. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. FOREIGN NON-SPORTING AND UTILITY BREEDS. 519 long descent and respectability. He is inter- esting mainly because of his resemblance and probable relationship to our familiar friend the Old English Bobtail. He is the largest of all the European shepherds' dogs,. BELGIAN ROUGH-HAIRED SHEEPDOG. standing very often as high as 31 inches, and strong in proportion, as he need be, for he must be capable of defending h
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. FOREIGN NON-SPORTING AND UTILITY BREEDS. 519 long descent and respectability. He is inter- esting mainly because of his resemblance and probable relationship to our familiar friend the Old English Bobtail. He is the largest of all the European shepherds' dogs,. BELGIAN ROUGH-HAIRED SHEEPDOG. standing very often as high as 31 inches, and strong in proportion, as he need be, for he must be capable of defending his flock against predatory wolves. His chief characteristic is his very dense long coat, resembling the fleece of a neglected High- land blackface, tangled and towsled and matted. But for his untidiness, his greater bulk and blockiness, and the fact that he is often to be seen with a tail of natural length, he might easily be mistaken for an Old English Sheepdog. He has the same massive head, but occasionally his ears are cropped, and, thus lightened, are carried semi-erect. Like the Bobtail, he is square ; that is to say, his length is equal to his height. His colour is usually slatey- grey and dirty white, or sometimes nearly black or rusty brown. These dogs used often to be brought to England in the Baltic trading ships, and were frequently called Russian Terriers, but there is nothing of the terrier about them. They are true sheep and cattle dogs, and as such are excellent workers. French, German, and Other Sheepdogs. —As in Great Britain, where we have our rough and smooth Collies, our Beardies and Bobtails, in most of the European countries there are more than one variety of sheep- dogs. In Belgium, where the sheep farms are admirably conducted, there are many kinds, most of them of ancient lineage, and all of them prick-eared, and bear- ing a suggestion of the wolf type in their general appearance. It is possible, indeed, that the wolf has at frequent intervals contrib
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