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Luca said:
Since I love educating people about my special interests, particularly about specific dog breeds and why they are still important and necessary, here are my "rare breeds of the day!"

Clumber Spaniel

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Here is my description:

Clumber Spaniels are amusing but dignified, and are the largest and heaviest of the Spaniel types.
They are sweet, easygoing, affectionate, trainable, and have a sense of humor!
They were developed in Nottinghamshire, England, and have been a favorite of British noblemen as well as game bird hunters.
They were popular subjects for artwork in the 1800s, and were among the first breeds recognized by both the British Kennel Club and the American Kennel Club.
Often referred to as the "aristocrat of Spaniels."

Official breed standard from the American Kennel Club:

"The Clumber Spaniel is a gentle, loyal and affectionate dog. He possesses an intrinsic desire to please. An intelligent and independent thinker, he displays determination and a strong sense of purpose while at work. A dog of dignity, the Clumber Spaniel may sometimes seem aloof with people unknown to him, but in time he will display his playful and loving nature. The Clumber Spaniel should never be hostile or aggressive; neither is acceptable and should not be condoned."

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Swedish Vallhund

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The Swedish Vallhund is among my personal favorite breeds, since they were one of the first breeds I competed with as a professional handler!
Swedish Vallhunds have been depicted in Viking legends, and are an intelligent and active cattle herding breed. They are cheerful and love life!
They are a distant relative of the Welsh Corgi, and have a similar build, since they originated for the same purpose (droving cattle, and being long and low to the ground so they wouldn't get stepped on!)
The breed's exact history is unknown, but they are thought to be a cross between Viking dogs and Welsh Corgis (side note, Corgis are thought to be some of the most ancient dog breeds!)

Excerpt from the official AKC breed standard:
"The breed is watchful, energetic, fearless, alert, intelligent, friendly, eager to
please, active, and steady, making a good herding and companion dog. Sound temperament,
neither vicious or shy."
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The Vallhund is adorable, look at those stubby little legs. The word "hund" means dog, so they really should be called Vall dog in English. Have you seen the Lundehund? A hundred years ago they existed only in a small isolated village on an island here. Very rare dogs and they have extra toes! :D Just like polydactyl cats. They need the extra toes for climbing rocks and difficult terrain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Lundehund
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Forest Cat said:
The Vallhund is adorable, look at those stubby little legs. The word "hund" means dog, so they really should be called Vall dog in English. Have you seen the Lundehund? A hundred years ago they existed only in a small isolated village on an island here. Very rare dogs and they have extra toes! :D Just like polydactyl cats. They need the extra toes for climbing rocks and difficult terrain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Lundehund
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I love these guys!!! I actually wrote a research paper about Lundehund at one point.
They can also fold their ears and bend their front legs laterally.
 
Holy crap. Gravity stopped working and the wind pushed him up and he almost went past the entire landing area and just kept going,

 
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Amazing to watch, but sort of also reminded me of these:

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He was really doing all he could to land, you do not want to land on the flat part at the bottom, people break knees that way. In the slow motion vid you could see him think "oh no no no no!!!!" as the wind pushed him up.
 
The ball in a ballpoint pen is made of tungsten carbide, which is harder than most metals. So if you repeatedly draw a pattern with the pen even on steel, you can make an engraving.
 
This is a picture of a practice stand I have for lockpicking. It has interchangeable cylinders that progress in difficulty from only 1 pin in the lock to 5 but they are all pretty easy. I can re-pin the cylinders to make them as hard as I like and I planned to but never have. Maybe some day.

The last cylinder on the right is a real cylinder lock used in a door in England. It was shipped to me all the way from there when I won a small contest. It was my favorite because when I picked it I imagined the person needing help and I was getting them back inside.

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