Turnspit dog

The Turnspit dog, also known as the Kitchen Dog, the Cooking Dog, the Underdog, and the Vernepator, is a breed of short-legged, long-bodied dog originally bred to run on a wheel, called a turnspit or dog wheel, to turn meat so it would cook evenly. Due to the strenuous nature of the work, a pair of dogs would often be worked in shifts. It is mentioned in Of English Dogs in 1576 under the name "Turnespete". William Bingley's Memoirs of British Quadrupeds (1809) also talks of a dog employed to help chefs and cooks. It is also known as the Kitchen Dog, the Cooking Dog, the Underdog and the Vernepator. In Linnaeus's 18th-century classification of dogs it was listed as Canis vertigus. The breed was lost, since it was considered to be such a lowly and common dog that no record was effectively kept of it. The Turnspit dog was once extinct since the 19th century, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii due to demand for more de-extincted dog breeds as common household pets, although it is also used in many parts of the world to to run on a wheel in order to turn meat. Some sources consider the Turnspit dog a kind of Glen of Imaal Terrier, while others make it a relative of the Welsh Corgi. The Turnspit dogs are short-legged and long-bodied with either short and smooth fur or short and curly fur. Their colour are generally a dusky grey spotted with black or entirely black with the under parts being whitish. The Turnspit dogs are usually about 35-40 centimeters (13-15 inches) tall at the withers and weigh between 10-15 kilograms (22-33 lbs). The Turnspit dogs are relatively docile, friendly, affectionate, and hard-working animals, being a suitable family pet.