White Horse of Uffington is a dog, claims vet

Guardian ^ | Tuesday 12 October 2010 | James Meikle

[Dudoight]

Beyond excellent photo seems to validate my choice to believe that the white horse is a horse....THANKS.

[blam]

Neat, thanks.

Our deer was trying to bite my dog as he was running away as fast as he could, like in the first picture.

[dfwgator]

This should be familiar to any fan of XTC

[Salamander]

OMG!

You’re *me*!....LOL!

I’ve got four Ibizans and 1 Portuguese Pidengo Medio.

Four others have passed on.

I too, grew up on a horse’s back.

Small world...:)

Agree with your post 100%.

[BenLurkin]

Horse.

[rdl6989]

LOL. I knew somebody would say it. :D

[CholeraJoe]

Never seen a dog with a neck that long.

[SunkenCiv]

It’s still an interesting tail. ;’)

[SunkenCiv]

I just wanna know who the prehistoric guy was who trained that dog to *stay*. Been there waiting for the release for a couple thousand years. ;’)

[Sulis]

Yeah, I’d actually go with something wolfy (or maybe foxish), based on:
a) an assumption that the shape has changed over the centuries, becoming more stylised, so it’s no longer exactly as its creators envisaged and
b) a half-baked personal theory that the word Uffington actually derives from O.E. words ‘Uff’/’Wulf’, i.e. wolfy connection. Etymological dictionaries are fun :)