User:Queenofsapphires/thedogcollectionpageinprogress

The Dog Collection is a magazine published by Eaglemoss Publications. Every issue consists of a magazine and a plush toy dog with its own designer collar unique to that breed of dog. There is 80 issues of The Dog Collection. It came out bi-monthly.

Features
The magazine has five sections:

Best of breed
This tells you how the breed developed and what to look out for. It has five sections:

First page (no title)
This features a few pictures of the breed of dog, two paragraphs introducing the breed and a picture of the plush toy dog's collar with a paragraph about why they chose that material and the tag.

Show Special
This features a big picture of the breed of dog with labels to tell you what to look out for in the various body parts.

Colours
This features a paragraph telling you what colours the breed comes in with pictures showing different colours.

The Story of the _______(breed name)
This is a paragraph telling you how the breed originated.

Caring for your ______(breed name)
This is a paragraph telling you how to care for this breed.

Family Tree
This features paragraphs telling you about breeds of dog that are closely related to the breed of dog that the magazine is telling you about and tells you which features have been passed on.

The Page about Art (different title in each magazine)
This page is all about how this breed of dog has featured in art throughout the centuries. It has pictures of some of the art.

Top Dog
This section consists of two pages telling you about a dog of the breed featured in the magazine that has done something unique that has made it famous.

Gallery
This section consists of a gallery of portraits of the breed, with tips on how to care for this particular breed of dog.

Star Dog
This section is about celebrities that own this breed of dog.

Dog Talk
This is a page all about a topic to do with dogs. It isn't necessary about the breed of dog featured in the magazine.

Photographs
The photographs used in the magazines are by The Dog brand. They are special because because they are taken with a fisheye (wide angle photographic) lens. The result is a picture of a dog with a tiny body, a fairly big face and a huge nose.

Plush Toy Dogs
The plush toy dogs are made to look like the photos taken with the fisheye lens. Therefore, they have huge noses that are stuffed with polyester fibre pellets to give them a tactile feel. They also have a head that is out of proportion with the body (it is a lot bigger). On the side of each dog is a brand button to show that it is genuine.

The Collar
The collar of each breed of dog is unique to that breed. It reflects the type of dog. The makers of the Dog Collection sorted all the dogs into six categories:

Hounds
This category includes all the dogs which were bred for the hunt. They include:

Dachshunds

Basset Hounds

Beagles

Weimaraners

Hounds' collars have a tag in the shape of a circle with a dog in the centre. Their collars have leather trims.

Gundogs
This category includes all the dogs that originally worked for sportsmen and gamekeepers. They include:

Labrador Retrievers

Cocker Spaniels

Golden Retrievers

Irish Setters

Pointers

Gundogs' collars have a tag in the shape of a bone. Their collars have leather trims.

Terriers
This category includes all the breeds of terrier. Terriers were bred to kill vermin. They include:

Bull Terriers

Fox Terriers

Scottish Terriers

Jack Russells

West Highland Terriers

Terriers' collars have a tag in the shape of a circle with a pawprint in the centre. Their collars have checky trims.

Toy Dogs
This category includes breeds that are smaller versions of bigger breeds. They include:

Cavalier King Charles Spaniels

Toy Poodles

Yorkshire Terriers (though these have a checky collar because they are also terriers)

Pekingeses

Chihuahuas

Toy Dogs' collars have a tag in the shape of a heart. Their collars have velvet and satin trims.

Working
This category includes breeds that were bred to herd livestock and guard people and property. They include:

Border Collies

German Shepherd Dogs

Rottweilers

Working dogs' collars have a tag in the shape of a kennel. Their collars have tweedy trims.

Utility
This category includes breeds that don't fit into any other category. They include:

Miniature Schnauzers

Frech Bull Dogs

Dalmatians

Shar Pei

Utility dogs' collars have a tag in the shape of a star. Their collars have stripy trims.

Issues
1. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

2. Miniature Schnauzer

3. Labrador Retriever

4. West Highland White Terrier

5. Dachshund

6. Border Collie

7. Yorkshire Terrier

8. Dalmatian

9. Poodle

10. Chinese Shar pei

11. Scottish Terrier

12. Wire Fox Terrier

13. Weimaraner

14. Pekingese

15. Irish Setter

16. Rottweiler

17. Bichon Frise

18. Bull Terrier

19. Beagle

20. Golden Retriever

21. Cocker Spaniel

22. Chihuahua

23. French Bulldog

24. Maltese

25. Jack Russell Terrier

26. Siberian Husky

27. Norfolk Terrier

28. Welsh Corgi

29. Pug

30. Rhodesian Ridgeback

31. German Shepherd

32. Shih Tzu

33. Pomeranian

34. Greyhound

35. Bernese Mountain Dog

36. Airedale

37. Boxer

38. Shiba Inu

39. Papillon

40. Basset Hound

41. Rough Collie

42. Dandie Dinmont

43. Old English Sheepdog

44. Chow Chow

45. Bloodhound

46. Leonberger

47. Afghan Hound

48. Pointer

49. Japanese Akita Inu

50. English Springer Spaniel

51. Great Dane

52. Staffordshire Bull Terrier

53. Bulldog

54. Irish Wolfhound

55. St Bernard

56. Bearded Collie

57. Cairn Terrier

58. Dobermann

59. Japanese Chin

60. Border Terrier

61. Flat Coated Retriever

62. Whippet

63. Hungarian Puli

64. Irish Terrier

65. Lhasa Apso

66. Chinese Crested

67. Basset Griffon Vendeen

68. Newfoundland

69. Tibetan Terrier

70. Belgian Shepherd

71. Hungarian Viszla

72. Badlington Terrier

73. Shetland Sheepdog

74. Mastiff

75. Italian Spinone

76. Australian Shepherd

77. Kerry Blue Terrier

78. Irish Water Spaniel

79. Affenpinscher

80. Otterhound

First Issue Reduction
The first issue, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, was released for a special introductory price of £1.99.

Lead Keyring
With issue 2 you got a keyring that looked like a dog lead so you could attach your dogs to your bag.

Subscription
If you subscribe to the magazine you get four free gifts: a binder to store your magazines, a dog bed to store your plush toy dogs in, a mug with pictures of dogs taken with a fisheye lens and a calendar with pictures for every month.

PDSA Mutt Special
A special issue of the magazine was released in aid of PDSA. With this issue there is two dogs that are different from all the others because they are not pedigree. You also get a poster.