Archive for September, 2007

Dogs in movement

Posted in Photography, The Dog Models Project with tags , , , , , on September 30, 2007 by mirkawolf

This picture is from my summer assignment, I took them for a friend. Both the border collie and the chinese crested dogs are big sportsmen ;) They get to do agility, flyball, dog-dancing and maybe even other sports, that I might have forgotten. On the picture they are chasing themselves after a toy :)

Czech Spotted Dog

Posted in Photography, The Dog Models Project with tags , , , , , on September 12, 2007 by mirkawolf

This breed is rare even in Czech Republic, there is indeed not many of these dogs. Their origin is not too cheerfull, they were created by F.Horak in the fifties of 20th century for laboratory use. As a breed it was officially registered in 1960 as HorakĀ“s Laboratory Dog. Luckily enough for the dogs, after 1980 there was no use for them in research anymore and they were given to the public breeding under new name “Czech Spotted Dog”.

Czech Spotted Dog
Czech Spotted Dog of today is middle-sized tricolored dog, with short or rarely long hair. The color combinations are either black-yellow-white or brown-yellow-white. The breed is not officially recognised by FCI. They are excellent family dogs, friendly to both people and animals. They can easily live in the appartement, as well as outside. Czech Spotted Dogs are smart, agile and fast learning dogs.

Note: The dog on the photo is already 12 years old!