breed characteristics
Type's defining qualities
Breed characteristics are the physical traits, temperament, and behavioral tendencies that distinguish one breed of animal from another, most commonly applied to dogs and cats.
These include size, coat type, energy level, trainability, and predisposition to certain health conditions.
Breed characteristics help prospective owners choose animals suited to their lifestyle and help breeders maintain standards.
The shelter noted the dog's breed characteristics suggested it would need plenty of exercise.
- docilityReadiness to submit
- fertility rateAverage offspring per person
- herding instinctInborn drive to control groups
- disease resistanceCapacity to repel illness
- trainabilityAbility to be taught
longevity · hybrid vigor · eye color · playfulness · lap dog · aggression · adaptability · social bonding · muscle tone · working dog · genetic purity · inheritance patterns · mutation rates · temperament · show ring · skin pigmentation · conformation · heat tolerance
breed characteristicsacquired traits
Non-inherited developed features
individual differences · environmental influences · conditioned responses
breed characteristicsgenetic anomalies
Inherited biological irregularities
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