• Gundogs
    • hunting and retrieving duck, game, deer
    • energetic
    • intelligent
    • sub type
      • retriever
        • golden
        • labrador
        • flat coated
        • curly coated
        • Chesapeake
        • Nova Scotia duck toller
      • pointer
        • noses held high for scenting – game scent is airborne
        • points with nose to indicate
      • setter
        • same role as pointers
        • drop flat to ground to indicate – hunter threw net over dog and game
      • spaniel
        • originated from Spain
        • flush game out of brush
        • water and land retrieval
        • springer to spring pheasants and partridge
  • Hounds
    • sight hound
      • one track mind
      • hard to train – high prey drive
      • fast
      • lack endurance
    • scent hound
      • nose to the floor
      • ears touch the floor to divert smell to the nose
      • large nasal cavities
      • good endurance
      • not fast
    • smallest – mini dash
    • tallest – Irish wolf hound
  • Pastoral Dogs
    • herding dogs
    • modified predatory behaviours
    • protectors of stock
    • sub types
      • guardian
        • protects stock
      • drover
        • drive animals over large rough terrain
      • hearding
        • work under the instruction of handler
        • sub groups
          • headers
            • fetchers
            • get in front of stock
            • use strong eye
            • keep stock in group
          • healers
            • get behind group, moving them forward
            • small healers will nip at livestock
          • border collies are headers and healers – head, heal and back
        • stalk, chase – minimise inclination to treat stock as prey – weak bit part of sequence
        • Rottweilers, corgis and GSDs originally herders
        •  predatory behaviour is self rewarding – games should include stalk and chase
    • can get bored quickly
    • SA as bred to work with owners
  • Terriers
    • energetic
    • vocal
    • independent
    • catch and kill vermin
    • sub types
      • working terrier
      • bull terrier
  • Toy Dogs
    • small/tiny companion dogs
    • not bred to work
    • no predatory instincts
    • loving
    • affectionate
    • attention seeking
    • minimal exercise
    • often brachycephalic
    • SA due to need for attention
  • Working Dogs
    • medium – giant
    • bred for activities
    • colder climates
    • guarding/protection/sledging/rescue
    • use most of the predatory sequence
    • trained to grab assailant by right arm to disable weapon
  • Utility Dogs
    • dogs that don’t fit into the other groups
    • specialists
    • no breed characteristics – need to look at the job that they were bred for
    • examples
      • Dalmatian
      • bulldog
      • toy poodle
      • chow chow
  • Hybrid Dogs
    • designer dog
    • can be prone to cancer, epilespy
    • can cross between breed groups causing problems
    • pure bred ancestry
    • graded on F scale – lower the number the most pure
    • national hybrid register recognises 132 hybrid breeds