I love my dogs!
They really come in all shapes, sizes, and colors, don't they? What kind of dogs do you have?
All of mine are shelter pups. So there all mixed breeds.
Ah, gotcha. Mixed breed dogs are quite less susceptible genetic health issues because of their heterogeneity. So mixed is best!
Yeah, one of mine is a mix of a short haired, and a long haired Chihuahua. That's as close as we get to pure bred.
Have you ever had a dog go with you for a big project, like hunting, herding animals, personal protection, anything like that?
Yes, when I was a boy my grandfather kept many different kinds of hunting dogs. We would go hunting often.
Well, lots of different kinds of dogs can be used for various tasks when it comes to hunting, so what kind of dog did your grandfather have?
He had beagles, and some kind of bird dogs mostly. But, he traded dogs a lot with people.
Beagle
The beagle is a breed of small hound that is similar in appearance to the much larger foxhound. The beagle is a scent hound, developed primarily for hunting hare (beagling). With a great sense of smell and superior tracking instinct, the beagle is employed as detection dog for prohibited agricultural imports and foodstuffs in quarantine around the world. The beagle is intelligent but single-minded. It is a popular pet due to its size, good temper, and lack of inherited health problems.
The modern breed
, feral dogs may be of any or mixed breeds. Individual dogs may be stray pets, descended from strays, or from litters abandoned by owners. They may live in packs, pairs, or singly.
All authentic strains of pariah dogs are at risk of losing their genetic uniqueness by interbreeding with purebred and mixed-breed strays. To prevent this from happening, some strains of pariah dogs are becoming formally recognized, registered, and pedigreed as breeds in order to preserve the pure type.
Breed groups in kennel