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The turnspit dog was a short-legged, long-bodied dog bred to run on a wheel, called a turnspit or dog wheel, to turn meat. It is mentioned in Of English Dogs in 1576 under the name "Turnespete". William Bingley's Memoirs of British Quadrupeds (1809) also talks of a dog employed to help chefs and cooks. It was also known as the Kitchen Dog, the Cooking Dog, or the Wheeling Dog. In Linnaeus's 18th-century classification of dogs it is listed as Canis vertigus (also used as Latin name for the Dachshund). The breed was lost, since it was considered to be such a lowly and common dog that no record was effectively kept of it. Some sources consider the turnspit dog a kind of Glen of Imaal Terrier, while others make it a relative of the Welsh Corgi.

Turnspit dog - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dog type Dog breed Turnspit dog A dog at work inside a wheel near the ceiling; from Remarks on a Tour to North and South Wales (1800) Origin United Kingdom Breed status Extinct Dog ( domestic dog ) The turnspit dog was a short-legged, long-bodied dog bred to run on a wheel, called a turnspit or dog wheel, to turn meat. It is mentioned in Of English Dogs in 1576 under the name "Turnespete". [ 1 ] William Bingley 's Memoirs of British Quadrupeds (1809) also talks of a dog employed to help chefs and cooks. It w

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