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The Yorkshire Terrier is one of the most popular of the toy breeds. The Chinese Crested Dog is a hairless toy breed. Chihuahua Papillon Japanese Chin Toy Poodle Toy Poodle wearing clothes in Tokyo
The Yorkshire Terrier, also known as a Yorkie, is a British breed of toy dog of terrier type.It is among the smallest of the terriers and indeed of all dog breeds, with a weight of no more than 3.2 kg (7 lb). [1]
A group of Labradoodle assistance dogs. This is a list of common dog crossbreeds.These are crossbreed dogs created deliberately by crossing two purebred dogs.Some are known as designer dogs and are bred as companion dogs, often given portmanteau names derived from those of the parent breeds; others are bred to combine specific working qualities inherent in the parent breeds.
Selection of different dog breeds. This list of dog breeds includes both extant and extinct dog breeds, varieties and types.A research article on dog genomics published in Science/AAAS defines modern dog breeds as "a recent invention defined by conformation to a physical ideal and purity of lineage".
The name comes from the Chinese language word for "lion" because this kind of dog was bred to resemble "the lion, as in traditional oriental art". [4] (The Pekingese breed is also called "lion dog" in Chinese.) The name Shih Tzu is the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese word for "lion". A female Shih Tzu at around 18 months of age.
Pekingese, 1904 Chinese Spaniel, 1903 Chinese Happa dog from the 19th century, an ancestor of the modern Pekingese, Rothschild Zoological Museum, Tring, England. The breed emerged in China from several kinds of small dog owned by aristocratic families. Unlike the others, it could only be owned by members of the Chinese Imperial Palace. [7]
Lady, the name of the Basenji dog in the 1956 film Goodbye, My Lady. Lightning, a German Shepherd who played Prince in the first Perry Mason film, The Case of the Howling Dog (1934) and appeared in many other films. Manly Ortega, a Yorkshire Terrier, played Boi, Sharpay Evans' dog in the second and third High School Musical films.
In 1758, the Swedish botanist and zoologist Carl Linnaeus assigned the genus name Canis (which is the Latin word for "dog") [13] to the domestic dog, the wolf, and the golden jackal in his book, Systema Naturae. He classified the domestic dog as Canis familiaris and, on the next page, classified the grey wolf as Canis lupus. [2]