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*balyaev* only selected for tameness, and pretty crudely, too, yet he had visually recognizable foxes who were domesticated in only 10 years time; the more altered appearances came later, the human-affiliative behavior was a very rapid change.
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That was a very interesting piece of work.
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the hard part is getting them to breed *true* - to have pups who look just like parents, not necessarily clones, but so similar they can be visually IDd as _____ .
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I think if a project was to be undertaken then it would have to be carefully thought out. The long haired sighthound is relatively easy because you are not really altering the structure of the dog much, you are just adding and selecting for the long haired gene until you get the desired coat quality. The finer points can come later.
Also dwarfing is not that difficult either. However if your goal is more adventurous, then you may need many, many generations to set say body type, and also to concentrate on heads, coats, tails or whatever else is desirable.
In order to set out on such a project you would really need to find a look that is genuinely unique too, as no point if the result is almost indistinguisable to some other known breed. I know breeders and dog enthusiasts are good at naming breeds but to many of the lay public a spaniel is just a spaniel and a labrador is just a labrador and a poodle is just a poodle.