2 The Kennel Club and the Early History of Dog Shows and Breed Clubs

摘要: A recent book about different pedigree dog breeds (Morris 2001) described some 1000 around the world. This chapter aims in part to explain how this wealth of variety has come as a result enthusiasm breeders for organization showing, trialing, and classifying species they are so fascinated with. CLASSIFICATION OF BREEDS Animal have been defined “a group animals that selected by man possess uniform appearance is inheritable distinguishes it from other groups within same species.” The accurate classification based on their interrelationship presents particular difficulties. It clear certain features, such size, unhelpful, since mastiff pug anatomically similar, though vastly size. Indeed, each toy there exists full-size equivalent. division into function also not likely most closely related breeds, wide types historically used similar purposes. first list recognized printed English published 1486 Dame Juliana Berners, treatise hunting Boke St Albans . “Thyse ben names houndes, fyrste Grehoun, Bastard, Mengrell, Mastiff, Lemor, Spanyel, Raches, Kennettys, Teroures, Butchers’ Houndes, Myddyng dogges, Tryndel-taylles, Prikherid currys, small ladyes’poppees.” Although only describes number varieties...