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your Pooch might be an adorable pet
today but it's quite likely that she was
once much more than just a cuddly
companion many dogs were bred to perform
a specific task and their physical
characteristics were selected to make
them great at their jobs here are five
dogs with crazy
resumés St Bernards were once search and
rescue dogs in the Alps they were kept
by Monks at a hospice on a treacherous
path between Switzerland and Italy and
saved travelers from snowy deaths
originally St Bernards had relatively
short hair and a great sense of smell to
find victims but in the mid 1800s the
hospice workers mixed them with another
longer haired dog in the hopes of
improving the breed the result a larger
dog with longer hair that accumulated
snow the longer haired St Bernards made
poor rescue animals so they were given
away to villagers living nearby and
today there are still long and
short-haired varieties of the breed
poodles were bred to be hunting dogs
they have moisture resistant coats which
made them great at fetching prey out of
the water so what's with the fancy
haircut some people say that shaving the
dog may have made poodles more
hydrodynamic and the strangely placed
toughs of hair were left to protect
their joints from cold water other
people disagree and think the haircut
was first given to poodles who were
performing in the circus doxins were
originally bred to hunt Badgers their
long bodies and short legs make them
great at squeezing into badger dens and
maneuvering around they also have strong
lower Jaws to kill their prey on top of
that they have tails that are long
enough for hunters to grab onto to pull
the dogs back out of holes the kandor is
from Hungary where it was used to guard
flocks of sheep its mop of dreadlocked
white hair helped the breed blend in
with the livestock the corded coat is
also very thick and could protect the
animal if a wolf attacked Bulldogs got
their name because they were bred to be
bull bits in Europe the dog would grab a
bull by the nose and Pin It To The
Ground distracting it while the butcher
brought his cows in to be milked or
slaughtered bull baiting was later
turned into a sport but was outlawed in
England in the 1800s Bulldogs have
muscular shoulders large heads and
strong Jaws to withstand being shaken by
Bulls their noses are set back to ensure
that they could still breathe while
holding the bull down with their teeth
and the wrinkles around their faces Were
Meant to keep blood from running into
their eyes despite this fearsome
occupation Bulldogs are actually quite
gentle animals and are known for being
loyal and good with children dogs had
tons of other jobs too and many still
perform the jobs they were bred for but
others have found new roles some dogs
guide the Blind and some have become
therapy animals and some have found jobs
you might never have expected
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