{"id":8133,"date":"2022-04-06T11:50:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T15:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puplore.com\/?p=8133"},"modified":"2022-09-15T06:53:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T10:53:03","slug":"oldest-dog-breeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puplore.com\/oldest-dog-breeds\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Oldest Dog Breeds In The World (And Still Living)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Your cute puppy is probably just a few months old, but have you ever considered how old its breed might be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dogs and cats have been around for centuries and have witnessed the rise and fall of civilizations, from Cleopatra’s Egypt to the Greco-Roman period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of these oldest dog breeds still exist today, while a couple of the newer ones have connections to old breeds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to scientists<\/a>, dogs are the most ancient domestic animals that still exist in our modern world, and people have treated them as pets for a long while, going as far as giving them reputable burials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, people started domesticating wolves as far back as 10,000 to 30,000 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This domestication laid the foundation for what we now know today as dogs, further proving just how far back our animal friends originated<\/a> from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article will present 15 of the oldest breed of dogs still existing today. Before that, there are some confusing terms that we would like to clarify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Do We Mean By The Oldest Breed Of Dog?<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In any discussion about ancient dog breeds, some people assume it is about dog breeds that are extinct <\/em>or primitive. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These words are sometimes used with the same meaning in mind, but they are different terms. Clarifying them would let you know where our focus is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An extinct dog breed is no longer in existence due to any number of factors. Some of these dogs were old and are credited as modern pooches, but some extinct breeds aren’t too old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moscow Water Dog is an example of such. It existed after World War 2 but has disappeared today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some other extinct dog breeds are the Molosser, the Tweed Water Spaniel, the Chiribaya dog, and the Hare Indian Dog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Primitive dogs are also ancient, but they never interbred with any other dog. They existed on their own and have been isolated from other dogs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of them are extinct, but a few others remain in our modern times. The Australian Dingo and the Carolina Dog are good examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ancient dog breeds we’ll consider in this article are domesticated, human-bred dogs that have retained a lot of their original qualities from times past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15 Oldest Dog Breeds In The World<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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