OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG

breed of large, wiry working dog developed in England in the early 19th cent. It stands from 21 to 25 in. (53.3–63.5 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 55 to 65 lb (24.9–29.5 kg). Its double coat is composed of dense, water-resistant underhairs and a profuse, harsh, curl-free outercoat. It may be any shade of gray, grizzle, blue, or blue-merle, with or without white. The tail is bobbed to approximately 1 1 / 2 in. (3.8 cm). The old English sheepdog was originally raised in W England as a drover of sheep and cattle. Today it is popular as a farm dog and show dog and as a pet. See dog.

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books on: Old English Sheepdog  - 19 results

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The Grammar of Irish English: Language in Hibernian Style
Book by Markku Filppula; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: English Language--Dialects--Ireland, English Language--Foreign Elements--Irish, English Language--Ireland--Grammar, English Language--Ireland--Style, Irish Language--Influence On English, Languages In Contact--Ireland
...I dont say theyd take the old lambs. MF: Yeah. JF: One...or tomorrow, even = two days old or three. MF: Oh, I see...Oh God, when you go out, an old lamb wandering, she going wild...for a little pup. It was a sheepdog. Oh, he wouldnt take a terrier...
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W. Somerset Maugham's Introduction to Modern English and American Literature
Book by W. Somerset Maugham; New Home Library, 1943
Subjects: American Literature--20th Century, English Literature--20th Cent
...Harry out to the shepherds hut for the day and night. Happen old Michael will be back some time tomorrow, he said. You can...and brewed himself tea. He had Tassie, the gray and white sheepdog, for company. Time did not hang heavy. When evening came...
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1000 Years of Irish Prose
Book by Vivian Mercier, David H. Greene; Devin-Adair, 1952
Subjects: English Prose Literature--Irish Authors, Irish Prose Literature
...the dog over the fields, now thoroughly aroused, and crackling of the flames across the valley, and, within, the old sheepdog, who stirred and howled mournfully. The girl caught my arm in fear. Oh, its the dog crying before somebody dies...
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Animal Rights and Human Morality
Book by Bernard E. Rollin; Prometheus Books, 1992
Subjects: Animal Rights
...bull terrier with cropped ears; a cocker spaniel, old English sheepdog, poodle, with docked tails. In a related area...certain shaped face and eye in the collie and Shetland sheepdog has led to a disease called "collie eye" or "sheltie...
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Wedded to the Game: The Real Lives of NFL Women
Book by Shannon O'Toole; University of Nebraska Press, 2006
Subjects: Football Players' Spouses--United States--Interviews, Football Players--Family Relationships--United States, National Football League, Wives--Effect Of Husband's Employment On--United States
...the house, so Pat says, I keep busy with a variety ofthings -taking care of our two Old English sheepdogs and fostering an occasional Old English sheepdog. I also do volunteer work connected with alcohol and substance abuse. Gina and Joe Nedney...
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Old English Sheepdog Economists
Journal article by Earl A. Thompson; Harvard International Review, Vol. 25, 2003
Old English sheepdog economists...company of an alert old English sheepdog. Like so many...countries, he displayed a sheepdog-like blind-spot regarding...similarity between old English sheepdogs and economists. Again...
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Hardy Goes West: the Claim, the Western, and the Mayor of Casterbridge
Journal article by Gayla S. McGlamery; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 35, 2007
Subjects: Childrens novels, English literature, Friendship, Journalists, Motion pictures
...viewer as Farmer Oaks novice sheepdog harries his flock and "all...nothing. Henchard represents the old, Farfrae the new, and eventually...railroad is cursed by at least one old-timer while others view it...disruptive changes to the ways of old. In the face of change, Henchard...
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Dogs and People: The History and Psychology of a Relationship
Journal article; Journal of Business Administration and Policy Analysis, Vol. 24-26, 1996
Subjects: Authors--Addresses, essays, lectures, Coren, Stanley--Addresses, essays, lectures, Dog breeds--Social aspects, Dog owners--Psychology and mental health, Dogs--Social aspects, Psychologists--Addresses, essays, lectures
...little bit of Canadian content? Emily Carr? Old English Sheepdogs. She had an Old English Sheepdog breeding kennel in Victoria, and she used...Retriever Nova Scotia Duck Toller Old English Sheepdog Portuguese Water Dog Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier...
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The Seminoles, the "Bloodhound War," and Abolitionism, 1796-1865
Journal article by John Campbell; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 72, 2006
Subjects: Abolition of slavery--History, Slavery--Emancipation, Slavery--History, United States history--Analysis
...assault humans, be they Old World deer-stealers...Seminoles. (20) Like the English and French before them...said to be as big as an English sheepdog or St. Bernard, "equal...shocked the nerve of so many old ladies of both sexes out...
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Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms
Journal article by Sally Moomaw, Guy W. Jones; Childhood Education, Vol. 82, 2005
Subjects: Early childhood education--Curricula, Early childhood education--Management, Indigenous peoples--Study and teaching, Native Americans--Myths and legends, Native Americans--Study and teaching
...known book Annie and the Old One (Miles, 1971...or speaking in broken English, as in this example...along with their large English sheepdog, Andy, who soon becomes...combination of Irish, English, Mohawk, Apache, Hopi...
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magazine articles on: Old English Sheepdog  - 18 results

