Sentences with phrase «classification of dog breeds»

Also has a different genetic classification of dog breeds, which helps genetic studies of breed differences.

The researchers also sought to determine whether the genetic differences they found would yield any general genetic classifications of dog breeds.

Not exact matches

The first detailed genetic comparison of purebred domestic dogs promises to rewrite the textbooks with new information about breed classification and insights that may improve canine health by boosting understanding of the more than 350 inherited disorders, including cancer, heart disease, epilepsy, blindness and deafness, which affect dogs.

«Classification of behavior problems in dogs: distributions of age, breed, sex and reproductive status.»

The lack of AKC classification may play a role in the dog's rarity — the breed certainly isn't a prospect for the avid field trialer.

Encourage individuals with reservations about pit bulls to understand that not all dogs within a certain classification are bred to fight, that upbringing and good breeding can result in a wide range of dispositions.

While the American Kennel Club has classifications for certain breeds of dog that determine them as working dogs the fact is that a dog does not have to feature in one of these classified breeds to act as a working dog.

Encourage people not only to educate themselves about the difference between individual breeds but also about the sheer ridiculousness of judging an entire classification of dog based on a select few incidences that receive sensationalized media coverage.

The American Kennel Club's classification of «working dogs» includes dogs of particularly large breeding such as:

This is of course an average classification, so it is really rare that one dog of a certain breed will exactly match the officially set standards, but this description is used by the judges so that they can determine the winners of the dog shows, concerning dog's appearance.

Throughout its history, the Rhodesian Ridgeback has been a breed of dog that has somewhat defied the strict interpretation of most conventional group classification paradigms.

However, the important distinction in this theory is not that the FCI classification of «scenthound» is accurate, but rather, that placing the Dalmatian and the Rhodesian Ridgeback (the only breeds currently in FCI group 6.3), breeds that historically have served as versatile hunting / wagon dogs, should indeed be classified as two examples of the same type of dog, but further asserts that such dogs» classification makes more sense as a discrete group.

Its classification varies, being classified under some breed standards as a breed in its own right, and in others as one of several acceptable variations of the Belgian Shepherd Dog.

Also like the Australian dingo, there is controversy around the classification — is it a primitive breed of domestic dog that found an ecological niche and returned to being wild, or a unique subspecies of wolf that evolved without human intervention, or somewhere in between?

A large breed dog doesn't necessarily have a set classification as to what makes him or her large - breed, but the rule of thumb is generally a dog that grows to over 50 pounds when they reach their full weight.

Recognition The American Cocker Spaniel is recognized by The Kennel Club in the United Kingdom and The American Kennel Club in the sporting breed classification of dogs.

Another similar study concluded that there was «no evidence for the classification of certain dog breeds as being hypoallergenic.»