Dog Types

The most natural arrangement of all the varieties of the dog is according to the development of the frontal sinus and the cerebral cavity, or, in other words, the power of scent, and the degree of intelligence. This classification originated with M.F. Cuvier, and has been adopted by most naturalists. He reckoned three divisions of the dog:

Those having the head more or less elongated, and the parietal bones of the skull widest at the base, and gradually approaching towards each other as they ascend, the condyls of the lower jaw being on the same line with the upper molar teeth.
1. Wild Dogs
2. The Hare Indian Dog
3. The Albanian Dog
4. The Great Danish Dog, called also the Dalmatian or Spotted Dog.
5. The French Matin
6. The Greyhound
The head moderately elongated, and the parietals diverging from each other for a certain space as they rise upon the side of the head, enlarging the cerebral cavity and the frontal sinus. To this class belong our most valuable dogs, — the Spaniel, Setter, Pointer, Hound, and the Sheep-dog.
1. The Spaniel
  - The Cocker
  - The King Charles's Spaniel
  - The Springer
  - The Water-Spaniel
2. The Poodle
3. The Barbet
4. The Maltese Dog
5. The Lion Dog
6. The Turkish Dog
7. The Alpine Spaniel, or Bernardine Dog
8. The Newfoundland Dog
9. The Esquimaux Dog
10. The Lapland Dog
11. The Sheep-dog
12. The Scotch Sheep-Dog
13. The Drover's Dog
14. The Italian or Pomeranian Wolf-dog
15. The Cur
16. The Lurcher
17. The Beagle
18. The Harrier
19. The Fox Hound
  - The Commencement of the Season
  - Hunting-Kennels
  - Kennel Lameness
  - Lord Fitzhardinge's Management
  - Management Of The Pack
  - Goodwood Kennels
20. The Stag-hound
21. Southern Hound
22. The Blood-Hound
  - Bassett Hound
23. The Setter
24. The Merits of the Setter Compared with Those of the Pointer
25. The Pointer
26. The Spanish Pointer
27. The Portugese Pointer
28. The French Pointer
29. The Russian Pointer
30. The Early Training of the Dog
31. The Otter Hound
32. The Turnspit
The muzzle more or less shortened, the frontal sinus enlarged, and the cranium elevated, and diminished in capacity. To this class belong some of the Terriers.
1. The Bull-dog
2. The Bull Terrier
3. The Mastiff
4. The Iceland Dog
5. The Terrier
6. The Scotch Terrier
7. The Shock-dog
8. The Artois Dog
9. The Andalusian, or Alicant Dog
10. The Egyptian and Barbary Dog

This division of the different species of the dog is adopted here as being the most simple, intelligible, and satisfactory.

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