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Dog Articles
Past and Present: Belgian Shepherd Dog
Many types
of Shepherd dogs have been developed in Europe, and doubtless a good
many have just grown like Topsy. But it is not likely that the
Belgian dog is of the latter class, for in common with several other
Belgian varieties he has arrived at a very concise standard, and has
proved in the present war one of the most dependable and valuable of
dogs for the purposes of finding and bringing aid to the wounded in
No Man's Land, as well as carrying messages where a man could not go
and live.
He is a
trifle smaller than the better known and more extensively advertised
German Shepherd, or ‘police’ dog, and is usually solid black in
color. He is also a bit stockier and less rangy in build and has a
little more width of brow. While not so strong as his big, light-colored
German congener, nor so formidable as an antagonist, he is equally
intelligent and capable, equally keen of scent and sight, and
probably less of a responsibility for his owner.
Source:
National Geographic 1919
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