Sentences with phrase «dog tax»
The original Labrador gradually died out in Newfoundland on account of a heavy dog tax which, with the English quarantine law, practically stopped the importation of the dogs into England.
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Proof of the dog's occupation was a docked tail, which made him exempt from the English dog tax as a working dog.
As working dogs, they were exempt from dog taxes, but their tails had to be docked as proof of their occupation.
Eventually the breed died out in Newfoundland in large part because of a heavy dog tax.
The breed died out in Newfoundland due to a dog tax meant to protect sheep and English rabies quarantine laws.
Interest for the breed declined when new methods for hunting puffins were incorporated and a dog tax was created.
The breed itself goes back further, but in their native Newfoundland they nearly became extinct due to dog taxes, quarantine laws and crossbreeding.