Sentences with phrase «numbers of a rare breed»

Currently, the only major kennel club to grant full recognition to the East - European Shepherd is the Russian Kennel Club, although the breed is recognized by a number of rare breed registries in the United States such as the Dog Registry of America and the Continental Kennel Club.

If total numbers of a rare breed are very low in the USA, AKC doesn't see the need for it.

Rare Breeds: There are a number of rare breeds that could probably be in the Top Dog list... but there isn't enough data to verify that.

Not exact matches

Tom Beeston, CEO of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, said: «Breeding numbers of all our native equine breeds continue to decline, if not halted soon our gene bank may be needed to reconstitute a breed, it really is that seBreeds Survival Trust, said: «Breeding numbers of all our native equine breeds continue to decline, if not halted soon our gene bank may be needed to reconstitute a breed, it really is that sebreeds continue to decline, if not halted soon our gene bank may be needed to reconstitute a breed, it really is that serious.

«Because all breeds are susceptible to genetic disease, rare breeds, such as the Drents, have fewer numbers of available breeding dogs and are therefore more susceptible to inherited conditions simply because of population constraints», said Lisa G Shaffer, PhD, CEO of Paw Print Genetics and the lead scientist on the study.

A small number of Frenchie breeders in America and Europe kept the flame alive but by 1940 French Bulldogs were considered a rare breed and only 100 were registered with the AKC.

Now that we've met one of the world's least hairy dogs, the Peruvian hairless dog, it's time to meet the hairiest — the Komondor, a rare breed that, thanks to Kyra, a Komondor in the UK, has seen its numbers increase by nearly 25 percent.

In 1978 the Chinese Shar Pei was one of the rarest dog breeds in the world, and this means that every Shar Pei alive today comes from a small number of breeding individuals, so inbreeding had to take place in order to increase their population.

This is AKC's way of maintaining the integrity of the breed's pedigrees and ownership records until significant numbers and interest are obtained on rare or new breeds.

In the same way that inbreeding among human populations can increase the frequency of normally rare genes that cause diseases, the selective breeding that created the hundreds of modern dog breeds has put purebred dogs at risk for a large number of health problems, affecting both body and behavior.

The Small Münsterländer is a rare breed in the United States, numbering around 2000, and demand from hunters outstrips the number of available dogs, so breeders typically give preference to hunters.

This rule could threaten the future of a vast number of small responsible dog breeders and the very existence of some rare breeds in the United States.

This is particularly important in rare breeds with a small or decreasing population size and for breeds predisposed to a high number of inherited disorders.

While numbers are currently increasing in other parts of the world due to the increased demand for rare breeds of animals, the Pharaoh Hound still thrives in numbers on its native island of Malta.

Once you start acquiring a decent number of cats, you can start breeding them to create new, rarer cats.