Wild born Canaan dogs of Saudi Arabia

A story of three wild born Canaan type dogs in Saudi Arabia and ongoing genetic studies of free living desert dogs.

Thursday, June 26, 2025

DNA relatives

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 When looking at dogs that are related, we need to remember that all dogs are dogs so to some level are all related. Registered pedigree dog...
Friday, May 9, 2025

Village dog groups

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 Kennel club registered breeds are mostly closed groups, so the genetic profile of a breed is fixed. In rare cases such as Canaan dogs when ...
Saturday, October 12, 2024

WHAT IS A DOG?

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 "What is a dog" is the title of a book written by Raymond and Lorna Coppinger that I would highly recommend to all.  What Is a Do...
Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Coefficient of Inbreeding (COI)

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 COI as measured genetically by Embark shows that while pedigree Canaan dogs overall are still somewhat better than that for all breeds, vil...
Saturday, August 19, 2023

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DNA breed testing and kennel club breeds Perhaps the first consideration when understanding DNA "breed" identification is just wha...
Thursday, February 2, 2023

Time for pedigree Canaan dog breeders to get serious about genetic health.

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As one of the few kennel club breeds still open to new dogs being added it is vital to check such new additions for all known possible genet...
Sunday, January 15, 2023

Notes on potential genetic health issues and Reference ranges.

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  Most of these are autosomal recessive so dogs need 2 copies of the variant to develop disease, one from each parent.   While figures a...
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