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  • Many breeds but just one Dog

    Despite the many kinds and sizes, all today's dog breeds are descended from the Grey Wolf. The domestication began more than 12,000 years ago in the Northern Hemisphere. Archaeological finds have proved that the real differentiations in the sizes of domestic dog can be dated to 7000 BC. This trend was improved in the Roman Era, when the characteristics of many current breeds were defined. The Infographic follows the International Kennel Club classification standards, while the identification method is inspired by David Alderton's Eyewitness handbook of dogs.
  • Many characteristics but just dogs

  • CHIHUAHUA

    MEXICO / SIZE [15-23 CM] / WEIGHT [1-3 KG]   Origins: native to the homony northern region of Mexico, it was "discovered" by Cortez during the ma...
  • GERMAN SHEPHERD

    GERMANY / SIZE [55-65 CM] / WEIGHT [34-43 CM]   Origins: the breed was selected in 1880 by Max Von Stephanitz, a German cavalry officer, to save...
  • JACK RUSSELL TERRIER

    AUSTRALIA / SIZE [23-30 cm] /WEIGHT [5-8 kg]   Origins: can be traced back to England of 1800 and specifically in Devonshire, where the Reverend...
  • DALMATIAN

    CROATIA / SIZE [50-61cm] / WEIGHT [22-26 kg]   Origins: are quite controversial; many claim Dalmatians come from the Far East. This breed were f...
  • AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER

    USA / SIZE [46-56cm] /WEIGHT [23-46kg] Origins: It was re-selected in America from the Bull&Terrier, a breed raised in Great Britain for fig...
  • COCKER SPANIEL

     UK / SIZE [38-41cm] / WEIGHT [12-15kg] Origins: only its remote origin is “Spanish”; the breed was selected starting in 1879 but in the early XV...
  • BICHON À POIL FRISÉ

     FRANCE-BELGIUM / SIZE [22-28 cm] / WEIGHT [3-6 kg] Origins: it is almost unknown, it should derive from the Bolognese breed. The “Havanais” sele...
  • GOLDEN RETRIEVER

    UK /SIZE [51-61cm] / WEIGHT [25-32 kg] Origins: the best-known story tells of Lord Tweedmouth's purchase of a pair of white-coated Caucasian shep...
  • CHOW CHOW

    CHINA + UK / SIZE [46-56cm] / WEIGHT [16-20kg] Origins: it is one of the most ancient breeds; painted on  several bas-reliefs dating back to th...
  • DACHSHUND

    GERMANY /SIZE [18-25cm] / WEIGHT [7-9kg] Origins: it is impossible to trace a single ancestor of this breed. The usefulness of the dachshund fo...
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