BREEDS OF DOGS

A breed is a group of dogs that more or less have similar qualities, behaviour and looks.
A dog whose parents belong to the same breed is called a purebred, whereas a dog whose parents belong to different breeds is called crossbreed and dogs from unknown parents are called mixbreeds.

The dog evolved from its wolf like ancestor thousands of years ago, and since then has been serving humans one way or the other. Through controlled breeding dogs were bred for specific qualities. There are well over 300 different breeds of dogs, each having a special quality. But today, most of these breeds have lost their duties and serve as 'Companions' to humans.

For thousands of years humans have been involved in selective dog breeding. The result of this has been amazing, from the Great Dane & St Bernard to the Chihuahuas  and the Tibetan breeds. Dogs are mainly bred for behaviour, abilities, size, color and coat. Whatsoever they may look like through controlled breeding they are all 'descendents of the wolf', hence even the smallest of dogs can be truly dangerous.

  Dog breeds have classified based on their appearance, utility etc., The classification are as follows:

 HOUNDS                                   HERDING GROUP                 Nonsporting breeds

Terrier                                         Toy breeds

The Working Dogs     The Utility Dogs        Gundogs

Indian Breeds

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