Many people have a memory related to Chinese pastoral dogs in their childhood...
Metropolis has such a scene.
Village head, Hutong entrance, alley, school,
There's always one or two puppies that aren't very big.
I like to play with a group of friends.
They used to be the most common in memory.
It is the protagonist of today's Chinese pastoral dog.
Due to the introduction of a large number of foreign famous dogs.
More and more pet owners in China prefer to keep "foreign dogs".
Chinese pastoral dogs are increasingly unpopular with Chinese people.
There are even many people who despise them.
"What Chinese pastoral dog, not a local dog!"
They think it's fine for dogs to eat leftovers on the street.
They are even sold to dog meat shops for human food.
This kind of "earth dog" is not popular with people.
Chinese pastoral dog is a general term for those dog breeds around us that cannot be named.
Actually, this is not right.
Most of the dogs we see on the street are mixed breeds.
It refers to the nearly 5,000 breeds of dogs that were produced in the context of thousands of years of farming society by the Chinese Han nationality.
Su Dongpo once said in a poem, "When the old man talks about juvenile madness, he holds yellow on the left and blue on the right."
"Yellow" here refers to the large yellow dog used for hunting.
There are also more than a dozen local subspecies.
Has very nice long hair and a big curly tail.
Strong body, strong muscle sense, similar body shape.
Since China has not been interested in the distinction of dog breeds since ancient times, these 5,000 kinds of dogs have almost no names and can only be collectively referred to as Chinese pastoral dogs. Although there is no name, the ancestors have kept this dog for generations after all, making them our own companions of the Chinese people.
Chinese pastoral dogs have advantages that exotic pet dogs do not have.
In fact, the pedigree of the Chinese pastoral dog is very good. It not only retains the advantages of East Asian wolves, but also escapes the scourge of Western dog blood. Untouchables, they value not only human blood, but dogs as well. The ancestor of the dog is the East Asian wolf, why can't even the home of today's "famous dog" be found? It is easy to get lost, love disease, get lost, people can be the main, all kinds cannot eat, and the main reason for degeneration is inbreeding.
Many dog lovers have heard of canine petitosis and canine distemper, the number one killer disease in dogs and a much-loved breed of dog. But cases of these diseases are rare in Chinese field dogs. Some family-raised pastoral dogs have never been sick even if they have not been vaccinated and are well fed. Although I don't recommend not getting vaccinated, it also indirectly shows that the native dog has a good physique and is not hypocritical at all!
In Chinese history, pastoral dogs are generally very stable in character. They guard the house and care for the hospital. They will not bark in the special circumstances of strangers, and they will not provoke other dogs outside when they are free. They are very stable. The vigilance is also very heavy, and when they encounter a threat to it or its owner, they are very brave to face it.
Pastoral dogs are very human, they are very willing to follow their masters, and they will accompany their masters when they get lost, which is much better than many pet dogs who need to be coaxed and served.
Stray dogs are almost all pastoral dogs. In order to survive, they strive to find all the food they can eat to live, and they are extremely capable of surviving alone in the wild. If it is a pet dog, it may still be waiting for others to actively feed it. For example, a large pet dog will pose a threat to humans even if it actively forages.
Give you an expression to experience it yourself.