Reference: American Kennel Club (AKC)
More facts about dogs.
Prairie dogs, those little pups popping in and out of holes on vacant lots and rural rangeland, are talking up a storm. They have different "words" for tall human in yellow shirt, short human in green shirt, coyote, deer, red-tailed hawk and many other creatures.
The German Shorthaired Pointer was developed in 19th-century Germany as an all-purpose hunting dog that could point, retrieve on land and in water, and track wounded game, basically a hunting Swiss Army knife.
The Labrador Retriever has a thick, rounded, tapering "otter tail" that works like a rudder, helping the dog steer while it swims.