Country Life Dogs - August 2022

134 Pages·2022·32 MB·English

NEW Discover how man’s best friend has shaped rural living
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Welcome to
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spaniel rustling around in the undergrowth. A Gordon setter gliding over a
rain-soaked hilltop. An expectant labrador leaning against your leg awaiting
your next command. Whatever the breed, dogs have totally transformed the
way we live, and nowhere more so than in the countryside.
In COUNTRY LIFE: Dogs we pay homage to our loving, loyal and often mischievous
canine companions. Ranging from loping bloodhounds and doe-eyed bassets to
cuddly corgis and tenacious terriers, the conquerors of Britain, welcome to a world
of wellies, wet noses and a love that has bonded two species for millennia.
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Contents
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8 T he march of the 42 How the terrier took
tartan terriers over Britain

They might look different, but From the west coast of Ireland to
Scotland’s five terrier breeds all England’s east, the valleys of Wales
share the same familiar traits of and the Scottish Highlands, this
being loyal, tenacious and just a dynamic breed can make itself at
little bit mischievous home anywhere
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14 It ain’t nothing but 50 Fancy is as fancy does
a wolfhound
For sheer style, few hounds can

Discover the history and heritage of rival a standard poodle
these magnificent dogs
56 Britain’s naughtiest dogs
20 Cardigan Welsh corgis
Think your dog is a bit of a handful?

Meet the lesser-known but no They’re an angel in comparison to
less lovable cousin of the Queen’s this bunch of misbehaving hounds
favourite companions
62 The love of a tyke
24 Sweet like chocolate for his master
36

They may look too soft for the job, Fell terriers remain a rough and
but chocolate labs are proving ready breed – and that’s why we
themselves in the field love them
30 Hopelessly devoted to you 68 The great gundog debate

The science behind the bond that When it comes to choosing a furry
has united mankind and dogs for shooting companion, everyone has
thousands of years their favourite. So can this debate
ever be settled?
35 Paws for thought

Sniffing around for a canine-themed
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accessory? We’ve got you covered
36 Take me to Neverland

Meet the Peter Pans of gundogs 104
40 Buying a dog?

Here’s why you should go British if
you’re considering a new friend
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102 Clash of the titans
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We went straight to the source to
find out who comes out on top.
14 So will it be the loyal lab or the
excitable spaniel?
104 B rains, beauty and
bird sense

Handsome. Graceful. Elegant.
Unpopular. We ask why Gordon
setters have struggled to establish
themselves as a common pet
110 S mall legs, big personality

Bursting with personality and never
74 Slowly but surely
shy in expressing themselves,

Not every gundog owner feels the dachshunds continue to prove that
need for speed size really isn’t everything.
76 Border terriers 116 T each your old dog
new tricks
Learn why these northern beauties

have won over so many celebrities Forget the old adage; here’s how
you can help to stimulate your dog
82 Make mine a labradoodle
mentally and stave off boredom,

Uncover the origins of this anxiety and the desire to tear the
stunningly popular hybrid sofa cushions apart
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The march of the
tartan terriers
Scotland boasts five famously distinctive terrier
Kate Green
breeds, all loyal, intelligent and amusing.
celebrates their heritage and appealing characters
2020. Next month, Mr Landolt is helping
launch the Skye Terrier International
Asso-ciation to encourage discussion on
health issues and training between
countries that don’t have a breed club.
Scotties
The sturdy Scottish (or Aberdeen) terrier
is perhaps the most distinctive of the five
breeds, beloved of shortbread-tin and hand-
bag designers, American presidents (F. D.
Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and George
W. Bush), royalty (James Vl and Queen
Victoria), Hollywood royalty (Humphrey
Bogart, Bette Davis), writers (Rudyard
Kipling) and Monopoly players.
As are all terriers, they’re assertive—the
breed standard describes them as ‘dignified,
independent and reserved’, as well as loyal,
courageous and highly intelligent—and
were bred to hunt foxes, badgers and rats.
The American Kennel Club goes so far as to
describe the Scottie’s keen expression as
‘varminty’—a pack owned by the 1st Earl of
Preceding pages: Alice, Hugo and their daughter, Elsie, in the grounds of Whatley Manor. Dumbarton in the 17th century was known
Above: The well-travelled trio with their owner, event rider and hotelier Christian Landolt as The Diehards (the Earl later named his
regiment after them).
Skye terriers
a mountain home in Gstaad; they’re A parade of 41 Scotties made an
sophisticated flyers and they adore snow. enchanting sight at the 2014 Commonwealth
Christian Landolt, a Swiss event rider, Skyes are the oldest of the Scottish terriers Games in Glasgow, but numbers have
Olympic judge and hotelier, was after and have a romantic history, which suggests dropped dramatically. However, having
‘something hairy’ when he travelled to that their ancestors survived the shipwreck been put on the Kennel Club’s At Watch list
Crufts in 2007 to seek inspiration for a dog of a Spanish Armada man-of-war off the last year, the Scottie was the ‘top riser’ in
to com-plement a menagerie that already Scottish coast. Mary, Queen of Scots was the annual puppy-registration statistics this
included a Shetland pony, a lamb and a reputedly comforted by one at her execution spring, showing a 92% increase with 256
Leonberger (German mountain dog). The and everyone knows the mournful legend puppies, and is no longer at risk of dying out.
unmistakable silhouette of a Skye terrier of Greyfriars Bobby. In 2013, Alice was Til Tovey, chairman of the Scottish Terrier
already rang a bell; a telephone call to his immortalised, with her brother, Donald, in Club of England (www.stcengland.co.uk),
grandmother confirmed that his great- a sculpture at Armadale Castle on Skye, reports a glut of enquiries during lockdown
grandfather, the renowned animal sculptor where a Lady Macdonald from centuries ago and hopes that, now that breeders are able
Edouard Marcel Sandoz, had owned three. kept a kennel of these doorstopper-shaped to travel, there will be puppies available this
dogs with silky ears. autumn. She has two, Champion Trackside
Skyes are really
Confusingly, the Skye looks nothing like Flying Scotsman at Charmic (‘JJ’) and his
a terrier; it’s much bigger—a long, low-slung, daughter, Scotsman’s Girl (‘Girly’), and
quite trainable, but
basset-shaped dog more akin to the Swedish says that Scottie advantages include them
they have an opinion, Vallhund and corgi, with which they may be usually being welcome at hotels and being
connected; the fact that there’s even a Skye good guard dogs (‘they only bark when they
they chase things and obedience group called The Draught need to’). Caveats are that their coats need
Excluders says it all. However, they were
they’re very comical
bred to hunt vermin in the Western Isles and, Properly
points out Mr Landolt, they do show terrier tough: the
Mr Landolt immediately contacted the Skye characteristics: ‘They’re really quite train- loyal Scottie
Terrier Club (www.skyeterrierclub.org.uk), able, but they have an opinion, they chase
but it was a six-month wait for a puppy, Alice. things and they’re very comical.’
‘They’re very difficult to find—you have to be Perhaps it’s their size and hairiness that
patient,’ he advises. Alice’s husband, Hugo, goes against them, because these amusing
a dog with a rippling, smoky-silvery coat, dogs with their kindly, intelligent faces and
was found in Finland. With their daughter, cuddly, uplifting persona are mystifyingly
Elsie, they enjoy roaming the 12-acre gardens rare—the Skye is on the Kennel Club’s vul-
of Whatley Manor Hotel in the Cotswolds nerable list with only 59 puppy registrations
and the Swiss Alps, where Mr Landolt has in 2019 and a paltry 16 in the first half of
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