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<blockquote data-quote="BadgeBunny" data-source="post: 1506976" data-attributes="member: 1242"><p>Weren't shar pei's originally bred by the Chinese for guard dogs??</p><p></p><p>Ohh ... I was close ... from that well-known bastion of ultimate knowledge, Wikipedia ...</p><p></p><p><strong>The origin of the Chinese Shar-Pei can be traced to the province of Guangdong and has existed for centuries in the southern provinces of China. These dogs helped their peasant masters with various tasks, such as herding cattle and guarding the home and family, and have proven themselves to be qualified hunters of wild game-usually wild pigs-and, of course, they were used for generations as fighting dogs by the Chinese nobility, although the practice became rarer after the communist revolution, when such activities were seen as the preserve of the decadent classes.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Recent genetic research has suggested the Shar-Pei is one of a few ancient dog breeds, believed to have split from common ancestors earlier than other breeds. By mapping subtle differences in each breed’s genes, searching for patterns of relationships and designing a tree to fit them, they could finally gain insight into this marvel of evolutionary engineering. In 2004, the foundational analysis of purebred dog genetics was published in Science (<a href="http://www.britainhill.com/GeneticStructure.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.britainhill.com/GeneticStructure.pdf</a>). The resulting tree was profoundly asymmetrical. After wolves, just four groups sat its base: Asia’s shar-pei, along with shiba inu, akita and chow chow; central Africa’s basenji; malamutes from the Arctic, along with Siberian huskies and samoyeds; and from the Middle East, Afghan hounds and salukis.</strong></p><p></p><p>This might help explain why he is so easy to provoke ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BadgeBunny, post: 1506976, member: 1242"] Weren't shar pei's originally bred by the Chinese for guard dogs?? Ohh ... I was close ... from that well-known bastion of ultimate knowledge, Wikipedia ... [B]The origin of the Chinese Shar-Pei can be traced to the province of Guangdong and has existed for centuries in the southern provinces of China. These dogs helped their peasant masters with various tasks, such as herding cattle and guarding the home and family, and have proven themselves to be qualified hunters of wild game-usually wild pigs-and, of course, they were used for generations as fighting dogs by the Chinese nobility, although the practice became rarer after the communist revolution, when such activities were seen as the preserve of the decadent classes. Recent genetic research has suggested the Shar-Pei is one of a few ancient dog breeds, believed to have split from common ancestors earlier than other breeds. By mapping subtle differences in each breed’s genes, searching for patterns of relationships and designing a tree to fit them, they could finally gain insight into this marvel of evolutionary engineering. In 2004, the foundational analysis of purebred dog genetics was published in Science ([url]http://www.britainhill.com/GeneticStructure.pdf[/url]). The resulting tree was profoundly asymmetrical. After wolves, just four groups sat its base: Asia’s shar-pei, along with shiba inu, akita and chow chow; central Africa’s basenji; malamutes from the Arctic, along with Siberian huskies and samoyeds; and from the Middle East, Afghan hounds and salukis.[/B] This might help explain why he is so easy to provoke ... [/QUOTE]
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