Originally posted by Gemwolf
But I wonder why a dog (or any domesticated animal) would go extinct?

Good question. My best guess is very low demand for that specific breed. If nobody wants to buy Dog_Breed_01, then the breeders aren't going to invest time and money into breeding that kind of pup. Eventually the ones that were around would have died off, and with no new pups being produced, there goes the breed.

I don't think the site is calling the Daschund extinct Matrix, just labelling them as an old breed that's been around for a while, which is true. It's saying the same about the Basset Hound. Which, as a side note, is a great pet. I owned one years ago.

Originally posted by Gemwolf
But I wonder why a dog (or any domesticated animal) would go extinct?

Happens all the time. There are plenty of farm animal that have gone extinct. Modern farmers only use the fastest growing/ best producing/ best breeding critters and the rest slowly die off from the lack of breeding.

Originally posted by ToxxiKall
I don't think the site is calling the Daschund extinct Matrix, just labelling them as an old breed that's been around for a while, which is true. It's saying the same about the Basset Hound. Which, as a side note, is a great pet. I owned one years ago.

Take a look at the pictures. Have you seen any Daschunds with legs that long lately? or Bassets with ears that short? Look for some photos of price winning Siamese cats for the early 1900's and then look at the modern frail looking things, People just like deformed mutant pets.

Hmm...you know what I didn't even notice the legs/ears Cug, good eyes.

Good point though...the Daschunds you see nowadays don't have legs near that length. The ears on the Basset I had were much longer then that, they only missed dragging on the ground by a few centimetres.

i know they didnt evolve its just a silly thing becos i could think of a word what i put there, i know it takes thousands of years for something to evolve i wonder if they is any of them lapdogs around to day they look very small and cute possably lap sized hence the name.

so the leg size has been bread out of the dog to get smaller fron legs in the dachi case?



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Dachshunds were bred to be very fierce badger hunters. They don't need to hunt anymore so fashion has dictated that they have short legs and longer bodies than 200 years ago.

yes they go down animal holes like rabbits as well, if they come across a hole witch is small they have large wiskers coming from there muzzle and eyebrows and 2 from ther chin or futher down to measure the diameter of the hole and if the wiskers bend or something touches them they know not to go down or they could get stuck.

great hunters and a great pet

[edit on 11-2-2006 by matrix 333]

The chinese lap dog also known as the Pen lo was 3 to 5 inches high, 8 inches long and weighted a couple pounds. More like the size of a guinea pig than a hamster.

I once saw a pic of a tiny dog that was used during the early industrial age. I believe it would run on a tiny tread inside machinery all day. I cannot remember the name of it but it too was very very small and had some strange features.

Dog breeds are closely watched nowadays but earlier in the 20th century before breed clubs started up dog breeds and types were constantly changing. The two world wars killed off many breeds in europe, some manged to stick around, others have been reconstructed.