丹麦-瑞典农场犬成为美国养犬俱乐部最新品种
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The American Kennel Club, or AKC, has named another kind of dog to its registry.
美国养犬俱乐部（AKC）已将另一种犬种列入其注册名录。
Say hello to the Danish-Swedish farmdog.
向丹麦-瑞典农场犬问好。
Or maybe say "hej," the word for hello in Swedish and Danish.
或者可以说“hej”，这是瑞典语和丹麦语中表示“你好”的词。
AKC officials announced the addition to its list on January 2.
美国养犬俱乐部官员于1月2日宣布将其列入名单。
The recognition means the breed now may compete for many best in show prizes.
这一认可意味着该品种现在可以角逐许多全场总冠军奖项。
It also will probably create wider interest in the small, lively dogs.
它还可能引发人们对这种体型小巧、活泼好动的狗更广泛的兴趣。
Fans of the breed are happy for the honor, but some also worry about the effect increased attention will have on the dog.
该品种的粉丝们为这一荣誉感到高兴，但也有人担心关注度增加会对这种狗产生影响。
Carey Segebart is one of the people who worked to get Danish-Swedish farmdogs recognized by the AKC.
Carey Segebart是为丹麦-瑞典农场犬获得美国养犬俱乐部认可而努力的人之一。
"We're excited about it. We're looking forward to it," she said.
“我们对此很兴奋。我们很期待，”她说。
She plans to show one of her own at a dog show this month near her home in the American state of Iowa.
她计划在本月于美国艾奥瓦州她家附近的一场狗展上展示自己的一只狗。
Still, she thinks more attention can have both good and bad results for the breed.
尽管如此，她认为更多的关注对这类品种来说可能带来正面和负面的结果。
"We don't want the breed to just explode too quickly," she said.
“我们不希望这个品种一下子增长得太快。”她说。
The Danish-Swedish Farmdog Club of America says the breed, DSF for short, goes back centuries in parts of what are now Denmark, southern Sweden and some other European countries.
美国丹麦-瑞典农场犬俱乐部表示，这一犬种（简称DSF）在现在的丹麦、瑞典南部以及其他一些欧洲国家的部分地区已有数百年的历史。
Fun little dogs
有趣的小狗
"They're interesting, fun little dogs," said Segebart, who has owned them since 2011 and is the club's incoming president.
“它们是很有趣、好玩的小狗，”自2011年起就饲养这种狗的塞格巴特说，他也是该俱乐部的候任主席。
She said they will try anything and “succeed at most everything.
她说他们会尝试任何事情，并且“几乎一切都能成功。
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In their homelands, the dogs' main job was to control small animals called rodents.
在它们的故乡，狗的主要工作是控制一种叫做啮齿动物的小型动物。
However, they also can herd, act as watchdogs and be playful with children.
然而，它们也能牧羊、充当看门狗，并能与孩子们嬉戏玩耍。
The club says some Danish-Swedish farmdogs have even performed in circuses.
该俱乐部表示，一些丹麦-瑞典农场犬甚至曾在马戏团表演。
After Denmark and Sweden became more developed in the 20th century, DSF fans decided to make the breed official in both nations.
在丹麦和瑞典于20世纪变得更加发达之后，DSF粉丝决定在这两个国家正式确立这一品种。
Kennel clubs there began registering the breed in 1987.
那里的养犬俱乐部于1987年开始对该品种进行登记。
In the United States, many of the about 350 Danish-Swedish farmdogs nationwide already compete in agility, obedience or other sports that are open to all dogs, including mixed breeds.
在美国，全国约350只丹麦-瑞典农场犬中，许多已经参加敏捷性、服从性或其他对所有犬类（包括混种犬）开放的运动项目。
Until now, the dogs could not enter the traditional breed-by-breed judging that leads to best in show prizes at major dog shows.
到目前为止，这些狗还不能参加传统的一犬种一评的评审过程，这一过程决定了大型狗展上的最佳展示奖。
They may appear later this year at two major televised events, the National Dog Show and the AKC National Championship.
它们可能于今年晚些时候在两项重要的电视转播活动中亮相，即全国狗展和美国养犬俱乐部全国锦标赛。
The Danish-Swedish farmdog is the AKC's 202nd breed and "a wonderful addition to a family that is able to provide it with the exercise and mental stimulation that it needs," said the AKC’s Gina DiNardo.
丹麦-瑞典农场犬是AKC第202个品种，AKC的吉娜·迪纳多表示，该犬种“非常适合能够为其提供所需运动和智力刺激的家庭”。
Danish-Swedish farmdog lovers talked for several years about whether they should try to get AKC recognition and the attention that is likely to come with it, Segebart said.
塞格巴特说，丹麦-瑞典农场犬的爱好者们多年来一直在讨论是否应该争取美国养犬俱乐部的认可，以及随之而来的关注。
The number of people wanting to buy a young farmdog, or puppy, has grown quickly over the last ten years.
在过去十年里，想要购买幼年农场犬或小狗的人数迅速增长。
The wait for a DSF puppy is usually a year or more, she said.
她说，等待一只DSF幼犬通常需要一年或更长时间。
Fans of the breed worry that its appealing, relatively easy-care nature could make it quickly become too popular for its own good.
该品种的爱好者担心，它那迷人且相对容易照料的特点可能会让它迅速变得过于受欢迎，从而对其自身造成不利。
They are not the first to worry.
他们不是第一个担心的人。
Similar concerns surround the French bulldog, which the AKC now says is the most popular breed in the country.
类似的担忧也围绕着法国斗牛犬，美国犬业俱乐部现在称其为全国最受欢迎的犬种。
Breeding for desired qualities has led to many health problems for the dogs.
为培育理想品质而进行的繁殖已导致狗出现许多健康问题。
I’m Jill Robbins
我是吉尔·罗宾斯
Jennifer Peltz reported this story for the Associated Press.
珍妮弗·佩尔茨为美联社报道了这一故事。
Jill Robbins adapted it for Learning English.
吉尔·罗宾斯为《学习英语》改编了它。
