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The arid, wide-open expanses also required these dogs to be fast, lightly built, and short-coated so as not to overheat the animal. They were perfectly suited to their task. Heavier, mastiff-type breeds were first developed 3000 to 4000 years ago in Asia Minor (present-day Turkey) and gradually exported to Egypt, Assyria, Greece, and Italy. These powerful dogs were first used to take down large game; they would grab the prey's muzzle and hold on until the hunter arrived to make the kill. Rhodesian Ridgebacks were used by the Egyptians to flush lions for archers who were lying in wait. The Saluki, one of today's beautiful silky-haired sight hounds, was used thousands of years ago by Egyptian and Assyrian hunters as a coursing hound, to run down and capture rabbits and small gazelles.
The arid, wide-open expanses also required these dogs to be fast, lightly built, and short-coated so as not to overheat the animal. They were perfectly suited to their task. Heavier, mastiff-type breeds were first developed 3000 to 4000 years ago in Asia Minor (present-day Turkey) and gradually exported to Egypt, Assyria, Greece, and Italy. These powerful dogs were first used to take down large game; they would grab the prey's muzzle and hold on until the hunter arrived to make the kill. Rhodesian Ridgebacks were used by the Egyptians to flush lions for archers who were lying in wait. The Saluki, one of today's beautiful silky-haired sight hounds, was used thousands of years ago by Egyptian and Assyrian hunters as a coursing hound, to run down and capture rabbits and small gazelles.