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