GUESS??....MAYBE MINNIE MALTESE
2006-08-30 09:59:11
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answer #1
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answered by flowerspirit2000 6
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The English word dog, in common usage, refers to the domestic pet dog, Canis lupus familiaris. The species was originally classified as Canis familiaris by Linnaeus in 1758. In 1993, dogs were reclassified as a subspecies of the gray wolf, Canis lupus, by the Smithsonian Institution and the American Society of Mammalogists. "Dog" is sometimes used to refer collectively to any mammal belonging to the family Canidae (as in "the dog family"), such as wolves, foxes, and coyotes. Some members of the family have "dog" in their common names, such as the African Wild Dog. The constellations Canes Venatici, Canis Major and Canis Minor are named from the Latin word for "dog," for their perceived resemblance to dogs.
An alternative designation has also been presented, which is to name dog either Canis lupus f. familiaris or Canis familiaris L.. This terminology has been considered accurate by geologists and zooarcheologists for a while, since dogs would not be a subspecies of wolf if the above designation should be considered correct, but 450 subspieces of wolf. The designation was presented by a group of scientists in the article "The naming of Wild Animals and their Domestic Deriatives" in the Journal of Archeological Science # 31 in 2004.
The English word dog derives from the Old English docga, a "powerful breed of canine". The French dogue and Spanish dogo as in dogo Argentino are borrowings from English. The English word hound is a cognate of the German Hund and Dutch hond, which applies to all breeds. Hound itself, like Latin canis and Greek κÏ
Ïν (kuÅn), derive ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *kuon-.
In breeding circles, a male canine is referred to as a dog, while a female canine is called a *****. Offspring are generally called pups or puppies until they are about a year old. A group of offspring is a litter. The process of birth is whelping. Many terms are used for dogs that are not purebred.
2006-08-30 10:01:04
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answered by Chetco 7
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what kind of dog it actually is. Like if it came from the same two kinds of dogs, for example its mom and dad were both golden retrievers, then it is a pure bred retriever. If its parents were different, then it is mixed breed. If its mom was a lab and its dad was a collie, then it is a mixed collie and lab.
2006-08-30 09:58:38
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answered by KC_Meag42 5
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Border Collie
2006-08-30 10:00:51
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answered by Anonymous
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2 points
2006-08-30 10:00:57
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answered by Anonymous
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Mutt
2006-08-30 09:57:57
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answered by parental unit 7
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A pit, a rock, one of those long dogs.
2006-08-30 10:13:45
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answered by mickeymousegirl00 2
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it's probably a purebred Heinz, "27 varieties"..I've got two of them great dogs
2006-08-30 10:03:53
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answered by bill j 4
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Are you slow?? If everyone will click on your history and see all the stupid "what" questions you have asked everyone will just start ignoring you. It isn't even worth the two points -- but thanks anyways.
2006-08-30 10:19:37
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answered by cockermom 2
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What dog ? I don't see any dog.
2006-08-30 10:01:54
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answered by bama_kath 3
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looks like you've got a history of this bull-crap.
Uhhhhhh.... Yorkshire Terrier!!
2006-08-30 10:02:14
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answered by Paul 7
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