There are currently over 400 breeds of dog located throughout the world. This does not take account for the entire cross breeds, which are sometimes intentional to create a new breed, and the unintentional cross breeds we know as muts or mongrels. The American Kennel Club is the authority for registering different breeds. The various breeds are put into 8 groups. The groups are Toys, Working Do...

Getting a dog is great fun, getting a pure bred dog is super, but getting the right pure bred dog is perfect. Finding the right dog starts with researching the correct breed for your individual lifestyle. A great place to start is with the American Kennel Club, or AKC for short. There you can find a list of all of the best known breeds, their breed standards and their temperament. You will also fi...

Some people may not know the truth about purebred dogs, what their predictable physical traits are, and what their dispositions will be. Purebred dogs are breeds of dogs that have been developed by selective breeding. This means that a particular purebred puppy will have a good chance of growing to have certain traits common to that breed. Selective breeding includes physical aspects of the size o...

Purebred dogs are expensive and some people swear by their quality and will not have anything less. Sometimes there can over breeding of the animal, which weakens the show quality of the dog’s line. Dogs have been around a long time; they were domesticated from wolves about 17,000 years ago. They have developed into hundreds of breeds with a lot of variations and uses. Dogs are social and behavior...

Purebred dogs are dogs that are bred from a long ancestry of same breed sires and dames.  They may be bred for characteristics, temperament or even color.  One very important thing a person needs to remember about purebred dogs is that they have all these different characteristics bred into them, and you are not going to change them.  If you want a quiet dog then research the breeds...