leading dog
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The famed musher Leonhard Seppala owned Togo, who was a mess as a puppy—undisciplined, a flight risk—but turned out to be really good at leading dog teams.
From Slate • May 8, 2023
But at first look, some viewers found the leading dog to be more distracting than nuanced; some complained online that they wished the studio had taken a different route.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2020
Blackman called Robert Milner - one of the leading dog trainers in the country and the owner of DuckHill Kennels in Somerville - and Milner said come on down.
From Washington Times • Jul. 20, 2014
For years The New Yorker served as the leading dog park of the literati.
From Slate • Apr. 5, 2013
The leading dog, which is especially trained to answer the driver's direction, has the longest trace, the next two dogs nearer the komatik shorter ones, the next two still shorter, and so on.
From The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell by Wallace, Dillon
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