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Dec 7, 2018 · Dogs are living with people for centuries.Sadly, some of them are already extinct. In this video i will show all extinct dog breeds.
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Feb 1, 2018 · 10 Extinct Dog Breeds. Listopedia. 204K subscribers. Subscribed. 58K. 3.6M views 5 years ago. Watch also: 5 Most Expensive Guard Dogs - • 5 Most Expensive Guard Dogs Here are the 10 weird...
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Apr 5, 2024 · The 30 Extinct Dog Breeds. 1. The Alpine Mastiff. Image Credit: 1815 Alpine Mastiff, Wikimedia, Public Domain. Although this breed is extinct, certain aspects of the Alpine Mastiff can be...
Apr 10, 2017 · The New Guinea highland wild dog was feared extinct in the wild after nearly half a century without a confirmed sighting. But after a pawprint and other possible signs in 2016, researchers set...
- Thylacine, The Australian Tiger Dog
- Hare Indian Dog
- Salish Woolly Dog
- Molossus
- Talbot Hound
- St. John’s Water Dog
- Cumberland Sheepdog
The Thylacine or Thylacinus cynocephalus (Greek for “dog-headed pouched one”) was technically not a canine but a marsupial. British settlers to Australia hunted the “Tasmanian tiger-wolf,” an apex predator, to extinction to protect their sheep herds. The last known specimens died in captivity, although the same folks who keep an eye out for the Loc...
The Hare dog was thought to be a domestic dog and coyote hybrid—a crossing known as a coydog. The Hare dog was kept by a number of Athabaskan tribes for sight hunting and trap-lining in the Great Bear Lake region of northern Canada. Over time, the Hare dog interbred with other dog breeds introduced by encroaching settlers and trappers.
Prized by Salish Coast Native American tribes for their fur, these little dogs were kept separate from other village dogs to preserve their white coat, and were sheared like sheep every spring. The fiber was spun for traditional blanket weaving. However, the availability of Hudson Bay trade blankets, inexpensive sheep wool, and the interbreeding of...
Grandfather of some of the biggest and most majestic breeds today such as the mastiff, St. Bernard, Bernese mountain dog, rottweiler, and Great Dane—to name a few—the molossus can be traced back to Greek antiquity. Molossian dogs have performed many jobs over the centuries, most particularly as guardians of people and livestock.
The Talbot hound was the pure white predecessor of the modern beagle and coonhound. The Talbot was a slow but thorough scent hound, closely related to the bloodhound, and thought to be absorbed into that breed over time.
Most of our modern water retrievers owe a debt to Newfoundland’s St. John’s dog, including the Newfoundland, golden retriever, and Labrador retriever. A naturally-occurring cross between the resident dogs of Newfoundland and water dogs brought over by Portuguese fishermen, St. John’s dogs caught the attention of British hunters, who imported the ho...
The predecessor to the modern border collie and Australian shepherd, the Cumberland sheepdog was once popular all over northern England. The breed is thought to have been absorbed into border collie stock over time. Intrigued? Find out about living super-rare dog breeds here. And for a deep dive on modern breeds and their origins, check out the bes...
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Mar 19, 2024 · It’s not just exotic animals that become endangered and disappear. These extinct dog breeds once roamed the Earth as man’s best friends.
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- English Water Spaniel. The English Water Spaniel breed is known for being able to dive like a duck in water. It was last seen in the later part of the 1930's.
- Cumberland Sheepdog. Related to the Australian Shepherd and the Border Collie, the now gone Cumberland Sheepdog breed’s origins are unknown. What we do know is that they died out in the early 20 century.
- Alpine Mastiff. An ancestor of the Saint Bernard and other mastiff breeds, the Alpine Mastiff is a Molosser breed. This is one of the first breeds to achieve a truly massive size.
- Alpine Spaniel. Like Saint Bernard’s, the Alpine Spaniel breed was used in the Alps to rescue wayward travelers in the Saint Bernard Pass. They even lived in the same monastery and are believed to be one of the forerunners of the Saint Bernard.
