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In China and Tibet other ancestral dog types were being developed, as pets and guard dogs, and these gave rise to short-nosed breeds such as the Pekingese, Lhasa Apso, Shih Tzu, Tibetan Spaniel, Tibetan Terrier and Japanese Chin.

In the Mediterranean region at least five or six distinctly different dog types were already in existence by Roman times. They included small dogs not unlike today’s Dachshund, fast hunting dogs similar to the Greyhound, and large, heavy, guard dogs rather like the Mastiff. There were short-nosed dogs and long-nosed dogs, similar to today’s Pug and Borzoi. In Britain the Celtic Hounds, forerunners of the Irish Wolfhound, were already established before the Roman invasion.

The English Springer Spaniel was specifically developed to pick up game birds.

The meat of this black-tongued breed, the Chow Chow, was once regarded as a delicacy in Manchuria and Mongolia, and its fur was used for clothing. Today the Chow Chow is a real one-person