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Hidden Harmony of the Q'ero: High in the Peruvian Andes, This Isolated Indian Community Tenaciously Preserves Traditions That Reflect Its Spiritual Union with the Natural Surroundings
Magazine article by Victor Englebert; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 55, July 2003
Subjects: Peru--Religious aspects, Peru--Social aspects, South American native peoples--Personal narratives, South American native peoples--Religious aspects
...group, five men and a twelve-year-old boy, had been waiting for us with twelve horses and a black sheepdog. A Cuzco radio station had informed...on. Orelia, her eighteen-month old daughter, sat next to her. I followed...
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Going to the Dogs!
Magazine article by Dc Belanger; PSA Journal, Vol. 63, August 1997
Subjects: Dog shows--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Dogs--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Photography--Technique
...group are the Briard, Collie, German Shepherd, and Old English Sheepdog. The first-placed dogs in each group compete again...French for butterfly? Did you know the tail of an Old English Sheepdog was bobbed off by its owner to mark it as...
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Cops and Dogs
Magazine article by Alexander Cockburn; The Nation, Vol. 270, March 27, 2000
Subjects: Complaints (Civil procedure), Police misconduct--Cases, Police--Complaints against
...of Being, against Evil.) Atop Old Glory on Solos casket were a string...at home on March 2, 11-year-old Max Castro called the cops when he...came and encountered Sidney, an Old English sheepdog, and Nicco, an Akita-German shepherd...
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Should the Press Play Vice Cop? Peephole Journalism
Magazine article by Nicholas Von Hoffman; The Nation, Vol. 244, June 20, 1987
Subjects: Media sex--Political aspects, Politicians--Sexual behavior, Press and politics--Analysis, Privacy, Right of--Political aspects, Right of privacy--Political aspects, Sex in mass media--Political aspects
...record or official action. With the Hart stakeout, the old guidelines for journalisticbehavior vanished. After...with their wives, their kiddlipoos and the familys old English sheepdog. Bright of face, clear of eye, there wasnt an adulterer...
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Five by Four
Magazine article by Greg Cahill; Strings, Vol. 26, October 2011
Subjects: Musical recordings, Quartet San Francisco
...Friend of the Devil." These days, his 10-year-old quartet also features violinist Alisa Rose (from the...latter tune, written by McCartney as an ode to his old English sheepdog, Martha (with allusions to his then-fiancee Jane...
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newspaper articles on: Old English Sheepdog  - 174 results

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The Gold English Sheepdog
Newspaper article; The People (London, England), March 7, 1999
The Gold English Sheepdog. FRED the Old English Sheepdog is trying to round up a Lottery fortune for his master...them from 1 to 49 and opens the door. IN races Fred the Old English Sheepdog. BANG, bang, bang - the excited hound jumps on...
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North Dog Handlers Relish National Trial; THE Cream of Northumberland's Sheepdogs and Handlers Will Be Vying for Honours against Competitors from All over England When the Sport's National Trial Comes to Alnwick Later This Month. KAREN DENT Reports
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), August 7, 2010
...Northumberlands Sheepdogs and Handlers...skills with a sheepdog on home turf...Societys (ISDS) English National trial...forward to form the English team, which...as 24-year-old Emma Gray to...have been in the English team five times...Im now doing sheepdog displays at Whitehouse...trials. The sheepdogs have opened up...
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Sheepdog Plays Mum for Lamb; Alfie Has 'Adopted' Early Spring Arrival Tink
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), March 28, 2011
Sheepdog Plays Mum for Lamb...juicy lamb. But farm sheepdog Alfie showed nothing...The three-year-old red Welsh sheepdog...arrived into the world. English student Ffion Grace...friend. The 20-year-old said: "We were all...
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Old English Dulux Dog That's Really Scottish
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 12, 2011
Subjects: Advertising campaigns
Old English Dulux Dog Thats Really...suggests, it is as English as village greens...the latest Old English Sheepdog to star...ago an Old English Sheepdog was added to one...become one of four sheepdogs to appear in the...
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The New Wags; the English Have Always Loved Their Canine Companions, but Now Pooches Are Top-Table Dinner Guests, Given Front-Row Seats at Fashion Shows and Are Even Storming Parliament. Woof Woof! Say Hermione Eyre and Her Faithful Hound Deryk
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 15, 2011
Subjects: Dogs, Fashion shows
The New Wags; the English Have Always Loved Their...who, at 78, is the oldest milkman in London...beautifully presented Old English Sheepdog. The Dashing Dogs event...Deryk lost out to an English bull terrier called...
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encyclopedia articles on: Old English Sheepdog  - 3 results

 
 
1.
English Sheepdog
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ENGLISH SHEEPDOG see old English sheepdog . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Old English Sheepdog
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG breed of large, wiry working dog developed in England in the early...The tail is bobbed to approximately 1 1 / 2 in. (3.8 cm). The old English sheepdog was originally raised in W England as a drover of sheep and...
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Working Dog
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...malamute , Belgian Malinois , Belgian sheepdog , Belgian Tervuren , Bernese mountain...kuvasz , mastiff , Newfoundland , old English sheepdog , Pembroke Welsh corgi , puli...giant and standard), Shetland sheepdog , Siberian husky , and St. Bernard...


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