DOG BREEDS

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Across
  1. 1. This guard of livestock hails from the Carpathian mountain area
  2. 6. Dumb wiener dog
  3. 7. swift, prey-driven pack hound of medium size first bred in medieval England to chase hare
  4. 11. A very silly dog that has nothing to do with a falcon
  5. 14. Danish associates suggest this dog has a fondness for gin
  6. 16. Hungary's majestic guardian breed and hunting companion of kings
  7. 19. This dog has at least six fully developed toes on each foot
  8. 20. Whether rough or smooth, the world’s VERY BEST DOG OBVS
  9. 22. water dog of France
  10. 24. faithful hunting dog developed as a breed on an island off the coast of South Korea
  11. 26. the lion dog of africa
  12. 27. Greyfriars Bobby
  13. 28. Smiling sledge dogs who sings
  14. 29. A dog that sounds like something you’d do with whipped cream cartridges but really it’s better to just adopt five or twenty of them
  15. 33. Brave and brilliant dog who is always doing incredibly great things for people
  16. 34. He is just a poor boy though his story’s seldom told
  17. 36. Breed from Hungary with stellar emoji game
  18. 38. This dog sounds like it would put a shrimp on the barbie and cover it in seaweed
  19. 39. Royal dog of Madagascar
  20. 41. lithe and leggy visitor from the dawn of civilization, bred as a rabbit courser on the rocky shores of Spain’s Balearic Islands
  21. 42. Contrary to its name’s implications among crafty sorts, hound is not made of knit blankets
  22. 45. This dog yodels more so than barks
  23. 46. Also a salmon and helicopter
Down
  1. 2. This short dog probably wears a buttoned sweater and greets people, “Shwmae!”
  2. 3. One of the dogs you’d like several of
  3. 4. named for the English mining shire where they were first bred
  4. 5. Welsh legend says the fairies and elves used this breed to pull fairy coaches, work fairy cattle, and serve as the steed for fairy warriors
  5. 8. Not hard to mistake this big fella for a bear
  6. 9. An irresistible dog whose name I finally learned to spell
  7. 10. The Beatles said hey to this breed
  8. 12. Most ancient of French dog breeds
  9. 13. State dog of Maryland
  10. 15. I met a puppy of one of these in an airport!
  11. 17. all-purpose Hungarian farm dog
  12. 18. In Sequim, these dogs give great hugs
  13. 21. this might have been Dracula's dog
  14. 23. My friend Meg’s dog
  15. 25. This dog wants to eat twice
  16. 30. the Bosnian and Herzegovinian – Croatian Shepherd dog
  17. 31. A dog who surely enjoys a good Kouign Amann from time to time
  18. 32. highly valued by the Matagi (Japanese hunters) as a tracker of game, particularly wild boar
  19. 35. Not actually a cross between a happy clam-eating marine/aquatic/semi-aquatic creature and a dog, alas
  20. 37. this massive, heavy-boned dog of courage and prodigious strength is as ancient as civilization itself
  21. 40. A silly Mexican dog
  22. 42. The breed of a favorite neighbor dog
  23. 43. My neighborhood has a pair of very grand brindles of this sort
  24. 44. This dog sounds like a salad green you’d get in a Parisian bistro!