Greyhounds are just the nicest!

I am just after getting a greyhound here in my house. She has never seen me before, and she calmy let me spray her down with flea spray, shove a worming tablet down her throat, scrub her with shampoo and conditioner, rinse her down and towel dry her, then blow dry her and brush her coat. I then flipped her over (like a cockroach) on my lap and carefully clipped her long toe nails, even accidentally knicking the quick. She laid there with her muzzle under my chin in peace and relished every kiss I gave her between the eyes.
How many creatures on this Earth are like this?
Such a gentle beast, and always forgiving.

What a babe! I wish I could keep her.

Outline of a Greyhound

The sketch at the head of this chapter represents the outline of a greyhound of well-balanced physique. The letters indicate the points familiar to all cynophilists, but useful as references when studying the description which ensues :
A A Head
A B Muzzle
A a Jaws
C Eye
D D D D } Neck
d Ear
E E Shoulder
E E e e K K Chest
F Elbow
F F Forearm
F G Pastern
H Pastern-joint
I Foot
J Brisket
D N N Back
L L Ribs
LM Couplings
N o Stifle
p Thighs
Q Q Whip or tail
R Hock
S Second thighs

The vertical line cutting the diagram divides the dog into :
X Fore quarters z Hind quarters.
The termforehand is generally taken to include chest, shoulders, brisket, and forearm ; whilst quarters signifies back, couplings, stifle, thighs, second thighs, and gaskins ; but each term is elastic, and is often applied to the whole of the fore and hind quarters respectively.

Historical Dog Films - British Pathé

British Pathé has made their vast film archive available online, including many segments of vintage dog footage.

Do a search for dogs and hunting etc. Very interesting.

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Dog Breed Historical Pictures

This is the finest collection of old dog breed photos that I have ever seen. A really excellent resource! Thanks to Pietoro for making this public on his photobucket account.

Album

Some breeds really stand out as looking spectacular and useful in their original form, for example;

The Hinks Bull and Terrier

The Boxer

Dobermann's Pinscher

The Russian Greyhound "Borzoi"

Isn't it amazing how much these fine canine breeds have changed as a result of selective breeding for aesthetics?

Remember also that some of the examples in this photo album are already in an early state of "show bred" mutation. The British Bulldog for example is seen in it's frog like form, as compared to the early bull baiting athletic form.