1 Dog Breeds Intro • Widely varied species • Basic structure and conformation reflect land dwelling predator – Efficient locomotion – Eyes adapted to detect motion – Keen olfaction • Jacobsons Organ – Keen hearing – Teeth designed to grip, kill and consume prey Dogs are number one pet that we have. So varied so all different people can find one that they connect with. Dogs are fairly near sighted but are extremely good at picking up motion. Dogs arn’t exactly colour blind they do see some colours. They have a muted version (yellow, blues, purples) don’t pick up red very well. Better night vision because they have more rods and a reflective layer in the back of their eye called the tapetum lucidem, that’s why you get that green glow when you sign a light in their eye. They do need a little bit of light in order for this to happen. Can smell 10,000 to 100,000 times greater than we can. Area reserved for olfaction in brain is 40x bigger than ours. They are designed for sense of smellDogs eyehuman eye2 Intro • Widely varied species • Basic structure and conformation reflect land dwelling predator – Efficient locomotion – Eyes adapted to detect motion – Keen olfaction • Jacobsons Organ – Keen hearing – Teeth designed to grip, kill and consume prey AKC • Established in 1884 • Recognizes 175 breeds – 7 groups, miscellaneous When we breath in theres only a small fraction that goes to sensory receptor for smell and we breath all of it back out. Dogs split it: some goes to lungs and some goes straight to sensory receptors. Then when they breath out, the air that is in sensory stays there and the lungs breath everything out so they can spend more time processing what it is they are smelling. (they can sniff and breath at the same time) They can move their nostrils to detect exactly where that smell is coming from. Can actually smell when they’re in heat. Primary sense is smell. Can hear about 4x further away than we can. Hear higher frequencies (dog whistles). AKC - american kennel club, dog registry.Divide them in 7 groups based on what they were designed to do: hunting, tracking, tiny companion animalsEND OF TEST ONE3 Sporting Group • Dogs used in hunting game birds and waterfowl • Naturally active and alert, they make likeable, well-rounded companions • Most have easy-care coats and thrive on regular, invigorating activity and exercise Sporting Group (29) • American Water Spaniel • Boykin Spaniel • Brittany • Chesapeake Bay Retriever • Clumber Spaniel • Cocker Spaniel • Curly-Coated Retriever • English Cocker Spaniel • English Setter • English Springer Spaniel • Field Spaniel • Flat-Coated Retriever • German Shorthaired Pointer • German Wirehaired Pointer • Golden Retriever • Gordon Setter • Irish Red and White Setter • Irish Setter • Irish Water Spaniel • Labrador Retriever • Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever • Pointer • Spinone Italiano • Sussex Spaniel • Vizsla • Weimaraner • Welsh Springer Spaniel • Wirehaired Pointing Griffin • Wirehaired Vizsla Retrievers, spaniels, pointers, settersRetrievers and spaniels are most popularGreat overall dogs, athletic, friendlyPatient and activePointers and setters - locate targetHunters of canine worldTBrittany - very good hunting dogs, super energetic, good family pets, need lots of exercise, easily trainableVizla - need lots of running exercise, part retriever and part pointer, lick themselves clean like cats, cat like paws, thrive in open country, one of healthiest dogs, need 2 hours of running a day, don’t smell (bath only 4 times a year), no colour variations (camo dogs), velcro dogs (always in your lap), require training with someone who knows what they’re doing, very healthy4 Hound Group • Greatest variance in size • Used for hunting (sight, scent) • Coats easy to keep groomed • Bay Hound Group (28) • Afghan Hound • American English Coonhound • American Foxhound • Basenji • Basset Hound • Beagle • Black and Tan Coonhound • Bloodhound • Bluetick Coonhound • Borzoi • Dachshund • English Foxhound • Greyhound • Harrier • Ibizan Hound • Irish Wolfhound • Norwegian Elkhound • Otterhound • Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen • Pharaoh Hound • Plott • Portuguese Podengo Pequeno • Redbone Coonhound • Rhodesian Ridgeback • Saluki • Scottish Deerhound • Treeing Walker Coonhound • Whippet5 Working Group • Breeds selected to pull sleds, guard property and serve as draft workers and in water rescues • Intelligent, quick to learn, high capable animals that make devoted companions • May be too large and strong for children Working Group (29) • Akita • Alaskan Malamute • Anatolian Shepard Dog • Bernese Mountain Dog • Black Russian Terrier • Boxer • Bullmastiff • Cane Corso • Chinook • Doberman Pinscher • Dogue de Bordeaux • German Pinscher • Giant Schnauzer • Great Dane • Great Pyrenees • Greater Swiss Mountain Dog • Komondor • Kuvasz • Leonberger • Mastiff • Neapolitan Mastiff • Newfoundland • Portuguese Water Dog • Rottweiler • Saint Bernard • Samoyed • Siberian Husky • Standard Schnauzer • Tibetan Mastiff6 Terrier Group • Traditionally hunt and dig for vermin • Feisty • May need considerable grooming • Engaging pets with a high energy level and lively character Terrier Group (30) • Airedale • American Staffordshire • Australian • Bedlington • Border • Bull • Cairn • Cesky • Dandie Dinmont • Glen of Imaal • Irish • Kerry Blue • Lakeland • Manchester • Miniature Bull • Miniature Schnauzer • Norfolk • Norwich • Parson Russell • Rat Terrier • Russell Terrier • Scottish • Sealyham • Skye • Smooth Fox • Soft Coated Wheaten • Staffordshire Bull • Welsh • West Highland White • Wire Fox7 Toy Group • Primarily lap dogs and pampered pets • Many favored by royalty • Many Toys are tough