William Robb wrote: > > My understanding is that in the USA, the Belgians are actually recognized as > four different breeds, whereas in Canada, they are 4 different varieties of > the same breed.
Logically, it makes sense to call them four breeds. Their physical characteristics (especially color, coat length and size) are so distinctive. Plus you "can't" interbreed a malanois with a Tervuren, for example, and call the offspring purebreds. It would be like calling German wirehair, shorthair and longhair pointers the same breed (to use my favorite example). Maybe it is that "breed" and "variety" are used interchangeably... After all they are ALL the same species. :-) -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
