Even if you don’t have a very extensive knowledge about dog breeds, you’ve probably heard of some, right? There we have the Cocker Spaniel, Beagle, Jack Russel, Lhasa Apso… But have you ever wondered about its origin?
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There are historical records and paintings – the oldest dating back to the 14th century – from various parts of Europe that portray these dogs. However, since Dalmatians have been used as sentinels in Dalmatia since at least the 18th century, the animals ended up being associated with the region and known by the name that made them so famous.
Originally the Lhasa Apso was bred to guard Tibetan palaces and monasteries, although it is not a large dog, it was quite “communicative” when it raised the alarm about the presence of intruders.
“Lhasa” took its name from the capital of Tibet, and “Apso” means “bearded”. So, literally, the name of the breed can be translated as the bearded man from Tibet – or something like that.
Do you think that the name of this breed closely resembles that of a person? Interestingly, someone named Jack Russell actually existed. He was an Englishman who was born at Dartmouth in the year 1795, and loved to go hunting. One day he came across a dog named Trump – who belonged to a milkman and seemed to be the perfect dog for fox hunting.
Although poodles have a strong stereotype as “lady dogs”, they were originally bred to be the companionship of Germanic hunters and jump into the water to look for killed animals. These dogs were known as pudelhund – or water dogs, where the word pudeln means to splash water in Low German. The word later evolved into poodle thanks to the English.
It is believed that the Weimaraner – those beautiful grey-coated dogs – probably emerged in Germany in the 19th century, after the Grand Duke of Weimar decided to cross some breeds of hunting dogs.
Weimar would have chosen brave, fast, smelly and intelligent animals – and the breed created by the Grand Duke later became popular among the men of the region, who used the dogs to hunt birds.
There are records that Spaniels have been with humans since the 14th century and they, like other races on this list, were also bred to be the companionship of hunters. Highly prized by the English, these dogs were especially talented when it came to finding “woodcocks” (Scolopax minor), and it was because of this ability that they began to be called “cockers”.
No one knows for sure the origin of the name “beagle”. However, those who know the breed well probably agree with one of the most popular theories that explains how the name came to be.
Apparently, the name of the breed has been around since the 16th century, when the French word becguele (used to designate noisy people) began to be used to describe dogs – due to the scandal they made with their howls during hunts. With information from Mental Floss
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