Vital Statistics: Place of Origin: England Group: Sporting dog Height: males 23-25 in., females 22-23 in. Weight: males 60-79 lbs., females 55-71 lbs. Life span: 10 yrs. Trainability: moderate Good with children: yes Good with other pets: yes What is the origin of the Flat-coated Retriever? Fishermen in 19th century England wanted a certain type […]
The saying that you’re only as old as you feel can hold true for horses as well as humans. Opinions differ about what age a horse is considered a senior, with 20 years old being the average. But age doesn’t always determine how a horse functions. If your older horse has reached the point where […]
Ancestors of the camel are believed to have lived in North America more than 40 million years ago. At some point camels and llamas, who have the same ancestors, went their separate ways – camels to Asia over the land bridge that once existed and llamas to South America. Traders from Southern Arabia introduced camels […]
