Sentences with phrase «dog breed traits»

How to decide which dog breed traits would best suit your personality and lifestyle, so you can choose the right dog breed — the best dog breed for your family.

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With a simple cheek swab test, find out about your dog's breed composition, unique personality traits, and genetic health concerns.

Clearly, selective breeding can cause dramatic changes in a creature like a dog, so what does it matter whether it's humans doing the selecting of traits, or nature preferring certain traits based on suitability to survive?

Topher we have modern day dogs because people bred wolves with traits they wanted for a long time, and now their are dogs.

Humans actually noticed that, if there was a specific trait you liked about your, say male dog, you could breed it with a female with the same trait and the offspring would inherit that trait.

I do maintain that almost every Doberman breeder whom I have met, and I have met many of them from coast to coast, is a pretty dedicated person who has striven through careful breeding to eliminate the less desirable traits which were inherent in the German dogs of 20 years or so ago.

How many of those animals that you speak of have been so overbred (or bred to have ridiculous traits in the case of cats and dogs) that they physically can not give birth naturally without assistance?

The dogs came from a variety of breeds which have been bred over thousands of years to have — among other traits — snouts of various lengths.

Even dogs of similar appearance and the same breed often have diverse behavioral traits in the same way that human siblings often have very different personalities,» she said.

It makes sense that only a few genes would suffice to determine a trait such as body size, Ostrander says, because all dog breeds belong to the same species, Canis familiaris, and most have taken shape in the last three centuries.

«Thus, the use of small populations artificially bred for desired traits, such as smaller body size or coat color, may have led to an accumulation of harmful genetic variations in dogs.»

Co-author Heidi Parker, a geneticist at NHGRI, says that because humans initially bred dogs for specific traits — say, smaller body size or calm temperament — selection created a population «bottleneck» that narrowed the genetic variation in offspring, leaving them with just a few specific clusters of variable genetic regions.

The alternative model is that mutations of large phenotypic effect underlie most of these traits in dogs and that the same variants have been transferred to a wide diversity of dog breeds leading to phenotypic diversity from a narrow genetic base [5], [8], [12].

Coupled with the dog domestication bottleneck, this likely simplified the genetic architecture of quantitative traits, including complex disease phenotypes that are not fixed within breeds and were not the subject of selection for novelty.

This paedomorphic trait is retained by adults of some breeds in many domesticated mammals, including dogs, cattle, goats, and rabbits.

Once, researchers assumed that ancient humans domesticated dogs on purpose, adopting wolf pups and breeding them for useful traits.

Humans have long bred plants and animals to favor certain traits (e.g., dogs that retrieve things, trees that produce a lot of fruit).

Horses, like dogs, are defined by breeds, and each have their own traits and purposes.

Rojas» dogs inherited their traits from such breeding practices.

Some of these include reading up on dog breeds and their different personality traits, talking to fellow paw - rents to get the best tips and tricks, and buying everything that's necessary beforehand.

Physical traits and specific behaviors like digging, herding and barking can all stem from the various breeds that make up a dog's family tree.

«Quality» here has nothing to do with show quality but with understanding the genetic health traits that exist in many purebred dogs and then trying to breed animals that do not perpetuate these negative characteristics.

Just like people have their own individual personalities, each breed of dog has its own personality traits.

All dog breeds have their own traits and require slightly different care.

There is some evidence to suggest that American Dobermans have a more moderate, good - natured temperament than dogs bred elsewhere since breeders in the U.S. have worked on these traits for several decades.

It should be remembered that many purebred dogs were bred to assist their breeder by using their distinctive dominant trait.

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This trait friendliness of the breed also makes them excellent therapy dogs.

This inherited trait is strongly affected by lifestyle and is evident in certain large breed dogs such as the Newfoundland, German Shepherd, Saint Bernard, and the Old English Sheepdog.

This intense training method focuses and keys in on instinctual traits of certain aggressive breeds, honing skills to develop a useful, happy, effective canine companion and working dog.

Loyalty is a trait of the dog, something that is integral to the breed, a viscous nature is either bred into the dog through bad breeding or is a result of poor training and negative reinforcement.

The Beagle has those traits and is one family dog breeds for kids.

Breeding Fox Terrier with White Terrier, Russell created breed of dogs having distinctive coloring patterns but having all the desired hunting traits necessary in hunting dog.

As many breeds carry the proper traits to excel in schutzhund training, only the top few percent of dogs within the specific breed will excel as schutzhund candidates.

A dog's appearance can not tell observers anything about their behavior; even dogs of identical appearance and the same breed often have very different behavioral traits.

Human aggression was a trait that even serious dog fighters avoided when breeding their top fighting dogs.

While many thought this breed was the only breed featuring the ridge, a couple lesser - known breeds also have the trait, such as the Phu Quok Dog and the Thai Ridgeback.

When they find any dog not fitting any of the above traits it is considered to be a poor breed or not the particular breed at all.

«There's nothing natural about breeding dogs with extreme and debilitating physical traits, and PETA urges everyone to stay away from this cruel beauty pageant.»

Instead of listing the breed on the kennel information sheet, SVASC has started to post the dogs» stories and focus on personality traits.

The Spitz is not a breed of dog, but is a term that refers to several different dog breeds that share common traits, including long and curly tails that extend up and over the back.

This means that when fearful and aggressive dogs are used for breeding, they subsequently pass on these traits to their pups.

Because Golden Retrievers are so visible and popular, some families decide this is the dog for them before ever really considering the typical traits of this breed.

However, there are certain dog breeds known for excellent guard dog traits that come from years of careful breeding.

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The reports also include your dog's dominant breeds, its personality traits and potential health concerns.

The reports will also include the dominant breeds of your dog, its personality traits and the health concerns that you should look into.

The Maltipoo breed is evidence of the incredible art of dog breeding for traits - such as hypoallergenic traits.

This small, loveable dog breed was developed as one of the many new «designer dog breeds» to hopefully combine the most sought - after traits of the Poodle and Shih Tzu.