Auburn University in Auburn Alabama has a program called EcoDogs. EcoDogs is a project designed to train dogs to find plant and animal species or their signs to benefit ecological research, management or conservation. A few years ago the Army Corp of Engineers approached Auburn University to see if dogs could be trained to seek […]
Vital Statistics: Place of Origin: Germany Group: Sporting dog, Gun dog Height: males 23-25 in., females 21-23 in. Weight: males 55-70 lbs., females 45-60 lbs. Life span: 12-15 yrs. Trainability: moderate Good with children: yes Good with other pets: yes if raised with them The ancestry of the German Shorthaired Pointer is the Spanish Pointer. […]
In Scotland, it was once believed that being followed by a black dog was an omen of death. The Clydesdale Horse was named for Clydesdale, Scotland, now known as Lanarkshire. Legend has it that when Mary, Queen of Scots was executed in 1587, she walked to the scaffold with a tiny dog hidden in her […]
