magazine refers to a "long famous" variety of athletic brown dogs in the English town of Norham, on the River Tweed. Decades later, the 1897 book, British Dogs: Their Varieties, History, Characteristics, Breeding, Management, and Exhibition, describes this breed as a small Retriever with a liver colored, curly coat and a long tail. The breed dwindled at the end of the 19th century, when the Lord of Tweedmouth bred Tweeds into a line of yellow dogs that is said to have become Golden Retrievers.

3 But what is more surprising is the fact that not all dogs dream the same amount. Small dogs actually have more dreams than big dogs. For example, a small dog such as a toy poodle may dream once every 10 minutes, whereas a great dane may have around an hour between each dream. 4 ) Dogs can fall in love They don't call it puppy love for nothing. The concept that dogs can fall in love was suggested by anthropologist Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Social Lives of Dogs, who believed two dogs named Sundog and Bean were agonized star crossed lovers kept apart because neither of their owners wanted to give them up. It may sound far fetched but Paul Zak, a professor at Claremont Graduate University in California, found that a dog s brain releases oxytocin the love hormone when it interacts with humans and dogs, just the same as a human brain does when we hug or kiss. Old English Bulldog Think these dogs share features with our modern Bulldogs and Pit Bulls? Well, that's the idea. This 1817 painting depicts two Old English Bulldogs named Crib and Rosa. The breed was a larger, more athletic version of a modern Bulldog, used for the English sports of bull baiting (where its name comes from) and dog fighting. But when England passed its first animal cruelty law in 1835, the sports went out of fashion, as did the original breed. Breeder Bill George is believed to have crossed them with Pugs to create a smaller, friendlier and more brachycephalic dog who he marketed as a companion pet, which is closer in style to our Bulldogs of today. Interestingly enough, breeder David Leavitt began in the 1970s to create a new breed, called the Leavitt Bulldog, that harkens back to the original, more athletic version of the Old English Bulldog. St. John's Water Dog This medium sized, stocky dog with white patches may remind you of our modern Retriever breeds, and that's no coincidence. The St. John's Water Dog, also known as a lesser Newfoundland, was used as a Retriever by fishermen until the 20th century, when the original breed disappeared after many of the dogs were exported to England and crossed with other breeds to create our modern Retrievers. The St. John's Water Dog pictured here was named Nell and was believed to have been 12 years old when the photograph was taken in 1867.

4 Dogs Meeting Programs The Education Committee offers a program at each member meeting. Generally, it is a short presentation about a topic in health, training, or a breed. Often a presenter is invited from dog related interests or businesses. The Club pays a small stipend for the courtesy. The Funny Corner July 26, 2016 Whelping Boxes vs. Dysplasia Educational Handout Goodies by : Nitsa Trayler August 23, 2016 New Genetic Findings Educational Handout Board Meeting 7pm Goodies by : Myron Robb September 27, 2016 TBD Goodies by: The Justs October 25, 2016 TBD Goodies by: The Odrons November 2016 No program Board and Member meetings held during clean up at our Annual Dog Show December Saturday 3, 2016 Holiday Party Buckaroo Place in Clements

5 The next general membership meeting July 26, 2016, 7:30pm at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds. Corner of Charter Way (formerly MLK Blvd) & Airport Way Stockton, CA