The Israeli Carpet Hound is a bred for purpose large, mostly gentle, working dog who has been specifically designed for specific tasks such as
- licking its owner and anyone else it can get its tongue on
- couch snoozing, surfing and snuggling
- light barking duties (birds, bikes, buses, postpeople etc)
- leg humping
- prewash of used dishes and pots
- foraging and fossicking in bins and abandoned take-away-packaging .
The hound is named for its carpet like coat, peyot (long sidelock) ears, mane, human eyes, agricultural skills, and paws-on approach. The creature in the film " never ending story" was modelled on this dog.
A big beast, it stands about six feet tall at the withers, is long of leg, modestly waisted, and with a large curvaceous chest. Uniquely, this dog only comes in one gender, a she male.
The dog has some idiosyncratic behaviours, such as stealing other dogs' balls, and carefully burying discarded apple cores it finds on walks in neighbourhoods it is unlikely to return to.
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