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[edit]- Cambridge University Press (2020). "dog". Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- John Murray Learning (2020). "dog". Chambers Dictionary. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- HarperCollins (2020). "dog". Collins Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- Oxford University Press (2019). "dog". Oxford Dictionary. Lexico.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- Merriam-Webster (2020). "dog". Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, Inc. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
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Dogs
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[edit]- Dogs sandbox
- User:Cavalryman/List of Spanish dog breeds
- User:Cavalryman/List of dog breeds from the British Isles
Open tasks
[edit]Here are some tasks you can do to help with WikiProject Dogs:
- Recent changes patrol: members can review the recent changes list to be aware of improvements or vandalism.
- Expand and improve citations: Akita (dog), American Bully, Artois Hound, Azawakh, Barbet (dog), Basset Fauve de Bretagne, Bavarian Mountain Hound, Bearded Collie, Beauceron, Berger Picard, Black and Tan Terrier, Black Norwegian Elkhound, Border Collie, Border Terrier, Bouvier des Ardennes, Bouvier des Flandres, Braque du Bourbonnais, Brazilian Terrier, Briquet Griffon Vendéen, Brittany (dog), Bullenbeisser, Bull Terrier, Ca de Bou, Cairn Terrier, Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Campeiro Bulldog, Central Asian Shepherd Dog, Chilean Terrier, Chow Chow, Colombian Fino Hound, Corsican Dog, Cretan Hound, Croatian Sheepdog, Czechoslovakian Wolfdog, Danish Spitz, Dingo, Dobermann, Dogue Brasileiro, Dunker, East Siberian Laika, English Cocker Spaniel, English Foxhound, English Toy Terrier (Black & Tan), Erbi Txakur, Estonian Hound, Estrela Mountain Dog, Finnish Lapphund, Flat-coated Retriever, French Bulldog, Galgo Español, Gaucho sheepdog, German Hound, German Shepherd, German Wirehaired Pointer, Glen of Imaal Terrier, Gordon Setter, Great Dane, Greek Harehound, Griffon Bruxellois, Guatemalan Dogo, Gull Dong, Halden Hound, Hamiltonstövare, Hanover Hound, Havanese dog, Hokkaido (dog), Hovawart, Ibizan Hound, Icelandic Sheepdog, Indian Spitz, Irish Setter, Irish Terrier, Irish Water Spaniel, Istrian Coarse-haired Hound, Jagdterrier, Jämthund, Kai Ken, Karakachan dog, Karelian Bear Dog, Karst Shepherd, Keeshond, Kokoni, Kooikerhondje, Koolie, Kuchi dog, Kuvasz, Labrador Retriever, Large Münsterländer, Lucas Terrier, Magyar Agár, Miniature Bull Terrier, Miniature Fox Terrier, Mongrel, Mountain Cur, Northern Inuit Dog, Norwegian Elkhound, Norwich Terrier, Old Danish Pointer, Old English Bulldog, Old English Sheepdog, Pastor Garafiano, Pastore della Lessinia e del Lagorai, Patterdale Terrier, Pekingese, Perro Majorero, Peruvian Hairless Dog, Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen, Pharaoh Hound, Plummer Terrier, Plott Hound, Polish Greyhound, Porcelaine, Portuguese Water Dog, Pudelpointer, Rajapalayam dog, Rat Terrier, Saarloos wolfdog, Sabueso Español, Saint Miguel Cattle Dog, Šarplaninac, Schipperke, Serrano Bulldog, Shikoku dog, Skye Terrier, Sloughi, Slovak Cuvac, Small Münsterländer, Smithfield (dog), Smooth Collie, South Russian Ovcharka, Spanish Water Dog, Standard Schnauzer, Swedish Vallhund, Tatra Shepherd Dog, Terceira Mastiff, Thai Bangkaew Dog, Tibetan Mastiff, Tibetan spaniel, Tornjak, Weimaraner, Welsh Hound, Welsh Terrier, West Siberian Laika, Westphalian Dachsbracke, Xoloitzcuintle, Xigou
