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And the purpose of your questions is...?

To gain knowledge, "Dataman." That's the purpose of asking questions in science...to gain knowledge.

You appear to think you know the 10 "kinds of dog" that were present at the time of Christ, and the 5 "kinds of dog" that were present at the time the Ark was allegedly built. I'm asking you what they were, so I'll know what you think YOU know.

Simple question. Will you answer it?

I assume you grant the fact that the ark was 3x larger than needed.

Not a good assumption. I can't make ANY assessment about whether or not the alleged ark was large enough, until I find out how many animals were allegedly on board. All I know is that there were allegedly two of every "kind" of animal. But since BS isn't real science, "kind" doesn't have any scientific definition. In real science, we have, "kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species, variety/breed."

If you or Dan would say, "kind means species" or "kind means genus" or "kind means variety/breed" I might then be able to estimate the number living things involved. (At least if you could ALSO tell me whether you think that animals that SCIENCE knows were long extinct 4000 years ago were also on the ark...e.g., dinosaurs.)

So again: What were the 10 "kinds" of dog around at the time of Christ, and the 5 "kinds" of dog around at the time of the alleged building of the ark (which I ASSUME we agree was approximately 4000 years ago)?

The best way to gain knowledge is to do some research. You are asking me to do it for you yet I doubt you will believe anything I find for you. I will answer your questions this time, but only this time. I am not convinced you sincerely want to know and I am absolutely certain that you have done little or no research regarding your position based on what you have so far posted. For example, you say:

building of the ark (which I ASSUME we agree was approximately 4000 years ago)?

Your assumption is incorrect. Consult a reference book to discover when the flood took place. By 2000 BC we are already to the time of Abram.

There were only a few kinds of dogs. Fossil remains of the early Bronze Age, 6500 years ago; make it possible to identify 5 major groups of early dogs

There happen to be several places where this information can be found. Here is the source for the quote: http://www.chuckiii.com/Reports/Anthropology/Domestication_of_the_Dog.shtml

But since BS isn't real science, "kind" doesn't have any scientific definition. In real science, we have, "kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species, variety/breed."

Maybe you haven't thought of this before, but exactly what was the taxonomy before the current system? Do your own homework to discover the answer. Do you think there was no method of classifying animals before the current phylogenic system?

try looking here for starters