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With around 400 breeds of Canis
Familiaris of every imaginable shape, size, color
and temperament established since 1850, you are
really spoilt for choices when it comes to picking
your 'best friend'.
The diversity of dog breeds is
the brainwave of Man himself. Light-years ago, we
domesticated wolves, fed and sheltered them to obtain
loyalty, protection and aid in hunting in return.
The evolution from 'Wolf' to 'Woof' gained momentum
when the domesticated wolf cubs mated amongst themselves
to produce new strains of tamer, more domesticated
dogs.
Three processes contribute
to the evolution of dog breeds:
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Systematic Selection,
which involves carefully selecting certain dogs
for inherited traits like body type, coat characteristics,
speed, herding, hunting, endurance, and size.
This has resulted in producing dogs of distinctive
looks and abilities like the Saluki, the Basenji,
and the Greyhound.
- Sports, refers to mutation
in order to design puppies with unusual traits
and exotic looks, such as hairlessness, lack
of a tail or short limbs (e.g. the Dachshund).
- Cross Breeding produces new
forms by crossing two breeds that differ in
appearance or behavior, followed by selective
breeding of the offspring, resulting in a lot
of genetic variation. The Australian cattle
dog, Doberman Pinscher, and the Whippet are
a few examples of cross-breeding.
Breed standards maintain the uniform
appearance of purebred dogs. Once established, the
look of purebred dogs won't change much over time.
In contrast, wild species evolve constantly in response
to changing natural conditions.
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The
diversity of dog breeds increased in direct proportion
to the jobs they needed to fill and the geographic
conditions they were required to live in. Dogs not
only came to be changed in terms of behavior patterns
but underwent drastic transformations in their physical
appearances as well.
With time, varied species of dogs
were trained to pull carts and sleds, retrieve nets
from the sea (the Retrievers), rescue people lost
in snowdrifts (St.Bernards), guard man and property,
assist policemen in sniffing out crimes, dig, to
become fancy companions for ladies (e.g. Poodles)
and fun playmates for children (e.g. Dachshund).
While weak dogs gradually became
extinct, the survivors interbred, producing new
breeds. These breeds were then classified into various
Dog Groups. Those popularly known are given below:
Sporting Dog Group
(developed to aid hunters by finding, flushing out
and retrieving game)
Working Dog Group
(which includes most of the guard dog breeds)
Toy Dog Group
(most of the very small and miniature dog breeds
including the lap dog and apartment-sized companion
dogs are in this group)
Terrier Group
(this group includes those small but lively terrier
breeds that were developed, mainly in Great Britain,
to hunt small animals)
Hound Group (these
breeds were developed to follow game either by sight
or by smell)
Herding Dog Group
(the dog breeds in this group were developed to
herd and control cattle and sheep and are therefore
very energetic and intelligent)
Non-Sporting Dog Group
(when a dog breed doesn’t seem to fit well
in any other group, it becomes part of this group)
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More on Dog Breed Groups
We continue to experiment with
various breeds of dogs--clipping their nails, shaving
their hair, cutting off their ears or tails to interfere
with nature in order to serve our purpose.
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