- Stub class articles in need of development: Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog, Argentine pila dog, Armant (dog), Assyrian Mastiff, Banjara Hound, Billy (dog), Braque Dupuy, Bruno Jura Hound, Bulgarian Scenthound, Ca Rater Mallorquí, Calupoh, Campeiro Bulldog, Can de Chira, Cane Paratore, Cantabrian Water Dog, Chortai, Córdoba fighting dog, Denmark Feist, East European Shepherd, English Shepherd, Faroese Sheepdog, Gończy Polski, Grand Griffon Vendéen, Gull Dong, Hanover Hound, Hygen Hound, Japanese Terrier, Kaikadi (dog), Kars dog, Koyun dog, Kunming dog, Kurdish Mastiff, Levriero Sardo, Mahratta Hound, Majorca Ratter, Maneto, Markiesje, Molossus (dog), Montenegrin Mountain Hound, Rampur Greyhound, Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog, Sapsali, Sarabi dog, Schweizer Laufhund, Segugio Maremmano, Segugio dell'Appennino, Sinhala Hound, St. Hubert Jura Hound, Taigan, Tatra Shepherd Dog, Tazy, Toy Bulldog, Treeing Cur, Vikhan Sheepdog, Westphalian Dachsbracke, White Shepherd
- Suggested Featured Articles due for re-assessment: Beagle (2007)
- Suggested Good Articles due for re-assessment: Swift fox (2008); Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (2009); Clumber Spaniel (2009); Russian Spaniel (2009); Sussex Spaniel (2009)
- Requested images: Briquet de Provence, Denmark Feist, Erbi Txakur, Jeju dog, Kaikadi (dog), Kars dog, Koyun dog, Levriero Sardo, Liangshan Dog, Perdigueiro Galego, Segugio dell'Appennino, St. Hubert Jura Hound, Tarsus çatalburun, Tibetan Kyi Apso, Vikhan Sheepdog, Villanuco de Las Encartaciones
Infobox dog breed
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Dog (domestic dog) |
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For attention
[edit]- Posavac Hound
- Alpine Dachsbracke
- Styrian Coarse-haired Hound
- Barak hound
- Spanish dogo
- Hierran Wolfdog
- Faroese Sheepdog
- Levriero Italiano
- Levriero Sardo
- Cane di Oropa
- Cane Lupino del Gigante
- Pastore della Lessinia e del Lagorai
- Warren hound
- Category:Dog organizations
- BowLingual
- Miniature Fox Terrier
- Kai Ken
- Thai Bangkaew Dog
- American Dog Breeders Association
- National Greyhound Association
- Cretan Hound
- Ryukyu Inu
- Griffon (dog type)
- Jämthund
- Markiesje
- Smithfield (dog)
Frequently used sources
[edit]* {{cite book |last=Alderton |first=David |author-link=David Alderton |date=1987 |title=The dog: the most complete, illustrated, practical guide to dogs and their world |url= |location=London |publisher=New Burlington Books |page=|isbn=0-948872-13-6}} * {{cite book |last=Alderton |first=David |author-link=David Alderton |date=2000 |title=Hounds of the world |url= |location=Shrewsbury |publisher=Swan Hill Press |isbn=1-85310-912-6}} * {{cite book |last=Alderton |first=David |author-link=David Alderton |date=2008 |title=The encyclopedia of dogs |url= |location=Bath |publisher=Parragon Books Ltd |page=|isbn=978-1-4454-0853-8}} * {{cite book |last1=Coppinger |first1=Raymond |author-link1=Raymond Coppinger |last2=Coppinger |first2=Lorna |date=2001 |title=Dogs: a startling new understanding of canine origin, behavior & evolution |location=New York |publisher=Scribner |page= |isbn=0-684-85530-5 }} * {{cite book |last=Fogle |first=Bruce |author-link=Bruce Fogle|date=2009 |title=The encyclopedia of the dog |url= |location=New York |publisher=DK Publishing |page= |isbn=978-0-7566-6004-8 }} * {{cite book |last=Hancock|first=David |date=2014 |title=Dogs of the shepherds: a review of the pastoral breeds |location=Ramsbury, Wiltshire |publisher=The Crowood Press Ltd |isbn=978-1-84797-808-0 }} * {{cite book |last=Hancock |first=David |date=2013 |title=Gundogs: their past, their performance and their prospects |location=Ramsbury, Marlborough |publisher=The Crowood Press Ltd |isbn=978-1-84797-492-1 }} * {{cite book |last=Hancock |first=David |date=2014 |title=Hounds: hunting by scent |location=Ramsbury, Marlborough |publisher=The Crowood Press Ltd |isbn=978-1-84797-601-7 }} * {{cite book |last=Hancock |first=David |date=1984 |title=Old working dogs |url= |location=Botley, Oxfordshire |publisher=Shire Publications Ltd |isbn=0852636784 }} * {{cite book |last=Hancock |first=David |date=2012 |title=Sighthounds: their form, their function and their future |location=Ramsbury, Marlborough |publisher=The Crowood Press Ltd |isbn=978-1-84797-392-4 }} * {{cite book |last=Hancock |first=David |date=2011 |title=Sporting terriers: their form, their function and their future |location=Ramsbury, Marlborough |publisher=The Crowood Press Ltd |isbn=978-1-84797-303-0 }} * {{cite book |last=Hancock |first=David |author-link=|date=2001 |title=The mastiffs: the big game hunters, their history, development & future |url= |location=Ducklington, Oxon |publisher=Charwynne Dog Features |page= |isbn=9780951780114 }} * {{cite book |last1=Jones|first1=Arthur F. |last2=Hamilton |first2=Ferelith |date=1971 |title=The world encyclopedia of dogs |location=New York |publisher=Galahad Books |page= |isbn=0-88365-302-8 }} * {{cite book |last=Morris |first=Desmond |author-link=Desmond Morris |date=2001 |title=Dogs: the ultimate dictionary of over 1,000 dog breeds |url= |location=North Pomfret, VT|publisher=Trafalgar Square Publishing |page= |isbn=1-57076-219-8}} * {{cite book |last=Soman |first= W.V. |date=1962 |title= The Indian Dog |url=http://indog.co.in/the-indian-dog-by-w-v-soman/ |location= Mumbai |publisher= Popular Prakashan }} * {{cite book |last1=Wilcox |first1=Bonnie |last2=Walkowicz |first2=Chris |date=1995 |title=Atlas of dog breeds of the world |location=Neptune City, N.J. |publisher=TFH Publications |page= |isbn=}}
Dog infobox picture
[edit]AFVs
[edit]Frequently used sources
[edit]* {{cite book |last=Bartholomew |first=E. |year=1988 |title=Early armoured cars |location=Aylesbury |publisher=Shire Publications Ltd |pages= |isbn=0-85263-908-2}} * {{cite book |last=Bishop |first=Chris |title=The illustrated encyclopedia of weapons of World War I |location=London |publisher=Amber Books |year=2014 |page= |isbn=978-1-78274-141-1}} * {{cite book |last=Fletcher |first=David |author-link=David Fletcher (military historian) | year=1987 |title=War cars: British armoured cars in the First World War |location=London |publisher=Her Majesty’s Stationary Office |pages= |isbn=0-85263-908-2}} * {{cite book |last1=Forty |first1=George |last2=Livesey |first2=Jack |title=The World Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles|location=London |publisher=Anness Publishing Ltd |year=2006 |page= |isbn=978-0754833512}} * {{cite book |last=Foss |first=Christopher F. |year=2002 |title=The encyclopedia of tanks & armoured fighting vehicles |location=London |publisher=Amber Books |page= |isbn=978-1905704-44-6 }} * {{cite book |last=White |first=Brian Terrance |title=British tanks and fighting vehicles 1914–1945 |publisher=Ian Allen Ltd |year=1970 |location=Shepperton, Surry |page= |isbn=}} * {{cite book |last=White |first=Brian Terance |date=1970 |title=Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles: 1900-1918 |location=London |publisher=Blandford Press Ltd |pages= |isbn=0713707003 }}
To do
[edit]Templates
[edit]- Template:Personal defense weapons (17 Jul 18) - remove pistols and some cartridges
Article space
[edit]- Ref - Chris Bishop (Ed), The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II, Metrobooks, New York, 1998, ISBN 1-58663-762-2.
