I really like dogs. They are the most widely abudant carnivores!
I love dogs but I've never had one! Are there many different breeds?
Dog breed
Dog breeds are dogs that have relatively uniform physical characteristics developed by humans, with breeding animals selected for phenotypic traits such as size, coat color, structure, and behavior. The Fédération Cynologique Internationale recognizes 337 pure dog breeds.
Other uses of the term breed when referring to dogs may include pure breeds, cross-breeds, mixed breeds and natural breeds.
First dog breeds.
The domestic dog is the first species, and the only large carnivore, to have been domesticated. Over the past
Later, they were owned by Rumer Godden, who wrote in her autobiography that "I do not like dogs except very large ones and one or two with such character that they cannot be denied; Pekingese are not dogs but something more" and by Auberon Waugh, who on one occasion fancifully boasted that one of his dogs shared his love of "The Daily Telegraph" and hatred for "The Sunday Times".
In recent years, their popularity has declined, eclipsed by similar breeds such as the Shih Tzu