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See registered name for a discussion of dogs' registered names; there is no championship requirement for any particular sort of registered name. Registered names typically only reflect an individual kennel's recordkeeping system. Abbreviations of the name of the country or countries where the championship was earned are often added before the Ch.
The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the gray wolf.Also called the domestic dog, it was selectively bred from an extinct population of wolves during the Late Pleistocene by hunter-gatherers.
All-encompassing kennel clubs are also referred to as 'all-breed clubs', although "all" means only those breeds that they have decided to recognize, and "breed" means purebred dogs, not including dog hybrids and crossbreeds or mixed-breed dogs. A club that handles only one breed is known as a breed club.
The American Kennel Club (AKC) is a registry of purebred dog pedigrees in the United States. In addition to maintaining its pedigree registry, this kennel club also promotes and sanctions events for purebred dogs, including the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, an annual event which predates the official forming of the AKC, the National Dog Show and the AKC National Championship.
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The first list of dog breed names in the English language, contained within The Book of Saint Albans, published in 1465, includes "Mastiff ". [12] This work is attributed to Prioress Juliana Berners, but in part may be translated from the early 14th century Norman-French work Le Art de Venerie, by Edward II's Huntmaster Guillaume Twici. [13]
On October 2, the proud dog owner shared a video of the military veterans meeting for the first time, and it's safe to say that the girls are going to be the perfect pair of sisters! Welcome home ...
Dog, in some British spelling alphabets, the letter "D" Dog in business, a stock-keeping unit in a growth-share matrix with low market share and poor prospects; Dog soldiers, or Dog Men (Cheyenne: Hotamétaneo'o), one of six Cheyenne military societies; Dog Latin, English made to resemble Latin