this is someone and their pug from 1745 - i think quite different from the pug of today!

http://www.tate.org.uk/collection/N/N00/N00112_8.jpg

The Border Collie



Queen victoria's Borders





Border collies in the Netherlands C .20th




This is Old Hemp born in 1893 and died 1901, fathered over 500 pups!

not too much thankfully


gent jim 1937 ?


bruno this year


although there are huge variations in the dogs you see but mostly I believe that to be down to bad and overbreeding.

Fab , keep em coming xxxxx

Hemp sired 500 + pups? Blimey, he got around!!

Yep and lots of the pups ended up in New Zealand

Elaine xx

Loona's pedigree can be traced back 12 generations on her father's side (Blackwaters Turnagain Mist at Ceannabeinne) to Kreevanka.

A very interesting thread.

One of the earliest photos of an Airedale



And my little girlie

This is so interesting!

Isn't it strange how some breeds have changed very little while others have become almost unrecognisable. And the ones that have changed look so much worst off physically.

the airedale doesnt look THAT different to me, just perhaps the hairstyle. both gorgeous and hardy looking, both appear to be able to do their job!

Love this thread.

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Don't mean to offend, but there's something about the build of that dog that reminds me of a hyena. I actually like hyena's, but not when I'm seeing it in a gsd.

Another recent pic, I think, still the difference in build between the first dog and the dogs in this pic is quite obvious to me.

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Lovely looking dog, shame about it's owner.
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