Stereotypes Of Dogs Essay

Around 10 thousand years ago the domestication of dog started. The main assumption is that we needed a dog to hunt, but more than likely wolf's approached us as a superior hunter to get our scraps stated by Brian Hare(1). Dogs have slowly moved their way to being man's best friend. We began using them for medical research. Us and dogs share a lot of homologs about 82% according to Xu Beixi(2). Dogs started by taking the tamest one and breeding that with more tame. We want submissive dogs They still carry traits from younger or juvenile wolves like barking, winning, and submissive rolling said by Jill Adams(3). The big thing to remember with dog genetics is that all dogs are the same with different paint jobs. People breed dogs for behaviors and appearances. The behaviors we

let's dig into phenotype. Dog breeders look for dogs that look like the breed standards. Chow Chows are supposed to have big blue tongues and very wrinkly faces. Dachshunds are supposed to be long and thin. If a dog does not meet breed standards generally they are fixed and sold. Dogs who are standard and look really nice tend to become show dogs. A phenotype that dog breeders look for would be their coat coloration, There coat texture, And their facial structure. How some dog breeders achieve the breed standard look wood to incest breed them. Take a show Winning couple breed one of their daughters with the father and or vice versa with mother and son. and this would give you a purebred dog. With this comes a lot more genetic health problems. “The inbred dog has a weaker immune system that is less able to fight off these infections than dogs that have a wider range of genetic diversity.” From Vet(4). Physical problems of inbreeding would be a lower immune system, More susceptible to generic breed health issues such as hip dyspepsia and kidney stones. Pure breeding also can limit the number of Offspring