Hi Sally, PRA is not breed specific, so yes, a mating
between dogs of different breeds carries the same risk as a mating between dogs of the same breed.
Not exact matches
The book explains Coren's theories about the differences in intelligence
between different breeds of dogs.
A: Individual
dogs of the same
breed can have very
different activity levels and temperaments, so rather than focusing on a particular
breed, I recommend that prospective
dog owners look for a fit
between an individual
dog and the family's lifestyle.
When some breeders pursue traditional, function - based goals while others
breed to produce show
dogs, pets, or
dogs used for a
different kind
of function a significant divergence in type and behavior can arise
between the
different strains within the
breed.
There can even be variation
between methods
of training that work for
different dogs within the same
breed.
With the
different wants
of owners and the
different traits and behaviors in
different breeds, mixes or even
different lines
of purebred
dogs, it is the unusual situation where the match
between dog and owner is perfect.
If, as seems likely,
different countries vary in the average relationship to be found
between dogs of a specific
breed then inbreeding will not be defined alike in each area.
Maternal antibodies weaken over time but the rate
of weakening differs
between different dogs and even
different breeds.
As
different as all
of these
dog breeds are, they all diverge from the same species which was domesticated somewhere
between 14,000 and 17,000 years ago.
I am not biased against mixed -
breed dogs in the least, but matings
between very
different breeds are the biggest cause
of abnormalities in puppies and unwanted pets.
The fact
of the matter is that all
dogs have the same basic nutritional requirements — there are no major differences
between different breeds.
A mixed -
breed dog is a cross
between two or more
dogs of different breeds.
These so call «drover
dogs» found their way to the town
of Rottweil in Germany, and Rottweilers are likely a result
of breeding between many
different breeds from that region, including several mastiff
breeds responsible for contributing the dense bone structure and solid musculature
of these stout animals.
Although adult height and body weight are strong predictors
of bone sarcoma
between different breeds of dogs, the association
between skeletal growth or body size and bone sarcoma risk had never been analyzed within a
breed.
These findings show that there are differences in urine composition
between different breeds of dog fed the same diet.
As defined, a «Designer
Dog» is the resultant offspring produced by a cross
between two
different breeds of pure
bred dogs.
We love pups
of all
different sizes — big, small, and somewhere in
between — so we are pairing up with the pet food brand, Taste
of the Wild, to discuss important factors in picking a
dog food for your small
breed dog.
Between 3 - 15 %
of dogs have atopy; and the
breeds with the biggest problems vary country to country, so you'll find a
different list
of British
dogs with atopy than
of American
dogs with atopy.
Whereas most
dogs show the same ophthalmoscopic abnormalities the age at which these abnormalities develop varies considerably
between breeds and genetically
different forms
of PRA can be broadly divided into early - and late - onset forms.
This wide difference
between the lifespan
of different breeds is largely due to the health issues that we humans have created in our
dogs.
The correlation
between these two selection indexes (0.771 — 0.774) is sufficiently less than unity enabling the selection
of dogs with
different genetic propensity for laxity and for osteoarthritic CHD changes in GSDs; this may also be applicable in other
breeds.