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Meet the original dogs - 2/19/2011 2:03:17 PM
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fiery
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I thought this was really interesting how few dogs the whole species developed from! Wonder which of the four mine started out as part of. quote:
Even as humans have homogenized other domestic animals, replacing nature’s diversity with a few useful breeds, dog diversity has exploded. A kaleidoscope of shapes and sizes have come from an original stock of wolves; there are hundreds of breeds, so many that it was long impossible to determine where they’d all come from.
In 2004, the foundational analysis of purebred dog genetics was published in Science. The resulting tree was profoundly asymmetrical. After wolves, just four groups sat its base: Asia’s shar-pei, along with shiba inu, akita and chow chow; central Africa’s basenji; malamutes from the Arctic, along with Siberian huskies and samoyeds; and from the Middle East, Afghan hounds and salukis.
Then, on one last branch, came every other dog breed. If the tree was really a tree, it would topple immediately to one side.
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RE: Meet the original dogs - 2/23/2011 11:35:05 AM
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ChristineB
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me too, me too. Mine is probably huskie, if I had to guess.
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RE: Meet the original dogs - 3/10/2011 1:42:17 PM
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fiery
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ORIGINAL: lia_0rtega
This is interesting, I'm so excited to know mine also... my dog punky.. she's a golden retriever... I love it!
Ah, they are beautiful dogs. I don't know where my Jack Russell would come from LOL. I guess a basenji's the closest. They are very unusual dogs btw. Basenji's don't have a bark. Now my mutt I wouldn't even try to guess her origins..being half spitz, half chihuahua, I think she's in a class of her own!  We wouldn't trade her for the world.
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RE: Meet the original dogs - 7/29/2011 6:14:58 AM
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Oh what a post and I am interested to know regard my dog.he is Labra and I just love dogs.
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RE: Meet the original dogs - 9/8/2011 5:50:11 PM
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fiery
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ORIGINAL: ritz
My dog is black Labrador Retriever which I like a lot.this breed is too much friendly with human.
There's such a thing as too friendly in a dog? I think that's an excellent trait. Why do you think it's not?
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RE: Meet the original dogs - 9/13/2011 9:46:15 AM
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ChristineB
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How can a dog be too friendly? Do you mean because of that he doesn't make a good guard dog? I have a Black Lab and although he is friendly he knows the difference between someone he knows and a stranger.
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