Sentences with phrase «other dog lineages»

It is more closely associated with maternal lineages found in wolves, foxes, and jackals than with other dog lineages.

Not exact matches

Unlike many Y chromosome (male) lineages found in European and recent American breeds, only one village dog (in Alaska) carries an A1 Y chromosome, indicating that the breeds from this lineage probably didn't travel around the world with European colonization as much as some other breeds.

This paternal lineage is genetically closer to wolves, foxes, and jackals than to other dogs.

They found that dogs and wolves must have split into two separate lineages 27,000 to 40,000 years ago, bringing the DNA and archaeological evidence into line with each other.

Reputable breeders keep careful records about the lineage of their animals and so can breed dogs selectively to improve their health, temperament, appearance, and other qualities.

There is a controversy surrounding the breed: some claim that today's dogs are descended from the ancient lineage, while others say that the modern version is a recreation and that the original breed went extinct long ago.

This makes the American Pitbull Terrier seem like a statistically vicious dog — but it's no more human aggressive than others; a lineage of dog fighting could increase this breeds chances of being aggressive to dogs, however.

In other words, you would have to study 12 years of lineage with a complete freedom from the disease in all of the litters before you could be certain that this line of dogs is not going to acquire or even pass along HD.

As we mentioned earlier in our discussion of Pitbulls and Pitbull hybrids, proper training and socialization with other dogs and humans from an early age can help to prevent a puppy with German Shepherd lineage from developing aggressive behavior later in life.

Due to their terrier lineage, these dogs may have a high prey drive and they have been known to cause problems with cats and other small pets.

German shorthaired pointers are distinctly their own breed, but that doesn't mean they don't have an extensive lineage that includes many other kinds of dogs.

The word «Pedigree» means a dog whose parents and lineage are all of the same pedigree breed, i.e. a Cavalier produced purely from generations of cavaliers on both the mother's (Dam) and father's (sire) side without contamination from other breeds.

As other hybrid dogs, shichons can potentially inherit breed - specific diseases found in their parent's lineage.

Knowing the health status of the dogs in a breeding program and others in its lineage allows breeders and genetic counselors to decide which matings are the most appropriate for reducing the incidence of disease and disorders in the offspring.

If the dog is full of fighting dog lines and DNA, sure, I can see that being a potentially dangerous dog (ie: full of American staffordshire terriers crossed with other bully dogs of angry lineage, bred to be huge with aggressive tendencies on purpose, etc.).

One of the samples (a tooth) turned out to be from a dog; the other 23 samples were grouped into four bear lineages: Himalayan brown bear, Tibetan brown bear, Continental Eurasian brown bear and Asian black bear.