Every Dog Has Its Day-Some Have Better Than Others Quiz

Answer: Fox Terrier (smooth)

Ch. Warren Remedy won three shows from 1907 to 1910. Ch. Sabine Rarebit won 1910. Ch Warren Remedy was the first dog to win three Best in Show awards at Westminster!

The smooth fox terrier was the first breed in the terrier family to be recognized by the Kennel Club. Its historic profession was "fox bolting". It would run with the foxhounds and riders and "bolt" the fox out of its hiding place into the sight of the foxhounds and hunters. Their average life span is twelve to fifteen years, not long enough for the people who own and love them.

Snitter, the protagonist of the absolutely wonderful book "The Plague Dogs" by Richard Adams, was a smooth fox terrier. Nipper, the RCA mascot, although portrayed often as a smooth fox terrier was actual a mixed-breed dog.

Answer: Fox Terrier (wire)

Ch. Matford Vic won the 1915 and 1916 shows, whereas Ch. Conejo Wycollar Boy took the award for the 1917 show.

Although the wire fox terrier bears a resemblance they are now believed not to be related to the smooth tox Terrier, albeit for many, many years they have been interbred.

You should be rather active to own this breed because they like to be very active. They do not at all like to be bored and can and will show less than delightful behaviour if allowed to become bored. Remember, this is a breed that was raised to hunt not only foxes, but also badgers and boars so they are somewhat less fearful of anything than are other breeds. Their average life span is fifteen or more years, again not long enough for their owners.

Asta from the "Thin Man" films was a wire fox terrier (in the book he was a schnauzer). King Edward VII had Ceasar as his companion, and Charles Darwin had Polly, both being wire fox terriers.

Answer: Setter (English)

Daro of Maridor won in 1938, one of the youngest winners of the show. He was an orange belton, as was his dam and sire as well as his grandparents. He was only eleven months old. This was his first dog show, thus he had no "Ch." before his name until after the show. In 1992 the AKC changed the rules to require registrants have their championship garnered elsewhere.

The English setter, sometimes called a Llewellin although that is usually used for field trial dogs, rather than bench show animals, comes in varied speckled coats, known as "belton". There is the blue belton which is white flecked with black; the orange belton which is white flecked with orange; the lemon belton which orange with white flecks and a lighter nose; the liver belton with white with liver flecks and the tricolor which is a blue or liver belton with tan on the face, chest and legs. The lemon and liver belton or rather rare. They are handsome gentlemen and ladies. The life span of the English setter is usually ten to twelve years, but with good medical care it sometimes can be extended up to fifteen. That's what all the owners would, of course, like...and more.

The English setter was the first dog to be registered with the American Kennel Club. That record holder was named Adonis, and I imagine he fit his name well.

Answer: Bedlington Terrier

Ch. Rock Ridge Night Rocket, a blue Bedlington terrier owned by the William A. Rockefellers, won in 1948.

The Bedlington is named after a mining town in northeast England. It is supposedly descended from the dandie dinmont terrier and the otterhound, thus making it a virtually fearless, persevering, retriever of game in or out of water. It comes in blue, liver or sandy colors, with or without darker points. The blue is more of a silver at maturity, although at birth is black. They are high energy dogs and need exercise, work or play, and attention or their behaviour may suffer. Although, with that said, it is one of the, if not the, calmest of all the terrier breeds. The breed has a pear-shaped head with rather slanted eyes that reminds one of a sheep. The haircoat is curly and does not shed as much as other dogs because of the curls. The life span of the breed is between 13 and 14 years, surely not enough for their owners.

Answer: Doberman Pinscher

Ch. Rancho's Dobe Storm, call name Storm or Stormie, won in 1952 and again in 1953. Don't you know his owners and handler were proud. He was born in California in December of 1949 and was sold to his New York owner at the age of three months.

