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Papillon Dog: The Papillon (butterfly in french) is a small, friendly, elegant toy dog of fine-boned structure, distinguished from other breeds by its butterfly-like ears. The Papillon is one of the oldest of the toy breeds. Papillons were bred for companionship, and make excellent watch dogs.
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Parson Russell Terrier: The Parson Russell Terrier is descended from early white-bodied fox-working terriers used in the hunt field.
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Patterdale Terrier: The Patterdale Terrier of modern times refers to the mainly black smooth coated fell terrier first popularised by Cyril Breay from Kirkby Lonsdale and Frank Buck from Leyburn in Yorkshire during the early part of the 1950s.
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Pekeapoo Dog(s): The English blood sport of bull-baiting allowed for a specialized breed in the form of the Old English Bulldog. The main locations in London for these exhibitions were Westminster Pit, Bear Garden and Old Conduit Fields.
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Pekingese: The breed originated in China in antiquity, in the city of Peking most likely from Asian wolves. Another theory proposed by Professor Ludvic von Schulmuth is that the "Gobi Desert Kitchen Midden Dog", a scavenger, evolved into the "Small Soft-Coated Drop-Eared Hunting Dog". From this dog evolved the Pekingese, Tibetan Spaniel, and Japanese Chin.
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Pembroke Welsh Corgi Dog: The Pembroke Welsh Corgi (pronounced /ˈkɔrgi/) is one of two dog breeds known as Welsh Corgis that originated in Pembrokeshire, Wales. These herding dogs might be descended from Swedish Vallhund dogs that came to Wales with the Vikings. The Corgi is the smallest dog in the Herding Group.
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Perro de Presa Canario: The breed is originally from the Canary Islands in the 1700s, notably Gran Canaria. Its exact ancestry is unknown, but enthusiasts believe that the Perro de Bardino Majorero, an established farm dog from the Canary Islands, was crossed with the Mastiff and other English dogs brought to the Islands by visitors and colonists, creating the foundation for the modern Presa Canario.
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Perro de Presa Mallorquin: The Balearic Islands are an archipelago of four large islands and eleven small islands in the Mediterranean off the east coast of Spain. Its people and language are Catalan based. The bigger of these islands is Majorca.
In 1232, King James I of Aragon expelled the Moors from the Balearics. The Spanish brought with them the Iberican Mastiff. Many of todays Spanish breeds of mastiffs, claim to be this breed; the Spanish mastiff, the Pyrenean mastiff or the old Spanish Alano, some Ca de Bestiar breeders believe that their dog was the breed that King James I brought over.
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Peruvian Hairless: This is an ancient breed. Although it is often perceived to be an Incan dog because it is known to have been kept during the Inca-imperium,
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Petit Basset Griffon: The Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen (pronounced roughly "peh-TEE bas-SAY grih-FON von-day-ON"), or "PBGV," is a breed of dog, more specifically a scent hound, that was bred to hunt small game in bramble filled terrain of the La Vendee district of France.
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Phalene Dog: The Phalène is the drop-eared version of the Papillon, a toy breed also known as the Butterfly Dog or the Continental Toy Spaniel (Epagneul Nain Continental).
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Pharaoh Hound: The Pharaoh Hound is a breed of dog, a hound which has been classed variously as a member of the sighthound and pariah groups. It is the national dog of Malta, where it is called the Kelb tal-Fenek (plural: Klieb tal-Fenek), meaning "rabbit hound". It is indigenous to the island and remains rare outside of Malta. It is number 141 out of 154 breeds by dogs registered in 2005 by the AKC.
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Plott Hound: The Plott brothers brought their dogs with them from Germany to the United States. They bred the dogs on Plott Creek in what is now Haywood County, North Carolina until they obtained the dogs they desired. Later, their neighbors referred to the type of dog as a "Plott boar hunting dog," named after the brothers and in recognition that the Plotts had bred arguably the best boar hounds in the world.
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Plummer Terrier: The Plummer Terrier is mostly made out of Jack Russell Terrier, with a strong dash of beagle (added for nose, voice and coat color), and bull terrier (added for toughness and head size). A red fell terrier was mixed in to improve the overall appearance.
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Pointer: Pointers were bred to work with hunters. In the past they were sometimes used in combination with a retriever, to point out the game for the hunter. Pointers were also used as falconer's dogs. As early as the 17th century, sportsmen used Pointers to locate hares and then Greyhounds to chase them.
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Polish Hound Dog: The Polish Hound is a hound-like hunting breed of dog that is indigenous to Poland.
They are 50 to 70 pounds & 22 to 26 inches tall at the shoulders. They are black and tan with a short dense coat.
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Polish Hunting Dog: The Polish Hunting Dog, formerly Polish Scenthound (Polish: Gończy Polski) is a breed of scent hound originating in Poland.
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Pollish Lowland Sheepdog: Known in its present form in Poland from at least the thirteenth century, the PON is most likely descended from the Puli and the herding dogs.
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Polish Tatra Sheepdog: The Polish Tatra Sheepdog is a breed of dog introduced into the Tatra Mountain region of Southern Poland by Wallachian shepherds, probably in the 14th Century, and used to guard and herd sheep.
