Sentences with phrase «early breeding efforts»

Partially because of these early breeding efforts which frowned on «man biters,» pit bulls gained a reputation for their trustworthy nature with humans.

Not exact matches

A probing portrait of early plant - breeding technologies unearths surprising roots of genetic engineering efforts

We must conclude that the Mini-Bull size of today was the average size of the early Bull Terrier and that efforts to miniaturize down to toy size resulted in a loss of a breed type that was beginning to be appreciated.

The breed was nearly lost in the early 1900s, but thanks to dedicated efforts of fanciers, they've come back from the brink of extinction.

It's said that breeding of the Yorkshire Terrier breed was accomplished through a combined effort of many early dog breeders

«We knew nothing about dog breeding,» laughs Camron, thinking back to their early efforts.

A concerted U.S. effort to both breed earlier maturing varieties and develop cultural practices that would facilitate multiple cropping could substantially boost crop output.