Dog breeding

found out about, that I believe is related to evolution is dog breeding. Through the years, we have heard of people paying a lot of money for a very specific breed of dog. This is called artificial selection, where we as humans direct the trait that gets passed down to a future generation of a dog. Sometimes that is taking characteristics of one breed and mixing it with another breed that also has certain characteristics that are appreciated. There are not any new breeds of dogs (golden retrievers and poodles can still breed, for example) but now there are purebreds and then several variations of mixed breeds. There is nothing “natural” about the silky-smooth fur, non allergen, or even the super sweet, loving personality…

Dogs are known as a man’s best friend; they are always there for you and love you unconditionally. We welcome them into our home and family and give them love and attention, which they kindly give in return. However, some people only think of dogs as a way to make profit, in a place called a puppy mill. A puppy mill is a commercial dog breeding facility where profit is placed above the well being of the dogs. Puppy mills should be illegal in the United States because of the horrendous…

Introduction Selective breeding is the characteristics of an animal or plant. Selective breeding is done by the different characteristics, by the parents of the plant/animal/human of the baby. In this essay I’m going to talk about why you should and shouldn’t have a Maltese Shih Tzu as a pet and why. I will also talk about where they use selective breeding. The animal I’m focusing on is a Maltese Shih Tzu dogs. History The history behind the Maltese Shih Tzu is they started breeding in the…

Inbreeding in captive populations of animals also occurs, and is generally done intentionally for various reasons. Animals can become inbred as a result of selective breeding for desirable traits. Animals in captivity face different selection pressures in comparison to those in the wild, as they are provided with optimal environmental conditions and have the natural ability to choose a mate removed. Breeding solely within a single captive population of animals eliminates the addition of…

dozens, and sometimes even several hundred dogs are kept in unimaginable conditions. They are kept in stacked, cramped wire cages, covered in their own filth. Many are sick, malnourished, never leave their cages, or even see the light of day. They have no idea what it feels like to be loved and cared for. The people running these facilities are only in it for profit and have no care for the wellbeing of the animals. The only way to stop the mass production of puppies, is to stop buying them…

Inbreeding is a type of breeding that puts two dogs from the same blood line to mate. “The roots of their genetically caused problems came about over the past two centuries, as dog shows became popular and people began selectively inbreeding the animals to have specific physical features”(Maldarelli). This causes their future generations which are today’s dogs to become messed up and coming out as genetic monsters. People shouldn’t be allowed to inbreed dogs because they could be born with…

Reserve genetics is a tool used to identify the functionality of a known gene sequence or a gene family by genetic editing to generate the mutant phenotype. As it is done in a direction from gene to phenotype, which is opposite to ‘forward genetics’, hence named as reverse genetics. As the whole genome sequences are much more accessible nowadays with various genome sequencing technologies developed. This enables modifying a known gene, and to create a known mutation. The mutated gene might then…

Introduction The purpose of my research paper was to define and expand on what animal inbreeding and selective breeding is in the Herpetology world. I have provided definitions of both along with the pros and cons as well. Once done, I hope you will have a clear understanding of the uniqueness of each along with the positive and negative aspects of both topics. Both topics are allowed to be very objective, subjective, or opinionated; however, in the end, inbreeding and selective breeding…

explains why they would seem to “freak out” when they noticed I was cleaning it. I also noticed a huge difference in how they act after I washed all my blankets in one day. Normally they get tired after spending a few hours roaming around and go sleep in my bed, now they avoid my bed. It is these little things that I think people are missing. During the domestication lecture I started thinking about how we breed animals for education programs. The first thing I thought of was the cheetah…

It is hard to believe that dogs, the most popular companion animals in the country, are used as research subjects in laboratories . Researcher’s say thousands of dogs are used for “research, testing, teaching, or experimentation” in the U.S. every year by research facilities, including hospitals, schools, diagnostic laboratories, and private firms in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Each year the American Kennel Club has more than a million purebred dogs of 150 breeds and…