| The Decline of Breeds After reading tons and tons of articles & threads from various working dog forums, I'm curious as to why people think all breeds of dogs have declined? Or, do you think breeds in fact HAVE declined. It's been pretty apparent on how difficult it is now to find a good working dog, with high drives and solid nerves (some breeds more than others). Were these dogs abundantly available 100 yrs ago? 50? 30 yrs ago? I know over-breeding has a lot to do with it, but what else happened? |