Here's something interesting - and a little surprising but maybe not - about the origins of small dogs: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...25/2830392.htm
Alison
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Origins of small dogs
Here's something interesting - and a little surprising but maybe not - about the origins of small dogs: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...25/2830392.htm
Alison
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Re: Origins of small dogs
That is very interesting, Alison! Thanks for sharing it!
That has been one of my questions as to whether all dogs will have wolf in their ancestry. Just how did we get such tiny dogs as Chihuahuas? I hope there will be more published studies on this theory.
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Leslie
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Re: Origins of small dogs
cant imagine my ebonie with any wolf traits in her.. was interesting reading.. about chihuahuas..catherine
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Re: Origins of small dogs
Nobody really knows the history of the Chihuahua but it's going to take more than a "striking similarity between a gene variant found in small dogs and the variant found in the Middle Eastern grey wolf" to convince me that Chi's are direct descendants of this or any other wolf. That's my unsolicited opinion on the matter.
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