基本信息出版社：Workman Publishing Company
页码：50 页
出版日期：1998年01月
ISBN：0761107584
International Standard Book Number：0761107584
条形码：9780761107583
EAN：9780761107583
版本：Crds
装帧：日常用品
正文语种：英语
丛书名：Fandex Family Field Guides
外文书名：狗

内容简介 Bringing the world of dogs to the palm of your hand, FANDEX presents a field guide to 48 top breeds, from best family pets to noble hunting companions to classic dogs for show. Discover the exemplary character of the Airedale, the working-class background of the aristocratic York-shire Terrier, the spiritual aura surrounding the Lhasa Apso, and the Rottweiler's ancient origins in retreating legions of Roman soldiers. Includes a complete guide to each breed's appearance and temperament. 50 individually die-cut cards, full-color throughout.
作者简介 Steven Aronson is a former book editor and publisher. He has contributed to numerous national magazines including Vanity Fair, Esquire, and Vogue. He is also the co-author of SAVAGE GRACE which was made into a film starring Julianne Moore. He lives in New York City.

文摘 From SAINT BERNARD

Around 1660, a number of massive, sad-eyed farm dogs were drafted from the Swiss valleys to serve as watchdogs, pack dogs and companions for a community of monks isolated in the Alps. The dogs' destination was the centuries-old Hospice of St. Bernard, which would end by giving them their great and good-indeed their heroic-name. The hospice had been founded by archdeacon Bernard de Menthon as a haven for those crossing the passes that linked Switzerland with Italy, where wayfarers kept coming to grief in the endlessly drifting snow. At some point guides began to train the dogs to go out on missions-the breed seemed to have a positive instinct for rescuing, and in any case possessed a short coat that did not easily cake with snow, and a keen sense of smell that could lead them to the needy. The dogs customarily worked in teams of four-two would lie on either side of the victim to keep him warm, another would lick his face to resuscitate him, and another would hurry back to the hospice to guide rescuers to the scene. Thus many of these dogs became saints in their own lifetimes. (The erroneous notion that they carried small barrels of brandy to revive spent travelers can be laid to Landseer, who famously painted a Saint Bernard with a cask around his neck.)

The breed probably evolved from a mingling of native Alpine dogs with the fierce Mastiff-like Molossers used in the arenas of Rome and brought by Roman legions to Switzerland during the first two centuries A.D. By 1350 the likeness of the Saint Bernard was graven in place on Swiss coat-of-arms. The dogs eventually crossed into Germany and the rest of Europe, reaching England in the early 19th century. They were then still known only as Hospice Dogs, but the English began referring to them as Sacred Dogs. The name Saint Bernard did not appear until 1865, and did not take hold until 1880. The Saint Bernard Club of America was not established until 1
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