Another sort of non-traditional (non-DAW) group is the Guard Dog Group.
Some are breeds ( like the German Shepherd and Doberman Pincher) who were developed just to be guard dogs. Other breeds ( like some of the herding dogs and terriers) had other traditional duties.
But the traditional guard dogs were the bully breeds that bite and hang on, like working bulldogs, but today most of the bully breeds that still bite and hang on, also maul by shaking their heads while biting - these dogs are too dangerous for most people who want a protective dog who scares off intruders, not a dog that actually attacks intruders, guests or their kid's friends.
Yes you can get good ones, but how do you tell which puppy will grow up okay, and which ones will never be safe with other dogs or new visitors?
The hardware looks the same, but the software is way different, and it is possible for two puppies in the same litter to take after different ancestors- they don't always "bred true"..
There had to be a reason why people gave up the plentiful bully dogs and worked to create guard breeds.
When fighting dogs was legal, their were plenty of them, and it is not hard to teach them to go after people. I rather guess the bully breeds were too good at the work - or more correctly "too much" for the work of guard dogs.
Whatever the reason, the French, German, Russian, and British police used other breeds.
Today various varieties of Belgian Sheepdogs are commonly used over the world - they look something like a Lassie type collie, but without the white markings, sometimes have short hair, and sometimes are totally black. .
The bullmastiff is an old guard dog breed, the mastiff is even older. The boerboel is a South African guard breed which is newer.
Yet most of Europe has turned away from bully type dogs - now they are banned in some countries, and restricted in others.
Why has this happened? I don't know.
Louis Dobermann worked to create the Doberman Pinscher - why didn't he use bullmastiffs or pitbulls?.
The closest to a bully breed said to be made over for European police work was the Boxer. They have misaligned jaws, and are usually very friendly.
One of the big questions is the German Shepherd Dog. Long the darling of police forces, the GSD is not naturally a bite and hang dog, so the dogs are taught to hang on when they bite.
Why would their developer, bypass breeds that naturally hold on when they bite, to make one that has to taught to hang on?
And the Doberman, there were plenty of shorthaired bite and hang bully breeds in that era, why didn't Louis Dobermann make a bite and hang breed?.
Something made the European police forces turn away from bully breeds. What was it?
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As you can notice, the guard dogs are NOT a clan, they are NOT related to each other. They are a Profession. The Guard Dog Profession.
Many of them are police dogs, military dogs, and many of the sniffing and tracking dogs, they are "Patrol Dogs".
The police don't use pit bulls as patrol dogs, but they are used by regular people as yard dogs; they don't go on patrol, but they do guard a yard.
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Changing Similar Breeds into Varieties of one Breed. Moving Field Varieties into a Separate Kingdom.
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DAW
MOLOSSERS
1) flockbonders
2) old war dogs (mastiffs)
3) catchdogs
4) pitbulls
TERRIERS
5) den dogs
6) dash terriers
SPRINTHUNDS
7) rabbithunds
8) staghunds
HOUND DOGS
9) tree hounds
10) beagle hounds
11) pack hounds
12) river hounds
& blood hounds
BIRD DOGS
13) curly water dogs
14) bird rushers
15) duck retrievers
16) pointing dogs
17) TOLLERS
(feather & hooves)
STOCK DOGS
18) herding dogs
19) heeler dogs
ARCTIC DOGS
20) Artic sled dogs
21) Arctic huntdogs
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FERAL DOGS
WILD DOGS.
1) flockbonders
2) old war dogs (mastiffs)
3) catchdogs
4) pitbulls
TERRIERS
5) den dogs
6) dash terriers
SPRINTHUNDS
7) rabbithunds
8) staghunds
HOUND DOGS
9) tree hounds
10) beagle hounds
11) pack hounds
12) river hounds
& blood hounds
BIRD DOGS
13) curly water dogs
14) bird rushers
15) duck retrievers
16) pointing dogs
17) TOLLERS
(feather & hooves)
STOCK DOGS
18) herding dogs
19) heeler dogs
ARCTIC DOGS
20) Artic sled dogs
21) Arctic huntdogs
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FERAL DOGS
WILD DOGS.
non-DAW groups
Some types of dogs do not easily fit into DAW groups, and are dropped below the main groups.
I) GUARD DOGS
POLICE DOGS
MILITARY DOGS
II) PET DOGS
HOUSE DOGS
III) SHOW DOGS
COMPETITION DOGS
BALLSPORT DOGS
IV) MODERN USEFUL DOGS
(LIKE: GUIDE DOGS).
DAW explains how some types of dogs were bred, not how they should be bred for any newer use - like sniffer dogs or guide dogs.
In the traditional groups, types (breeds) of dogs have already been bred to do those task well. In the newer uses of dogs, there are no breeds already developed for those tasks, so dogs from other groups are trained (not bred) for that task.
If the trait wanted is NOT already found in the instincts of wolves, then what is often best is a highly trainable dog, not one with firm instincts for one aspect of the wolf.
I) GUARD DOGS
POLICE DOGS
MILITARY DOGS
II) PET DOGS
HOUSE DOGS
III) SHOW DOGS
COMPETITION DOGS
BALLSPORT DOGS
IV) MODERN USEFUL DOGS
(LIKE: GUIDE DOGS).
DAW explains how some types of dogs were bred, not how they should be bred for any newer use - like sniffer dogs or guide dogs.
In the traditional groups, types (breeds) of dogs have already been bred to do those task well. In the newer uses of dogs, there are no breeds already developed for those tasks, so dogs from other groups are trained (not bred) for that task.
If the trait wanted is NOT already found in the instincts of wolves, then what is often best is a highly trainable dog, not one with firm instincts for one aspect of the wolf.