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Pomeranian: The Pomeranian originated from the sled dogs of Greenland and Lapland, which were eventually brought into Europe in Pomerania. This region, bordered on the north by the Baltic Sea, has been under the control of Wendish Slavs, Poles, Swedes, Danes, Prussians and Germans, at various times, and most recently Poles again.
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Pont Audemer Spaniel: The breed is alleged to have been developed in the Pont-Audemer region of France in the nineteenth century. It is believed that the Barbet and/or Poodle may have gone into the Pont-Audemer's makeup as well as old spaniel breeds such as the Picardy Spaniel. The breed's numbers were never large, and so few examples existed after World War II that it became necessary to cross-breed dogs with Irish Water Spaniels. The population of these unique spaniels is still small, and the breed is in danger of extinction.
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Poodle Dog: Dogs similar in type to today's Poodle were carved in Roman tombs as far back as 30 A.D. and can be seen in European paintings as early as the 15th century. Although the breed took its name from the German word ‘pudel,’ which means ‘to splash in water, the French were responsible for bringing the Poodle to international attention.
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Poodle Hybrid: A Poodle hybrid is a cross between a Poodle and some other dog breed, and are mixed breeds or crossbreeds. While some of the crosses may have been accidental, most of the popular crosses (such as Cockapoos) are intentional.
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Portuguese Podengo Dog: The Portuguese Podengo's probable origin, like all other Mediterranean prick-eared breeds, is from unspecialized, primitive dogs used for various game (all once called 'kelb tal-fenek' or 'thin dogs' ) obtained and distributed by Phoenician traders during the circumnavigation of Africa in 600 BC.
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Portuguese Pointer: This is a breed of dog developed as a gun dog. It is one of several pointing breeds and is mainly used in grey partridge hunting.
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Portuguese Water Dog: Portuguese Water Dogs once existed all along Portugal's coast, where it was taught to herd fish into the nets, to retrieve lost tackle or broken nets, and to act as a courier from ship to ship, or ship to shore. Portuguese Water Dogs rode in bobbing trawlers as they worked their way from the warm Atlantic waters of Portugal to the frigid fishing waters off the coast of Iceland where the fleets caught saltwater codfish to bring home.
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Prazsky Krysarik Dog: The Prazsky Krysarik A small breed of dog from the Czech and Slovak Republics that is rarely seen outside its country of origin. It used to grace the royal palaces in the Middle Ages. It was later used as rat catchers by "ordinary" people. It has been a breed since before the Polish king Boleslav II The Brave (1058 -1080).
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Pudelpointer: In 1881, a German breeder, Baron von Zedlitz, worked on producing his ideal tracking, pointing, and retrieving gun dog, suitable for work on both land and water. From seven specific Poodles and nearly 100 different pointers, he developed the Pudelpointer. The original sire was Tell, an English Pointer belonging to Kaiser Frederick III and the original dam was a German hunting pudel named Molly who was owned by Hegewald, an author known for works on hunting dogs
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Pug Dog: Bred to adorn the laps of the Chinese sovereigns during the Shang dynasty (1600-1046 BC),in East China, they were known as Lo-Chiang-Sze or Foo (ceramic foos, transmogrified into dragon, with their bulging eyes are very Pug-like). The Pugs popularity spread to Tibet, where they were mainly kept by monks, and then went onto Japan, and finally Europe.
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Puggle Dog: Puggles are mixed breed dogs, and are not eligible for registration with any major kennel club. The AKC, the UKC, the NKC, The CKC (Canadian Kennel Club) and Continental Kennel Clubs do not recognize puggles as a breed. Mixed Breed Dog Clubs of America offers a registry for sterile puggles.
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Pugnaces Britanniae Dog: The references by Roman writers to the canes pugnaces of Roman Britain suggest a dog of a large and heavy type. Oppian says the fighting dog had light brown eyes, truncated muzzle, loose skin above the brows, a broad back, great stature, and muscular legs.
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Puli Dog: The Puli is an ancient sheep dog of Hungary, introduced by the migration of the Magyars from Central Asia in the Middle Ages. Nomadic shepherds of the Hungarian plains valued their herding dogs, paying as much as a year's salary for a Puli.
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Pumi Dog: The Pumi has been used as a "general farm dog", shepherding not only sheep but also cows and pigs, and also for catching small rodents. It originated in the 17th or 18th century, when shepherding terriers were brought to Hungary from Germany and France.
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Pungsan Dog: The Pungsan or Poongsan is a breed of dog from North Korea. Pungsan, a district in the mountains of northern North Korea, is where the Pungsan dogs received their name and were first bred.
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Pyrenean Mountain Dog: The Pyrenean Mountain Dog, known as the Great Pyrenees in the United States, is a large breed of dog, used for protecting livestock (especially sheep) in pasture.
The Great Pyrenees is readily identifiable by a double dewclaw on each of its hind legs.
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Pyrenean Shepherd Dog: The Pyrenean Shepherd is a medium-small breed of dog native to the Pyrenees mountains of southern France, bred since at least medieval times for herding livestock, especially sheep. It worked as an active herder together with the Great Pyrenees, who acted as the flock's guardian. After the first World War, the Pyrenean gained national recognition in France for their valiant work as couriers, search and rescue dogs, watch dogs, and company mascots.
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