The Sad, Strange History of Turnspit Dogs
For manydogbreeds , work is fortunately a affair of the past . Although there are still some canid used for specific jobs — for instance , to crowd sheep , to whiff out drugs , and to point unsighted people — it ’s far more uncouth for modern barker to live a life of luxury as apet . But while most frank breeds have managed to make the jump from employment to work , one historical working dog has been totally lost to sentence : the turnspit dog ....