WELCOME! To Search-A-Breed
We are a full-service Search-A-Breed "dog breed Information" website, specializing in Dog breed Information. Below You Will Find A List Of AKC Recognized Breeds Just Click On The Breed Link Your Interested In Buying Or Gathering More dog Breed Information On. Always remember if your looking to buy a new puppy make sure you have plenty of toy's, beds, medicine, & collars so your new puppy feels right at home. Everything you need to know or buy for your new puppy you can find here.
A dog breed is a group of dogs that have very similar or nearly identical characteristics of appearance or behavior or, usually, both, primarily because they come from a select set of ancestors "Dog Breed" who had the same characteristics. Dog Breeds have been selectively bred for specific characteristics for thousands of years. Initially the selections would have centered on domestication and useful behavior such as hunting ability. Later, dogs were also selected for attractive and distinctive forms, resulting in a vast variety of types. Many traditional dog breeds recognized by the main dog breed registries are said to be "purebred". Only individuals whose parentage consists only of other purebred examples of the breed are regarded as part of that breed. This concept has caused controversy both because of the difficulty of regulation and because of the possible genetic consequences of a limited population (inbreeding). Recent work has been done to genetically classify the various breeds, with some surprising results regarding the estimated age and interrelations of the breeds.Generally, before a type of dog breed is recognized as a true breed it must be, shown that mating a pair of that type always produces dogs that have the same characteristics as the parents, usually both in appearance and in behavior. This is known as breeding true