Talk:List of dog breeds

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Merging of Miniature Australian Shepherd and Miniature American Shepherd

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The breed standard of Australian shepherd does not recognize a "mini" version of the breed; in 2011, those trying to create a "mini" Australian shepherd renamed their breed the Miniature American Shepherd and were subsequently recognized as Foundation stock by the AKC. Thus, I propose these two records be merged in this list with a note indicating that what were previously considered "Miniature Australian Shepherds" are now officially "Miniature American Shepherds". Opendestiny (talk) 22:03, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

This would probably be better served by a merge proposal on the Miniature American Shepherd page, or if that page does not exist, a move to that page. --TKK ^{bark !} 22:19, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Cheers, I'll head over there and suggest it now. Although the lines should still to be combined in this list as well. I'm still really new to this whole editing thing. Opendestiny (talk) 17:52, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

If the merge goes through there, I will combine the listings here myself if that's any reassurance haha. I'm going to watch both pages. I would support the merge wholeheartedly, especially if, as you say, it is the same breed with a name change. --TKK ^{bark !} 18:01, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

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The merge proposal passed in 2013, then stalled out in the implementation phase. I've opened an RfC to resolve the matter: Talk:Miniature Australian Shepherd#Renewed merge discussion  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  21:40, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Lurcher not listed

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 – Off-topic.

I recently came across a 'Lurcher' but which was not listed in any 'list of dog breeds'; it has its own entry in Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurcher just suggest it can be added to this list Nigbenet (talk) 07:58, 7 June 2013 (UTC)Nigel Benetton

According to the article lurcher‘s are not a breed of dog but a cross between different breeds. This article only lists breeds of dogs. GB fan 10:01, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

It's already covered in List of dog crossbreeds where it belongs.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  14:56, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

How about Dividing the List into Alphabetical Sections?

I think it's a little "frustrating" to scroll down all the long list in the case when only one or two breeds need to be added/modified. Therefore I was wondering if it could be divided into alphabetical sections (currently it's divided so that a certain letter can be easily found when reading the list, but I mean also dividing to sections that can be modified separately from each others)? For example in the Finnish Wikipedia, the corresponding list is divided in the way that makes modifying a certain breed much easier. --Canarian (talk) 15:10, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

I am not against a redesign. I did the original design on the current list. The reason I put the whole list in a single table was to make it easy for the reader. If someone is looking for the dog breeds in a certain group they can resort the table and they would then be all together. Just something to consider if the table is split into multiple tables. GB fan 15:57, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

It was a worthy goal, but the list has become unwieldy. It would probably make more sense to create separate lists/articles and categories for most of what people can sort for (dog type/group, breeds recognized by a specific registry, breeds by country of origin, etc.). There's been some semi-recent work to consolidate the type/group articles, away from all the WP:POVFORKing into separate articles for every other registry's oh-so-special terminology, and instead have manageable overview articles like scenthound, etc. We also have breeds-by-organization lists for three of the major organizations already. And we have a whole category structure under Category:Dog breeds by country of origin‎. So, there's not much incentive any longer to not reorganize this list into alphabetical section and, as suggested above, categorically to separate standardized breeds, unrecognized/unstandardized landraces (natural breeds), and extinct historical varieties, in this list, and probably have separate lists for "designer" crossbreeds, domestic × wild hybrids, and experimental breeds still in development and without major organizational recognition yet.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  14:54, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Yorkie/poo

the yorki/poo was not first bred in the united states unless who ever bred it was in the late 70's, I bred my female white mini/toy poodle with my male steel blue and silver yorkshire terrier back in the late 70's in Toronto Ontario, she had four puppies and when people came to buy them they asked me what they were called, I thought and said Yorki/Poos, I have never in my entire life prior heard of a Yorki/Poo until I gave this breed the name, I have a picture of one of my dogs sent to me by the people that bought it. I challenge anyone to prove otherwise, I have proof and pictures, my name is Nevenka and I live in the same house 40 years after I bred a litter of yorki/poos. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:12A0:265:9909:ED69:63AC:2154 (talk) 19:45, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

I don't understand why you are stating this here. This list does not mention the Yorkipoo at all. Even the article, Yorkipoo does not mention when or where a Yorkie and a Poodle were first bred together to make the mixed breed Yorkipoo. ~ GB fan 10:33, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

Quantity? What is the total number of dog breeds, worldwide?

This is a wonderful list and I'm among the many readers, no doubt, who are grateful to those who've contributed to it. Just a thought: it would be helpful to the reader if there were a summary count in the header stating the total number of dog breeds listed here--with perhaps subtotals by the different recognizing bodies. (Of course, this count would then need to be kept updated if there were changes to the table, so perhaps a comment in the coding to alert contributors?) Just a suggestion. Thanks again for a wonderful list. -T2.