- Imperial War Museums, "AEC Matador Gun Tractor 4x4", www.iwm.org.uk, retrieved 5 September 2017.
- Imperial War Museums, "AEC 0854 Matador Fuel Bowser 6x6", www.iwm.org.uk, retrieved 5 September 2017.
- Military Factory, "AEC Matador Multi-Role Military Truck / Gun Tractor", www.militaryfactory.com, retrieved 5 September 2017.
- Milweb, "The AEC Matador Gun Tractor", www.milweb.net, retrieved 5 September 2017.
- Pat Ware, The Complete Dictionary of Military Vehicles, Anness Publishing Ltd, Wigston, 2012, ISBN
Beagling#Hunting with Harriers - create separate page
- H.A. Bryden, Hare-hunting and harriers: With notices of beagles and basset hounds, Grant Richards, London, 1903.
- Will Cursham, "Hunting in Ireland: touring three Irish packs", thefield.co.uk, retrieved 18 August 2017.
- Nicholas Goddard and John Martin, "Hare hunting", Encyclopedia of traditional British rural sports, Tony Collins, John Martin and Wray Vamplew (eds), Routledge, Abingdon, 2005, ISBN 0-415-35224-X.
- Lucy Higginson, "Beagles about", The Telegraph, 11 November 2000.
- Shooting Times, "Hunting the hare in France", shootinguk.co.uk retrieved 18 August 2017.
- Carl Smith, Basset hounds and beagles: With descriptive and historical sketches on each breed, their breeding, and use as a sporting dog, Read Books, Alcester, 2006, ISBN 978-1-84664-060-5.
- The New Zealand Hunts' Association Inc., "The history of hunting in New Zealand", huntingwithhounds.co.nz, retrieved 18 August 2017.
- Ref - Howard L. Blackmore, Hunting weapons from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, Dover Publications, New York, 1971.
- Larry Blunk, "The Howdah Pistol – Built for the Final Charge", theexplora.com, retrieved 3 March 2017.
- Ref - Stephan Bull, Encyclopaedia of military technology and innovation, Greenwood Press, Westport, 2004, ISBN 1-57356-577-1 Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: checksum.
- Ref - Syed Ramsey, Tools of War: History of weapons in early modern times, VIJ Books, 2016, ISBN 9789386019820.
- Ref - Stan Skinner, Shooter's Bible guide to extreme iron, Skyhorse Publishing, New York, 2014, ISBN 979-1-62636-014-3 Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: checksum.
Ordnance ML 4.2 inch Mortar - clean up
Pointing breed - better clarification of HPRs
Joseph Lang - ref, Aitkin Grant & Lang, History, bestguns.eu, History English shotguns, ref, thefield.co.uk British gunmakers, Wieland, Walter, John, A concise history of guns and gunmakers: inventors, patentees, brand names and trademarks
Big game hunters
[edit]Write or expand pages:
[edit]- Major G.H. Anderson
- John Faunthorpe
- William Finaughty
- Henry Hartley
- Henry Astbury Leveson
- William Cotton Oswell
- Pete Pearson
Add to list:
[edit]Africa:
- John Boyes (1873–1951) was born in Yorkshire and he died in Nairobi after a lifetime of trading schemes and adventure which included ivory hunting in the Lado Enclave. John Boyes also led a big game hunt for William Northrup McMillan while he and his family were exploring the Blue Nile with B H Jessen.
