The Turnspit dog was a short-legged, long-bodied dog bred to run on a wheel, called a turnspit or dog wheel, to turn meat. The type is now extinct. It is mentioned in Of English Dogs in 1576 under the name 'Turnespete'. Some sources consider the Turnspit dog a kind of Glen of Imaal Terrier, others make it a relative of the Welsh Corgi. The Turnspits are remarkable for their great length of body and short and usually crooked legs. Their colour is generally a dusky grey spotted with black or entirely black with the under parts whitish. 
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