It is the most important dog show in America, but I doubt whether a half a dozen people scattered among our 50 states purchase a dog
of a particular breed simply because that breed happened to go best - in - show at Westminster.
Not exact matches
There are a large number
of breed rescue clubs that specialize in placing dogs
of their
particular breed who have been found as strays, taken from unsafe situations, or
simply retired from the showing or the racetrack.
We don't want to miss the opportunity to track and identify a sudden increase
of intake
of a
particular breed type (which may hint at a community shift or potential mill activity), a shift in the euthanasia
of breed types, or the ability to illustrate the inherent risks individual dogs have
simply because
of what they look like.
If there is no
particular breed that has won your fancy, and your goal is
simply to find a family pet, you might consider the colorful world
of mixed
breed kittens and cats (the most thoroughly mixed
of which are typically categorized
simply as either domestic shorthairs or domestic longhairs).
If, at some point in a
breed's history, a
particular sire or line
of dogs becomes predominant, inherited problems may start to arise seemingly out
of nowhere
simply because attempts to concentrate the desirable genes
of select individuals can inadvertently bring together whatever undesirable genes are present.
Simply state the type
of book you'd like (training, agility,
particular breed, for example) when you enter.
There are many different types
of working dogs, some have been
bred over centuries to have the right attributes for their
particular career path, while others can
simply take up positions, thanks to their good nature and impeccable manners.