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  • #1 Redbone Coonhound

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    The Redbones most people know are Ol' Dan and L'il Ann, from that old childhood favorite, Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls.

  • #2 Whippet

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    A favorite racing breed of England's working classes, Whippets earned the nickname "the poor man's racehorse".

  • #3 Labrador Retriever

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    Originally from Canada, they worked beside their larger cousins, the Newfoundlands, as working water retrievers for fisherman.

  • #4 Pug

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    Famous Hollywood Pugs include: Frank (Men in Black movies), Otis (The Adventures of Milo and Otis), and Bess (The West Wing).

  • #5 Border Terrier

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    One of Great Britain's original terriers, the Border Terrier descended from a variety of scruffy little fox-chasing dogs living along the border between Scotland and England.

  • #6 Flat-Coated Retriever

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    This breed was developed in the United Kingdom as the result of crossings from various retriever types, most notably the Newfoundland and the Labrador.

  • #7 Beagle

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    The modern-day Beagle originated in fourteenth-century England, but the breed didn't acquire its name until 1475, when a story, The Squire of Low Degree, referred to them as "begles".

  • #8 Golden Retriever

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    Famous Hollywood Goldens include: Air Bud, Comet on Full House, and of course Bush Beans favorite blabbermouth – Duke!

  • #9 American Foxhound

    Quick Fact:

    A favorite of George Washington, his home state, Virginia, claims the American Foxhound as its official state animal.

  • #10 Newfoundland

    Quick Fact:

    Newfies originated in Newfoundland around 1000 A.D. from indigenous dogs who may have been crossed with the big bear-hunting dogs that were brought to the area by Vikings.



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