There are, however, large differences between breeds, and
between dogs of the same breed.
Purebred dogs are often predisposed to certain genetic and hereditary diseases and this has become evident with the stark difference in appearance
between dogs of the same breeds a hundred years ago as compared to today.
I am not one to generalize & base my training on a dog's breed, as each dog is unique and with a large gradient of difference
between dogs of the same breed.
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
Limit: one pet per kenel, with the following exceptions One female cat /
dog may travel with her unweaned litter if the litter is a minimum
of 10 weeks old to 6 months
of age.Two pets
of the
same breed and size
between the age
of 10 weeks and 6 months may be allowed to travel in one kennel, providing they are small enough to fit into one kennel and are compatible.
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.
Ever since Elmer and Ammon Zimmerman, owners
of E&A and A&J Kennels in Berks County, shot and killed their 80
dogs sometime
between Thursday, July 24 and Tuesday, July 29, questions about the law that makes this cowardly and inhumane act «legal» have surfaced. Many have inquired as to why licensed kennel operators are permitted to legally shoot their
breeding stock, believing that private citizens were prohibited from this
same gruesome form
of euthanasia, and if you think so too, think again.
There can even be variation
between methods
of training that work for different
dogs within the
same breed.
Only 3
of the affected
dogs had an affected parent, and
breedings between an affected and an unaffected parent could produce either all unaffected offspring or a mix
of affected and unaffected offspring in the
same litter.
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.
The fact
of the matter is that all
dogs have the
same basic nutritional requirements — there are no major differences
between different
breeds.
These findings show that there are differences in urine composition
between different
breeds of dog fed the
same diet.
A study to be published in the Journal
of Applied Animal Welfare Science points to a substantial discrepancy
between visual identifications
of dogs by adoption agency personnel and the
breeds identified in the
same dogs through DNA analysis.
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.