It would take many generations of careful, purposeful breeding before such sporting spaniels as the English Springer Spaniel, English Cocker Spaniel, and Field Spaniel could be sorted into the
distinct breeds we know today.
Another long haired feline, the Persian, also makes the list for being one of the oldest
cat breeds known today.
Regardless of their origins, these tiny dogs have been lovingly bred for generations to become the highly desirable
Toy breed we know today.
These dogs then bred with other species native to the area, possibly even with wolves, to create the Newfoundland dog breed we know today
The middle class started to warm to dogs as pets in the 18th century; but it was the 19th century Victorians who firmly established the tradition, along with many of
the breeds we know today.
Many were left behind and, in the town of Rottweil in southern Germany, they became
the breed we know today.
The Bulldog of that era didn't look anything like
the breed we know today.
The breed dates back to the 1700s, but development of Scotties into
the breed we know today did not come until the late 1800s, and the first Scottish Terrier Club was not formed in Scotland until 1882.
Over the centuries, the qualities most valued by the Chukchi in their dogs — strength, endurance and an affectionate nature — became characteristics of
the breed we know today as the Siberian husky.
The interbreeding among the mastiff - type dog, the English long - legged bulldog and the other unidentified dog breeds resulted in
the breed known today as the boerboel.
During the 1600s, King Charles spaniels were bred with pugs to create
the breed we know today, giving them shorter flatter noses.
The outcome was the creation of
the breeds we know today like Bichon Frise, Bolognese and Havanese.
Lakeland Terriers come (not surprisingly) from England's Lake region, and probably mixed it up with lots of other British terriers before becoming
the breed we know today.
The result of the crossbreeding, which at times included additional crossbreeding with the Dalmatian and Spanish pointer, are
the breeds we know today as the American Staffordshire terrier, Staffordshire bull terrier, American pit bull terrier and the bull terrier.
Eventually breeding programs concentrated on Boston - to - Boston mating, resulting in
the breed we know today.
All these types of dogs then gave
us the breeds we know today, such as the Border Collie as top herding dog, the English Bulldog as a bullfighter, the Chihuahua as a family dog, and so it goes.
The breeds we know today have been selectively bred for from a few common ancestors.
The breed we know today, including all three sizes (toy, miniature, standard) is a product of the refinement of the breed largely in France and Germany, who both claim origin to the breed.
The monks of the Saint Bernard Hospice are credited with training dogs for rescue and for playing a role in developing
the breed we know today.
She and her husband collected and bred these dogs and developed them as
the breed known today as the «Canaan Dog».
The smaller variety, the Doguin, disappears from the historical record after the 1700s, leaving the slightly larger version as
the breed we know today as the Dogue de Bordeaux.
Native to Britain,
the breed we know today is attributed to the kennels of Lord Tweedmouth during the 1860's when he combined yellow flat coated dogs with Tweed Water Spaniels and was first exhibited in 1908.