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Dogs' sense of smell is an ability that humans can never reach and need to use; this is especially true for hunting dogs with a sensitive sense of smell and suitable for domestication.
Dogs with the best sense of smell are crushing to humans, with a sensitivity that exceeds 1 million times. These smell-sensitive dogs, formerly used as hunting dogs for tracking, are now mainly used as sniffing, search and rescue dogs, and medical experiment dogs.
The Bloodhound is recognized as the best olfactory hound, or champion, but in 10,000 years I would like to talk about the three types of hounds between the smell runner-up Bajido Hound (also known as the Bassett Hound) and the third-place Dachshund. Because half a century ago, these hounds were still more common in the fields of Britain, the United States and other countries, and in today's booming and increasingly professional pet dog industry, they are becoming increasingly rare, even in the Country of origin.
It can be said that the rise and fall of these three kinds of hounds, like all dogs, cannot escape the influence of human social development; as organisms on the same earth, their fate can only be tied to humans.
They are three specially similar-looking dogs, the English Foxhound, the Harry, and the Beagle.
The English Foxhound, Harry, and Beagle look very similar, and if there is no reference to just look at the coat and face, it will be silly to distinguish. If you put three kinds of dogs side by side, it is exactly in the form of a ladder, just like the childhood, adolescence and youth of a dog.
The standard body types of these three types of dogs are -
English Foxhound: large dog, shoulder height 58-69 cm, weight 25-34 kg;
Harry: Medium-sized dog, 48-54 cm shoulder height, weight 22-27 kg;
Beagle: Small and medium-sized dogs, 33-41 cm shoulder height, weight 7-12 kg.
Of course, they are not a dog, not a dog's l/m/s number, and their body size is not the only difference between them, this is just their most distinctive feature. In fact, the birth of the three kinds of dogs is also related to the division of classes in England.
Both the Harry and the Beagle actually have a common name, called the Hound. In the past, they were used to track rabbits and other small prey. Because their sense of smell is sensitive enough, but they are not very fast and they are not enough to kill their prey, they are the favorite of poorer hunters, because these poor people are unable to keep horses, and Harry and Beagles can follow on foot.
In particular, the Harry, which is not large or small, looks like a foxhound, so it is jokingly called "the foxhound of the poor". (For more information on this, see the 10,000-year article "Misunderstanding!) Elvis used "Hound" to taunt scumbags, in fact, hounds are loyal in 3 categories"
The English Foxhound, on the other hand, was bred primarily to hunt foxes, which was the favorite prey of the British nobility. Foxes were not only cunning but also fast, and the nobles hunted on horseback.
The speed of horses and foxes is not a problem for foxhounds, and the number of foxhounds can reach hundreds at a time, and they can run non-stop for 2 hours until the fox is tired and paralyzed in the hole. Then he was thrown out and "left to be slaughtered.".
Entering modern society, hunting life seems to have been isolated from the civilized world, and even in Britain, fox hunting has been criticized and banned. In particular, with the introduction of the Animal Welfare Law, the rights and interests of foxes and other small animals have been protected in various ways, and hunting activities have gradually been lost to the memory of history.
As companions and "tools" for hunting, foxhounds and Harry dogs seem to be of little use, and they are large, require a lot of exercise, and are not suitable for feeding as pets, waiting for their fate, can only be "eliminated"! (The same is true of the fine dog, a famous breed of hounds in Chinese history.) ）
In 10,000 years, the British foxhound is currently mainly fed by some wealthy classes in the United Kingdom, and there are very few registered in the United States, even less than 50. Other countries and regions can be imagined.
Only beagles, small in size, the most outgoing and relatives in personality, have the courage to express their love for the world and their owners, so they are also left with a part of the "pampering". But God knows, beagles still have a stock because they have a good sense of smell!
Bigg is often used as a sniffing dog for customs, but is disliked because of its "love to bark"; Bigg is probably the most used dog breed in medical experiments, making sacrifices and contributions to human health, but "unknown". (For details, see the 10,000-year article "Can Dogs Really Predict Diseases, Women Rely on Dogs to Sniff Out Cancer Precursors to Save a Life")
The rise and fall of foxhounds, Harry dogs and beagles, to play a less accurate analogy, just like Han Xin and Xiao He, even if it is "human beings who become human beings and lose human beings", in other words, the "natural selection and survival of the fittest" of dogs actually has only one standard, that is, "people-oriented".
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