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Livestock Guardian Dogs
Livestock guarding dogs and livestock herding dogs both fall under the umbrella category of sheepdogs or shepherd dogs, but it is important to understand that these are two very different dog breeds. Livestock Guardian Dogs (LGDs) were developed and bred to protect livestock from predators such as: wolves, jackals, coyotes, baboons, leopards, bears etc. Herding […]
7Jan2008 | Kayye Nynne | 1 comment | Continued
The Greyhound Dog; A Modern Tragedy
Each year more than 100,000 Greyhound dogs are killed! Why? The reason is simple…a cruel sport called dog racing! It truly is hard to imagine how so exalted a dog breed could end up where it is today—slaughtered in the thousands each year! This is all the more shocking when one considers that at some […]
7Jan2008 | Kayye Nynne | 2 comments | Continued
Dog Breeds: The Mutt, The Purebred And The Designer Dog
Ever noticed the sniffy hauteur with which purebred dog owners appraise mixed breed dogs? You can almost see them flinch as their condescending eye roves across the form of the objectionable mutt while they grudgingly concede that perhaps their refined canine specimen and that pollutant mutt do indeed belong to the same species! In fact […]
7Jan2008 | Kayye Nynne | 0 comments | Continued
Doberman Pinscher
HISTORY: The Doberman Pinscher became the well known dog breed that it is today all because one day a door-to-door tax collector (now that’s an unenviable job if there was one) decided he needed a little extra job security in the form of a guard dog to accompany him on his rounds. The German tax […]
7Jan2008 | Kayye Nynne | 0 comments | Continued
Dog Genetic Diseases
Genetic disease in the dog is a major problem so much so that dog breeders annually spend more than 500 million dollars addressing the problem! To date more than 500 genetic diseases have been described in the dog and on average every single dog has at least 4 to 5 defective genes…no wonder the problem […]
7Jan2008 | Kayye Nynne | 0 comments | Continued
Caucasian Mountain Dog
History: The Caucasian Mountain Dog also known as the Caucasian Ovtcharka is an ancient breed that for centuries was little known outside the remote regions from which it hails, namely the Caucasus which incorporate: Georgia , Armenia , Azerbaijan , Dagestan , Iran and Turkey . The Caucasian Mountain Dog or Ovtcharka (in Russian […]
7Jan2008 | Kayye Nynne | 0 comments | Continued
Alaskan Malamute
HISTORY: The Alaskan Malamute was named after the Mahlemut Inuit people who lived along the Norton Sound of the northwest coast of Alsaka. This breed of dog belongs to the Spitz family and was used by the Inuit in hunting and hauling the carcasses from the hunt to their respective villages. Though never pampered […]
7Jan2008 | Kayye Nynne | 0 comments | Continued
I think if a pit bull was raised to see the sheep as his "pack" he would never attack them ...
Oh yes also as most of us know all pure bred performance breeds have the genetic hunting traits passed down ...
They are not "dog unfriendly". They are very cautious towards other dogs, having in mind that they were bred to ...
Thanks for that comment Mom-of-godiva. You are probably right, the greyhound dog in the picture appears to be too heavily ...
This is an excellent recounting of the history of the greyhound. Thank you for all your excellent research and ...