The Blue-blooded toy dog, Maltese

The Maltese breed is among the group of toy dogs today that enjoys a patrician reputation and takes pleasure in an actual lavish lifestyle. However, this extravagant life did not happen just lately because even then, at the time as early as 500 B.C., the Maltese breed enjoyed the favor of people of culture, class, and taste. This breed was so well-loved by patricians and high-ranking families in this era that there are lots of historical evidence to prove it.

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Dachshund: The superb German dog hunter, burrow creeper, and loving house pet

Dachshund is a German name that means "badger dog" and indeed, the Dachshund that we know of today is originally the chaser and capturer of the ferocious badgers. The Dachshund is irregularly long and narrow in body and oddly short in legs but these differences are what make it a superb under and above the ground hunter. In Germany where it began, this dog expertly and easily crawled in to the burrows of pesky badgers and other small animals; and the result, a good game of below the ground hunting.

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