Selective Dog Breeding
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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 |
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On the other hand, in the mix selective breeding, different ancestral lines mate to promote a combination of breeds. Therefore, dog breeds originate because of the selective dog breeding. The characteristics, nature and functions of a specific breed can be totally different as compare to the other dog breeds.
All dog breeds are recorded in three categories which include registered dog breeds, rare dog breeds and new dog breeds. The dog breeds are generally categorized on the basis of their functions and there are seven types of dog breeds including Companion dogs, Guard dogs, Hunting dogs, Pastoral dogs, Sled dogs, Extinct dogs, Hypoallergenic breeds and Police dog breeds.
A companion dog is a pet and it is not used for work or specific tasks. Most of the people keep them as hobby or for pleasure and these dogs are friendly by nature.
The dogs which are aimed to provide safety against the unwanted people are known as guard dogs. The special feature of this dog breed is that they bark more as compare to the other dogs in order to make the owners alert and active. These dogs are trained to attack the suspicious people. Third category of the dog breed is the hunting dog which helps the individuals in hunting. There are three categories of dog breed including hounds, terriers and gun dogs. For livestock the special dog breeds are there which include pastoral dog breed. One very useful type of dog breeds is the Sled dog breed which is used for pulling the wheel less pastoral dog breed. The dog species which do not longer exist are known as extinct dog breeds. People love to keep dogs because dog is a faithful animal but because of the allergic issues they usually avoid keeping dogs, however, the hypoallergenic dog breeds are for such people. The dog breed which is used for the investigative and detective purposes by the police forces is known as Police dog breed.
Therefore, in order to achieve the above functional categories of dog breeds, proper breeding is carried out and special trainings are given to the dogs.
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