Leonberger dog is a large mountain dog. Race name comes from the mountain town of Leonberg in southwest Germany. According to legend the early 1800s a certain Heinrich Essig has proposed to create a breed dog to resemble the town as imperial emblem depicting a lion. To do this he's paired Newfoundland, St.. Bernard's and Shepherd of the Pyrenean mountain dog, thus obtaining a (lion = Leo, berg = mountain) which has retained characteristics today.

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Irish wolf dog is an old breed and best known in Ireland Many stories indicate that this dog is in this part of Europe since 200 BC Used first for war, hunting and guard dog breed that has gradually become a specialist in the hunting of wolves. After the wolf population was removed from the British Isles, the number of these dogs decreased substantially.

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Bichon Bolognese name comes from the name of the city of Bologna in northern Italy, where the race began to be developed primarily. But other sources say it is equally possible that the Bolognese breed to have its origins in southern Italy, the Bichon Maltese breeds.

It became a popular pet and high parts of Europe such as Spain's royal court, when Cosimo the Elder, an influential political leader from Florence, during his visit in Spain ... read more

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Japanese history, both orally and in writing, describes as a dog Matagi of the oldest breeds of dogs, who are ancestors Akita Inu breed. Akita Inu today were developed primarily to these dogs in the northern region of Honshu island in the Akita region, thus the name of the breed. In the beginning they had several uses, first as the imperial guard dog, then that dog fighting as aid to hunting bear and deer, to skid and police and army.

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