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A working dog refers to a canine working animal, i.e. a dog that is not merely a pet but learns and performs tasks to assist and/or entertain its human companions, or a breed of such origin. read full article…

The Wiener Nationals are the United States national dachshund racing championships sponsored by Wienerschnitzel. Regional qualifiers are held in the Southwestern United States (California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada), with the final 8 Dachshunds racing for the national title every December in San Diego as part of the Holiday Bowl. read full article…

Weight pulling is a dog sport involving a dog pulling a cart or sled loaded with weight a short distance across grass, carpet, or snow. Many breeds participate in this sport, with dogs being separated into classes by weight. Sleddog and pit bull breeds excel within their respective weight classes, having been historically bred to pull sleds and plows, respectively. read full article…

A war dog is a dog trained for war. The dog has been used in wars since ancient times. Their jobs have varied over the years, from being trained to track with their acute sense of smell, to bringing down infantry or even horses by biting into the hamstrings of their targets. read full article…

Walthamstow Stadium is a dog track located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest in East London. Despite its name, the Stadium is actually located in Chingford (grid reference TQ375913) and not Walthamstow.

It is a greyhound racing stadium for the purposes of entertainment, usually including gambling on the outcome of a race. read full article…

Trophallaxis is the regurgitation of food by one animal for another. It is most highly developed in social insects such as the ants, in which individual colony members store food in their crops and regularly exchange it with other colony members and larvae to form a sort of “communal stomach” for the hive. It is also used by some vertebrates, such as birds feeding their young. read full article…

Treeing is a method of hunting where dogs are used to force animals that naturally climb up into trees, where they can be shot by hunters. Particularly used with coonhunting, treeing dogs are selected for the instinct to not cease barking at an animal after it has escaped into a tree. The linguistic idiom, “Barking up the wrong tree” comes from this practice. read full article…

A Tracking trial is an event to encourage dogs to make use of their strongest facility by emulating the finding of a lost person or article in a situation where the performance of the dog can be fairly assessed. Because of this, the tracks laid are not the wanderings which may characterize a lost person, nor do they include deliberate attempts by the tracklayer to deceive the following dog. read full article…

Tracking is a technique in which dogs are trained to locate certain objects, such as a downed bird. Many bird and rabbit hunters train their dogs in tracking. read full article…

Anthony Howard “Tony” Lockett (born in Ballarat on March 9, 1966) is a former Australian rules football player. Lockett is the highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games that commenced in 1983 with St Kilda Football Club. He joined the Sydney Swans in 1995 and retired in 1999, and again in 2002. Lockett is the only full-forward ever to win the coveted Brownlow Medal, in 1987, and won the VFL (later AFL) Players Association MVP award, now known as the Leigh Matthews Trophy, in the same season. He won the Coleman Medal (for the most goals kicked in a home and away season) on four occasions and kicked more than 100 goals in a season on six occasions. read full article…