- John Francois Burger (1882–1984) was born in South Africa, moved to Rhodesia where he hunted with notable hunters like Selous and Westhuizen. During WWI he joined the military and was assigned to supply meat for the troops - the 'Burger buffalo campaign'. He then spent 15 years in the Congo and a further 15 years in Tanganyika in the mining business but always still hunting. He was a 'professional' hunter in that he was employed by various companies to supply meat for the workers of the railroads before WW II and has had probably more experience shooting African buffalo than any other person.
- William Sydney Chadwick (b.1882) was born in England and emigrated to South Africa in the 1920s. He was a transport rider in Rhodesia, one time member of the Bechuanaland Protectorate Police and professional hunter in that he earned a living selling the ivory and lions skins from his trophies.
- Roger James Allen Courtney MC (1902–1949) was a bank clerk in Leeds, England before he became a professional white hunter and gold prospector in East Africa. He was also a sergeant in the Palestinian Police Force and was influential in the establishment of the Special Boat Service which saw action in World War II.
- Richard John "RJ" Cuninghame (1871–1925) was a Scottish born
- Stephanie Clark, "The great game hunter who saved Roosevelt’s life", The Daily Telegraph, 21 October 2012, retrieved from telegraph.co.uk 15 October 2017.
- Captain Francis Arthur Dickinson (1874–1915) was a Brish army officer who died in World War I. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a first class big game hunter. After the Boer War, he was selected as Winston Churchill's escort when he went to British East Africa as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies.
- Sydney Downey
- Major William Robert Foran (1881–1968) was one of the 6 original European officers of the British East Africa Police. His passion was big game hunting and he was one of the foremost ivory hunters in East Africa at the time.
- Father and son Dimitrie (1839–1923) and Nicolae Ghica (1875–1921) were Romanian noblemen, explorers, adventurers and sportsmen.
- Parker Gillmore was a Scottish world traveller, big game hunter and later a soldier, who arrived in South Africa in 1875. He served as a captain in the British Army during the Crimean War and had wide shooting experience in North America, India, China and Africa. He was also prolific author, writing about his journeys that had taken him to dangerous parts of North America and Africa. On occasion, Parker Gillmore used the pen-name 'Ubique'.
- Donald Ker was a
- Alexander Lake (1893–1961) was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to South Africa with his family in 1908. Due to his great marksmanship skills developed at school in a shooting team, he was hired as a meat hunter by the trader Nicobar Jones. This job took him to Portugese East Africa, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Northern Rhodesia and German Southwest Africa. Within a couple of years he was a fully-fledged and licensed white hunter.
- Denis David Lyell (1871–1946) was born in Calcutta into a Scottish family from Dundee. In 1893, Lyell went to Ceylon and then India as a tea planter. By 1899, aged 28, he went to South Africa and by 1913, he settled in Nyasaland. After World war I, he came back to Scotland and married Marion Brown. He was among the last big game hunters who hunted elephants for profit. From 1900 he was immersed in the hunting world and became a renowned author.
- Sir Clive Phillipps-Wolley (1853–1918) was born Edward Clive Oldnall Long Phillips in England. He was a writer, big game hunter and non-practising lawyer who settled in British Columbia in 1884. Phillipps-Wolley's reputation as a big game hunter earned him the editorship of the 1894 Badminton Library volumes, 'Big Game Shooting', for which he was credited as author and for which he earned praise from American president Theodore Roosevelt. The first volume concerns hunting in South Africa; the second volume concerns hunting in the Caucasus, Scandinavia, India and North America.
- Harry Selby
- Colonel James Stevenson-Hamilton (1867–1957) was a Scottish soldier, explorer and South African game warden.
- Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Patterson (1867–1947), killed the Tsavo Man-Eaters
- Count Sámuel Teleki de Szék (1845–1916) the Hungarian explorer, shot 79 buffaloes between April 1887 and May 1888 during his expedition to the north of Kenya that led to the discovery of Lake Turkana.
Asia:
- The Honorable James William Best (1882–1960) was a British forestry officer in central India.
- Captain John Henry Brandt (1927–2013) was a prolific big game hunter and author. Born in Europe and educated in the US, he spent 11 years living in Malaysia, lived with pygmies in Africa and has hunted on every continent. John Brandt has taken 5 tigers, along with lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos and pretty much every African and Asian game animal.
- General Douglas Hamilton (1818–1892)
- Sir Henry Ramsay (1816–1893) British India soldier-administrator and sportsman. Ramsay was said to shot several hundred tigers, predominantly mounted in a howdah.
- Captain Layard said to have killed over 1,000 elephants in Ceylon in the 1840s in elephant control efforts.
- Lieutenant Colonel Charles Hugh Stockley (1882–1955) was a British army officer and expert big game hunter and photographer.
Europe:
- John George of Brandenburg (1525–1598) was the Margrave of Brandenburg from 1571 to 1598.
- Henry Rudi (1889–1970) was a Norwegian Arctic hunter.
- August von Spiess (1864–1953)
North America:
- John Capen "Grizzly" Adams (1812–1860)
- Robert Eager Bobo (c.1847–1902)
- Craig Boddington (b.1953)
- David "Davy" Crockett (1786–1836)
- Daniel Boone (1734–1820)
- Seth Kinman (1815–1888)
- Benjamin Vernon "Ol' Lilly" Lilly (1856–1936) was a big game hunter, houndsman and mountain man of the late American Old West.
- Colonel William D. Pickett (1827–1917)
- Wilburn Waters (1812–1879)
- William Henry Wright (1856–1934)
Interesting references:
[edit]- Walter D.M. Bell, Bell of Africa.
- "Ker & Downey Safaris - an African icon", African Hunter Magazine, Vol 16 No 1, 2010.
- Edgar N. Barclay, Big game shooting records: together with biographical notes and anecdotes on the most prominent big game hunters of ancient and modern times, H. F. & G. Witherby, London, 1932.
- W. Robert Foran, "Edwardian ivory poachers over the Nile", African affairs, Vol 57 No 227, 1958, pp 125-134.
- E.I. Steinhart, "Hunters, poachers and gamekeepers: towards a social history of hunting in colonial Kenya", Journal of African history, Vol 30, 1989, pp 247-264.
Cartridges
[edit]To create
[edit].500/450 No 1 Black Powder Express (2¾-inch) - Holts IWM
- Imperial War Museums,"20 bore cartridge, No. 6 shot, Twenty Gauge, Eley-Kynoch", iwm.org.uk, retrieved August 2017.
- Imperial War Museums, "SG20 x 39R: Kynoch; 20 bore pistol", iwm.org.uk, retrieved August 2017.
To edit
[edit]- .240 Apex
- .400 Jeffery Nitro Express
- .404 Jeffery
- .450 Nitro Express
- .450 No 2 Nitro Express
- .500/465 Nitro Express
- .470 Nitro Express
- .476 Nitro Express
Hunt pages
[edit]- List of beagle, harrier and basset packs of the United Kingdom
- List of draghound packs of the United Kingdom
- List of hound packs of Australia
- List of hound packs of Ireland
- List of bloodhound packs of the United Kingdom
- List of hound packs of New Zealand (& tie in with Hunting in New Zealand)
W. D. M. Bell - fix name & correct inaccuracies
Conversation
[edit]7.45 cubic centimetres (115.0 gr H2O)
Tools
[edit]Fractions
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Bore size conversation chart
[edit]The gauge of a gun is the measurement of the bore in terms of the number of lead balls, of the same diameter as the bore, that would weigh one pound.
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