The Doberman pinscher was bred in Germany by a man with the surname Dobermann who was not only the tax collector but also the manager of the local dog pound. Thus, he had many different breeds to choose from as he attempted to create a breed that would protect him as he went about his tax collecting. Through selective breeding over the years, the breed has become far less protective because the disposition has been changed for the better. The Dobermans come in colorations of black, red, blue, fawn (Isabella) and white (albino), which is quite rare. The white is actually a cream with white markings and has only been bred since 1976 in tight inbreeding. Although one usually thinks of a Doberman with cropped ears and a docked tail, in some countries one or both practices have now been outlawed, so we will be seeing more with longer tails and floppy ears. In scientific studies, the breed has been proven to be one of the most trainable. The Dobie's life span is from ten to eleven years. Veterinary studies show that more than half the Doberman pinschers get dilated cardiomyopathy which is a major cause of death in the breed.

Storm became a popular sire, fathering 300 puppies. Royal Doulton released a figurine of him which the last I understood was selling for $165. Storm was inducted as one of the first three pure bred show dogs the Hall of Fame located in the Museum of the Dog, St Louis, Missouri.

Zeus and Apollo from TV's "Magnum P.I." were Doberman pinschers. Maximillian from Martin Scorsese's film "Hugo" was also a Doberman, as was Tiny from "The Bold and the Beautiful".

Answer: Spaniel (English Springer)

Ch. Wakefield's Black Knight, whose call name was Danny, was the Best in Show in 1963, the first time an English springer spaniel had won the title.

There are two types of English springer spaniel, the field dog and the bench dog and they are quite different in looks. Those bred for field work are leaner with shorter, coarser, coats that have more white, a longer tail, and less pendulous ears. The color combinations for both are black and white, liver and white or tri-color, with tan shown. This is a breed that is willing to learn, quick to obey, friendly and eager to please. It's a wonderful family dog as well as an ideal hunting dog. However, they are one of the breeds in which "rage syndrome" has been shown. It looks as if the syndrome is a form of epilepsy and what will treat one dog does not necessarily work on another. However it is rare and, in the field line does not seem to exist. It is far more common in the cocker spaniel. They are good sniffer dogs for drugs and explosives, as an example.

Former President George Bush and his wife, Barbara, had an English springer spaniel named Millie who wrote a book. One was also the featured in the movie "Miracle Dogs", starring Stacy Keach and Kate Jackson. And I had my beloved Habit, the most beautiful, well-behaved, absolutely best darn dog in the world.

Answer: Spaniel (Irish Water)

Ch. Oak Tree's Irishtocrat brought home the "acorns" in 1979 and has so far been the only Irish water spaniel to have won Best of Show. On the other hand, four Irish water spaniels were entered in the very first Westminster Kennel Club show.

Remains of dogs nearly identical to the water spaniel have been found in Ireland dating to the 7th and 8th century AD. It is suspected that the modern version of the breed has descended from a number of breeds, but some of them had to have a curly coat, such as a poodle, curly-coated retriever or even the Portuguese water dog to give the Irish water spaniel to have his dense curls. Its color is a liver-puce unlike the color of any other breed, with a definite purple hue. It has a "rat-tail" with only a few curls at the base of it. The Irish water spaniel is very intelligent, active, willing and is an easy dog to train because it so wants to please. As with most working dogs, he must be exercised to be happy. A happy dog will not be an ill-behaved, destructive, dog. The breed has a life expectancy of about 10-13 years, which has to be sad for the owners who care so much for them.

Answer: Afghan Hound

Ch. Kabiks the Challenger won Best in Breed in 1983, the second to win Best in Show at Westminster.

The western world discovered the Afghan hound in Afghanistan and surrounding areas in the 1800s. It is one of the oldest of the sighthound breeds. The breed almost disappeared during WWI in the western world and the dogs we have today hark back to 1920 when a few were brought to Scotland. They have also been called the Persian greyhound. Although in their original homes there were two different types of the dog, the difference was mainly in the hair coat, but in our modern breed the two types have been bred together so there is really no noticeable difference anymore. Parti-colored dogs are the only ones not accepted to be shown as that may show a mixed breeding. All other colors are acceptable. The dog is a elegant, gorgeous creature, but that smooth, fine, hair must be kept up and that is no easy task. The average life span of the Afghan is around twelve years.

