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Encyclopedia > American Rare Breed Association

The American Rare Breed Association or ARBA is a national kennel club of the United States. This club was formed to educate dog fanciers about and promote the breeding of uncommon dog breeds that are not yet recognized by the American Kennel Club, the largest kennel club in the U.S. Breeds from all over the world are recognized by the organization. A kennel club (known as a kennel council or canine council in some countries) is an organization for canine affairs that concerns itself with the welfare, promotion, and maintenance of more than one breed of dog. ... Trinomial name Canis lupus familiaris (Linnaeus, 1758) The dog is a canine mammal of the Order Carnivora. ... Animal fancy is a hobby that includes pet and exotic pet ownership, showing and other competitions, breeding and judging. ... Breeding has several meanings related to procreation: In animal husbandry and in horticulture the selection of stock for propagation and the act of insemination by natural or artificial means is called breeding. ... A breed is a domesticated subspecies or infrasubspecies of an animal. ... The American Kennel Club (or AKC) is the largest registry of purebred dog pedigrees in the United States. ...


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American Rare Breed Association (69 words)
THE RARE BREED DOG ASSOCIATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The mission of the American Rare Breed Association is to serve and protect the "Rare Breed Dog" here in the United States.
To promote and educate the public dog fancier about over 130 or more breeds from around the world that are not now recognized by the major kennel club of the United States, the American Kennel Club.
Alaskan Klee Kai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (255 words)
The breed was developed to create a companion sized version of the Alaskan Husky (though it closely resembles the Siberian), resulting in an energetic, intelligent, apartment-sized dog with an appearance that reflects its northern heritage.
The breed was developed in Wasilla, Alaska during the mid-1970s by Linda S. Spurlin after she observed the result of an accidental mating of an Alaskan Husky and a small dog.
The Alaskan Klee Kai was officially recognized by the American Rare Breed Association (ARBA) in 1995 and by the United Kennel Club (UKC) on January 1, 1997.
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