[Regia-NA] dogs Bayeux Tapestry

[John Lambert]

Another type of dog at would have been around and had a large neck ruff was 
the Great Pyrenees or Pyrenean Mountain Dog. You can see ours at
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/j_lambert/roland.htm (Roland 
recently died)  and read the breed history at 
htpp://www.akc.org/breeds/recbreeds/grpyr.cfm
In the States, they have now been bred to be almost pure white, but can have 
variety of various colored markings.

John

>From: "J Hill" <aelfgifu@citlink.net>
>
>I don't know what I can do with my dogs to convince them to be whippets,
>terriers, lurchers, gazehounds, et al.  I don't think Labrador Retrievers
>were en vogue, altho' there is evidence [skimpy & subject to 
>interpretation]
>of poodle type dogs way way back.  Both large & small.
>The dogs in the illustration remind me of some sort of "lion" dogs, i.e. w/
>neck ruff.
>Jennifer
>

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