In 2005 a Korean scientist claimed he'd cloned an Afghan hound, which was named Snuppy. Although the following year the scientist was dismissed from his position because of making up his data, Snuppy was a real clone and is the first dog to be cloned.

Ruby in Disney's "Lady and the Tramp II" was an Afghan hound and the breed has been in many other movies. Destiny in the BBC Three sitcom, "Mongrels", was also an Afghan.

Answer: Papillon

Ch. Loteki Supernatural Being, with the call name Kirby, was the name of the papillon, who won the show in 1999. The name is almost as long as the dog.
Kirby was the first dog to win both Best of Show at Westminster and The World Dog Show in Helsinki, Finland, as well as the Royal Invitational in Canada. The last two were in 1998, less than one year before the Westminster BIS. Further, until 2009 when a 10-year old Sussex spaniel won, he had been the oldest dog to win the BIS at Westminster.

The papillon has fun learning new tricks and is an intelligent, happy, adventurous dog. It can withstand heat, but because of the single coat, it cannot stand to be cold. Its color is white with patches and a mask of any other color. An all white dog or a dog with no white hair would be disqualified from the ring. The most common of the breed have the erect ears that give them the "butterfly" name, but there are those with dropped ears. They are called phalene and can occur in the same litter as pups with erect ears. The AKC considers both types as a papillon. The dogs need daily walks as they are highly energetic. As an example, the exercise needs of a bassett hound would not be enough for the papillon. The average life span is from twelve to fifteen years.

There is a tale that when Marie Antoinette walked to the guillotine she was clutching her small dog, described as a papillon, under her arm. It is no doubt just a story. Titian painted dogs that looked like the papillon, including "Venus of Urbino" in 1542. In a Largillierre portrait of the family of Louis XIV there is a papillon clearly shown.

Answer: Pug

Ch. Dhandys Favorite Woodchuck, commonly known as Chuckie, took the Cup at Westminster in 1981, the first and only time, so far, that a pug as bested all the other dogs.

The pug has been described as "multum in parvo", translated to "much in little", which is referring to the pug's personality in such a small, though chunky, body. They were known in ancient China as "lo-sze". Although they came from China, they were made popular in Europe by the House of Orange in the Netherlands, and the House of Stuart of Scotland, Ireland and England. They come in various colors, including grey. The black colored dogs have been in and out of fashion over the years. Queen Victoria had her black pug, as well as a white one, although she favored the apricot and fawns. Lady Brassey is the person said to have made the black dog popular, though. George, Duke of York, had white pugs, as did Queen Anne-Katherine of Denmark. Louis XV had a rare brindle pug painted in 1730 by Jean-Baptiste Ourdry. There are also silver and blue, as well as the more well known fawn and black. And at one time, thre were silvers and whites. They are strong-willed little things, but seem to want to go along with whatever mood the owner is in, whether playful or quiet. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor doted on their pugs. The life span of the breed is from twelve to fifteen years, surely not long enough.

Goya, of Spain, painted pugs, and in Italy they were used by the military as both tracking and guard dogs during the 16th and 17th centuries. Hogarth painted a number of pugs, and in 1745 painted a self-portrait with one of his pugs, Trump. The earlier European pugs seemed to be longer-legged with cropped ears. The modern pug that we know probably came about after 1860, when some were directly imported from China.

Pugs have been in a number of movies such as Frank the Pug from "Men in Black" and its sequels, "The Adventures of Milo and Otis", and Disney's "Pocahontas", among others. They've also been in many TV shows, such as the "The West Wing" and "EastEnders". A pug was in "Mansfield Park" as well as in the series "Molly Moon" as Petula. They are also featured in some video games. There was even, for a while beginning in the 1700s, an underground Masonic order known as "The Order of the Pugs".

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