ANBI 360.3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Canadian Eskimo Dog, Molosser, Schnauzer
20 Jun 2018
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LECTURE 13
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currently accepted Canadian breeds!
Tahitian bear dog:!•
Canadian eskimo dog:!•
labrador retriver:!•
newfoundland:!•
nova scotia duck tolling retreiver!•
smallish dog!◦
very intelligent!◦
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bryan D. cumminsmakes much of "cultural areas" affecting first nation dogs!
A) what did he mean by cultural areas?!
B) what are two ways by which this influenced dog types!
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Having dog characteristics and development !
"development"!
implies dynamic, not static, state!•
look ate dog breeds as a "system"- which systems analog applies?!•
static system: a floor plan!◦
simple dynamic systems: clockworks!◦
cybernetic systems:a thermostat that is goal seeking but not goal setting!◦
open systems: self-maintaining, self-reproductive!◦
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a breed of animals has an unbroken connection to its distant past, its current state and its •
future!
a breed resembles a system of interacting forces, which, if left to their own devices will take on •
a direction of their own!
maintaining a breed of dogs requires the coordinated collaboration of dog owners engaging •
the gene pool with a common goal!
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General comments!
at the time of columbus , there were 17 breeds in the americas!•
14 breeds for europe!•
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Dog types!
federation cytologique international (FCI) recognize 331 breeds!
sheep dogs and cattle dogs!1.
pinscher and schnauzer, molossoid breeds, swiss mountain and cattle dogs!2.
terriers!3.
dachshunds!4.
spitz and primitive types!5.
scentxounds and relative breeds!6.
pointing dogs!7.
retrievers, flush dogs....!8.
companion and toy dogs!9.
sighthounds!10.
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what is the point of a breed anyway?!
