Turnspit Dog

United Kingdom

Kitchen Dog, Cooking Dog, Underdog, Canis vertigus, Vernepator

35-40 cm ( estimated)

10-15 kg ( estimated)

As turnspit Dog (English for rotary spit Dog) refers to a type of dog that was bred specifically for turning a roasting spit by means of a treadmill. Other names for the turnspit Dog Dog are Kitchen, Cooking Dog, Underdog and Vernepator. In Linnaeus classification of dogs from the 17th century, the turnspit Dog is listed as Canis vertigus. The turnspit Dog is now extinct because it was redundant with the advent of handy spring and electric motors as a kitchen assistant. He also enjoyed no special prestige, so that further breeding by eliminating its main task was not made. Some authors consider the turnspit Dog as an ancestor of the Glen of Imaal Terrier.

The task of the turnspit Dog consisted of a treadmill to turn the spit roast over the fire so that the cooking material wurde cooked evenly. The dogs had to work for these both brave ( to work alongside the fire ) as well as obedient and loyal ( to the meat to feed themselves) be. Since the work was physically exhausting, several dogs were kept in a kitchen often, which were used in layers.

Got pictures of turnspit Dogs in appearance, to Corgis, however, show dogs with drop ears. From the pictures you close to a shoulder height of 35 to 40 cm with a weight of 10 to 15 kg. Of English Dogs (see bibliography) describes the dogs as "long in body, bow-legged and ugly, with suspicious, unhappy look ." Many of the images obtained show the dog with a white blaze.