But the most preferred canines are non-pedigree dogs-the one-of-a-kind dogs known as mixed-breeds.
Since then, human beings have selectively bred more than 400 breeds, ranging in size from 4-pound teacup poodles all the way up to Irish wolfhounds, who have earned the title of tallest canine. Some experts speculate dogs were originally domesticated sometime between 12,000 and twenty five thousand years ago-and that all canines evolved from wolves. Raising dogs, especially taking care of the alaskan klee kai, is old hat for people across the world.