NICKLEYS KENNEL

Putting Your Pet First, Nickleys Kennel offer the best health care possible for your pets and animals. Appointments for routine check-ups are strongly recommended. We also have an on-call emergency service.

Dogs have been selectively bred for thousands of years, sometimes by inbreeding dogs from the same ancestral lines, sometimes by mixing dogs from very different lines. The process continues today, resulting in a wide variety of breeds, hybrids and types of dogs. Dogs are the only animal with such a wide variation in appearance without speciation, "from the Chihuahua to the Great Dane".

The following list uses a wide interpretation of "breed". Breeds are

usually categorized by the functional type from which the breed was

developed. 

The basic types are companion dogs, guard dogs,hunting

dogs, herding dogs, Sporting, Hound, Working, Terrier, Toy, Non-Sporting and Herding. Dogs can also be further classified into other types, such as field dogs, show dogs, and service dogs. Some dogs perform better in certain categories than others. although there are many other types and subtypes. Breeds listed here may be traditional breeds with long histories as registered breeds, rare breeds with their own registries, or new breeds that may still be under development. There are many people who breed purebred dogs all over the world