English immigrants brought the resulting breed to the United States; the result is the strong, courageous, gentle
dogs known today as American pit bulls.
It is thought that such dogs as the Schipperke, Keeshond, American Eskimo and German Spitz may have been used in breeding programs to obtain the
smaller dogs we know today.
Years of breeding has brought us the standard
toy dogs we know today but there are no standards which define a dog as being a «teacup variety.»
The dapper little
dog we know today as the Boston Terrier is quite a different dog from the one Robert Hooper first brought to his home in Boston and used to found the breed.
Horand became the cornerstone for breeding and eventually led up to
the dog we know today as the German Shepherd Dog.
Original Beagles were smaller and through the centuries they have been bred with larger hunting hounds to become
the dog you know today.
This is how the Alaskan husky gradually evolved into
the dog we know today.
The smooth is
the dog we know today, although a long haired one pops up from time to time.
By the 7th century AD, the Shiba was still evolving into
the dog we know today.
These Bulldog - Terrier crosses travelled to America in the 19th century where they were crossed to become
the dog we know today.
All in all, French bulldogs are an international breed, with breeders of many nations being responsible for the creation of
the dogs we know today.
It was the mixture of these dogs and the selective breeding that followed, that culminated in creating
the dog we know today as the Yorkshire Terrier.