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A German Shepherd is a type of dog. Dogs are mammals, usually kept as pets or for work on farms or the police. Some dogs are trained to be rescue dogs, and join teams such as mountain rescue. They have been bred by humans from their ancestral wolves. They were the first animals to live with humans, as far as we know.
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Montage showing the morphological variation of the dog. A dog breed is a particular type of dog that was purposefully bred by humans to perform specific tasks, such as herding, hunting, and guarding. Dogs are the most variable mammal on Earth, with artificial selection producing upward of 360 globally recognized breeds. These breeds possess distinct traits related to morphology, which include ...
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People and characters. Doggie (artist) (born 1966), Danish artist Gordon "Doggie" Kuhn (1905—1978), Canadian ice hockey player; Doggie Julian (1901-1967), U.S. player and coach in basketball, baseball, American football; Doggie Miller (1864-1909), U.S. baseball player; Doggie Trenchard (1874-1943), U.S. American football player; Doggie Wise, a member of the 1924 Hawaii Deans football team
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A U.S. Air Force Belgian Malinois, on a M2A3 Bradley fighting vehicle, before heading out on a mission in Kahn Bani Sahd, Iraq, February 13, 2007 Dog of the Garrison of Sør-Varanger during a simulated arrest. Dogs in warfare have a very long history starting in ancient times.From being trained in combat, to their use as the scouts, sentries, messengers, mercy dogs, and trackers, their uses ...
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Dogs portal; This article is within the scope of WikiProject Dogs, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to Canidae and commonly referred to as "dogs" and of which the domestic dog is but one of its many members, on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.
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The dog is often called man's best friend. "Man's best friend" is a common phrase used to describe domestic dogs referring to their multi-millennia long history of close relations, loyalty, friendship, and companionship with humans.The first recorded use of a related phrase is by Frederick the Great of Prussia. It was likely popularized by its use in a poem by Ogden Nash and has since become a ...
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This is the official list of all American Kennel Club dog breeds. Find By Breed Name. Clear All. Sporting Group. Hound Group. Working Group. Terrier Group. Toy Group. Non-Sporting Group.
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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".. According to BigThink, over 40% of the world's dog breeds come from the United Kingdom ...
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One 2014 study based on the mutation rates found that the schism happened between 9,000 and 34,000 years ago, and that the wolf population dogs split from later went extinct. Another genetic study ...
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dog, (Canis lupus familiaris), domestic mammal of the family Canidae (order Carnivora). It is a subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) and is related to foxes and jackals.The dog is one of the two most ubiquitous and most popular domestic animals in the world (the cat is the other). For more than 12,000 years it has lived with humans as a hunting companion, protector, object of scorn or ...
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