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Contents 1 Parent topics 2 Subtopics 2.1 Sub subtopics 3 Other related topics

Parent topics

• animal [r]: A multicellular organism that feeds on other organisms, and is distinguished from plants, fungi, and unicellular organisms. [e]
  • mammal [r]: A warm-blooded animal with a backbone which also has hair, and produces milk to feeds its young. [e]
    • canid [r]: Add brief definition or description
    • canine [r]: A subgroup of the taxonomic family Canidae also called "true dogs"; it includes several species and subspecies, including wolves and the domestic dog. [e]

Subtopics

• breed-specific legislation [r]: a law, ordinance or policy which pertains to a specifically named animal breed or breeds, but does not affect any others. [e]
• dog breed [r]: A selectively-bred dog group with dependably similar and predictable characteristics. [e]
• dog breeding [r]: The vocation of mating carefully selected specimens of the same dog breed in order to reproduce specific, consistently replicable qualities and characteristics. [e]
• dog group [r]: An official category under the auspices of a kennel club, a group comprises many individual dog breeds. [e]
• Fox Terrier [r]: Small to medium-sized hunting terrier developed to rout fox and vermin. [e]
• gun dog [r]: Add brief definition or description
• herding dog [r]: Add brief definition or description
• hound [r]: Add brief definition or description
• livestock guardian dog [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Terrier [r]: A member or descendant of any of several dog breeds or dog landraces originally developed for hunting or vermin routing. [e]
• Toy Dog [r]: Add brief definition or description
• working dog [r]: A diverse group of domestic dogs used to perform specific tasks to assist humans in their work. [e]

Sub subtopics

For specific dog breeds, refer to the catalogues.

Other related topics

• Animal fancy [r]: Hobby involving interest in, and particularly devotion to, the keeping and or breeding of animals. [e]
• Animalier [r]: An artist whose specialty is depicting animals. [e]
• Veterinarian [r]: Add brief definition or description