purebreds ? is it true ?

Question

is it true that at one time or another that some of the popular pure breeds were mutts like bernese mountain dogs , golden retrievers , labs . hounds ? is it true that they were just mutts but them people turned them into purebreds ? how long did it take ?

i wasnt saying i was gonna make my own breed lol .... im 12 .. i always love learning somthing new about dogs :)

Answer 1

It takes hundreds of years. Don't do it.

Answer 2

At one point they would have been considered mutts, as someone was working on the breed. The one who was making the breed, would have been breeding different breeds together in order to create a dog with the qualities they needed.

The difference from back then to today is.. Back then people actually produced dogs with consistency, finished the job, made a standard, got the dogs accepted in the kennel club. THey were breeding for a purpose, not just cute.
Today people breed mutts and don't create anything but mutts. No consistency, never any idea in mind what they are looking to produce. Do not make a standard and have all their dogs looking the same, according to their standard, they do not get the dogs accepted by the kennel club.. They do 1/4 of what they need to do to create a breed and they get their cash, and they are out of it..

If you want to create a breed, ( like there isn't plenty to choose from now ?) do it right, and finish the job. Have a purpose in mind, have a goal and get it accepted by the kennel club.. If you don't then you are just playing a big game.. You don't play games when it comes to breeding dogs.

Answer 3

All "purebred" dogs come from a relatively small gene pool.
Over time and through selective breeding,(size, color, coat, build/structure) all breeds became "purebred". The test is, do they breed true to the breed standards.

Search any specific breed and you can see its history.
The 1800s and early 1900s were prime time for establishing "pure" breeds.

Of course, you cannot breed toys into giants in a short period of time. This was accomplished over long periods to fill a work requirement.

Pure breed is nothing more that human acceptance that enough generations have gone by to insure that you will get similar characteristics when you breed two "pure breeds" together.

The process is relatively quick. Look up Dogo Argentino--it was 40-50 years to fabricate an almost brand new breed. It has been accepted by AKC and other sanctioning agencies.
Of course they utilized a base native breed and used similar breeds to add the characteristics they desired (rotts, pits, rodesians,great danes.....)

It is a fascinating process of forced natural selection.

Answer 4

Yep. Some are so long ago that no real info exists on the creation, but others like the Dobbie we have pretty good info on.

It isnt a breed until it has a task in mind, a goal for the breeding, and consistency among other things. For a present day example look at the Aussie Labradoodle (avoid the American mutt varient). They have standards that therye working toward and everything-its quite nice to this being done responsibly in the world of designer dogs.

Answer 5

ALL dog breeds have been developed by man taking and crossing two dogs with the desired traits to create a line with those traits. If you go to dogbreedinfo.com you can look up about any breed there and see when it was accepted into the AKC. It takes many generations to establish a new "breed" of dog or any animal for that matter. A breed standard must first be established and adhered to for a breed to become a recognized breed rather than a mutt or "designer" dog

Answer 6

Breeds were made by breeding two or more of a species of dog to make a more desirable dog type. Yes at first they were mutts but now they are called breeds. It would take many generations to create a pure breed, I would guess about 100 years or so of strict breeding guide lines. The draw back to this however, is pure breeds are associated with specific problems. Many lab pups get hip displaysia and such, one of the theories of why this happens is that to get a pure breed dogs can only mate with others of the same breed. This has caused accidental inbreeding. Many pure breeds have papers now that can help fight this but its been happening for too long.

Answer 7

Yes, many breeds we know today resulted in the careful and selective breeding of people who were looking for particular traits. They were bred with a "purpose" tho, as to serve a particular need.

Now a days, we are seeing this horrible "designer/hybrid" thing going on, and I personally find it quite nauseating. What you are mostly finding is someone with 2 purebreds breeding them together and throwing a "cutesy" name on them to make them attractive to the potential buyer. These so called "breeders" are NOT doing genetic testing on their dogs to ensure a healthy litter and the motivation behind breeding these mixes is most often to make some kind of a profit. I have seen them priced from $350 and into the thousands for such mixes. These "designer" backyard breeders are not really looking to "create" a new breed. They are not working towards a breed standard and working to get that mix to eventually breed "true" or rather to have consistant and predictable results in every litter produced. It is thes kind of reasons that "designer dog breeding" is frowned upon by the knowledgable dog community. The other problem with doing this is that the dogs they are breeding are not quality dogs either. NO reputable breeder would give breeding rights to anyone who intended to mix breed. No way, no how. So most of the "designer" breeding stock comes from backyard breeders and tho the pups are good pets, they are not quality in their breed and would never do well in the show ring.

It takes years and several generations of breeding like this to even get close to having a "new" breed of dog actually breed "true".

Answer 8

I guess it would be kind of true. Most of the purebreds we have now are the result of people mixing breeds to get the results they wanted. All of them started from some original type of dog and the genetic mutations of its pups. Some of the breeds are ancient breeds however. All "purebreds" were developed for specific purposes - they weren't the result of accidental breedings. How long it takes - several generations, and they have to get to the point where they breed "true". Right now, for example, a cockapoo might be as small as a toy poodle or as large as a cocker spaniel. It might have poodle ears or cocker ears. It might or might not shed. It might have poodle curls or cocker feathers. You just don't know what you are getting. And they've been trying to breed those for decades now.

Answer 9

Many breeds were created by breeding other dogs in to help develop the breed.
To name a few...
Irish setters and Bloodhounds are two breeds used to develop the Golden Retriever.

Pomeranians were developed from spitz type dogs from Iceland and Lapland.

The Weimeraner came from many German breeds, including the German Shorthaired Pointer.

It takes decades and decades to create a new breed. Unlike designer dogs today, breeds were created for a purpose, and by people with a specific goal in mind.

Answer 10

At one time or another all dogs were mutts. Thanks to selective breeding breed standards were established and a purebred was formed. This does not mean that cockapoos are ever going to be purebred because their "breed" does not have any sort of a standard.

Answer 11

All dogs were originally mixed breeds. They all descended from wolves, and were just random odd looking mutts that people trained and bred to have a certain appearance and to do certain tasks, and that is how dog breeds originated thousands of years ago. I believe the only 'natural' domestic dog breed, that humans had no influence in creating, is the Basenji.

I hope that helps!