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v17aR TIL the reason Corgis have short legs is because they were selectively bred for a type of dwarfism, called Chondrodysplasia, over hundreds of years. This gene, FGF4, proved dominant, and there no longer exists a single purebred Welsh Corgi without the genetic condition of achondroplastic dwarfism.
MeloK TIL chihuahuas used to be bred to be used as sacrifices
D1R7V TIL the Standard Poodle was first bred for finding game in cold rivers and swamps with the puffs of hair to keep vital organs warm without weighing them down while wet.