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The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of wolves. Also called the domestic dog, it was selectively bred during the Late Pleistocene by hunter-gatherers. Dogs and the modern gray wolf share a common ancestor. Dogs were the first species to be domesticated over 14,000 years ago, before the development of agriculture, though genetic studies suggest the domestication process may have begun over 25,000 years ago. Due to their long association with humans, dogs have gained the ability to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canids.

Dogs have been bred for desired behaviors, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes. Dog breeds vary widely in shape, size, and color. They have the same number of bones (with the exception of the tail), powerful jaws that house around 42 teeth, and well-developed senses of smell, hearing, and sight. Compared to humans, dogs possess a superior sense of smell and hearing, but inferior visual acuity. Dogs perform many roles for humans, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, companionship, therapy, aiding disabled people, and assisting police and the military.

Communication in dogs includes eye gaze, facial expression, vocalization, body posture (including movements of bodies and limbs), and chemical communication (scents, pheromones, and taste). They mark their territories by urinating on them, which is more likely when entering a new environment. Over the millennia, dogs have uniquely adapted to human behavior; this adaptation includes being able to understand and communicate with humans. As such, the human–canine bond has been a topic of frequent study, and dogs' influence on human society has given them the sobriquet of "man's best friend". (Full article...)

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Tornjak

The Tornjak (pronounced [torɲâk]), also known as the Bosnian-Herzegovinian sheepdog, is a recreated breed of livestock guardian dog native to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. They are molosser-type mountain dogs, similar to other livestock guardian breeds of the region, the Šarplaninac, Bucovina Shepherd Dog, and the Greek Shepherd. (Full article...)

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Credit: American Water Spaniel Club

The American Water Spaniel is a gundog breed of dog developed in the market hunting days of America's history. Hunters needed a dog that could function on land as well as in the marsh and that could easily fit into a canoe or skiff without taking up much room. An American original, this flushing spaniel also doubles as a competent retriever.

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The Royal Kennel Club (KC) is the official kennel club of the United Kingdom. It is the oldest recognized kennel club in the world. Its role is to oversee various canine activities including dog shows, dog agility and working trials. It also operates the national register of pedigree dogs in the United Kingdom and acts as a lobby group on issues involving dogs in the UK. To celebrate its 150th anniversary on 5 April 2023, King Charles III confirmed the club with a 'royal' prefix.

The Kennel Club has four principal physical locations. Its headquarters are on Clarges Street in Mayfair, London, incorporating a private members' club (with bar, lounge, and dining facilities), meeting and conference rooms, art gallery, library, picture library, and a residential apartment for the use of the Chairman. A second site at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, houses the administrative offices, and charitable trust headquarters. The third site is Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire, where the Kennel Club Building consists of a restaurant, an educational centre, and showground facilities. The fourth location is near Hexham, Northumberland, and is named the Emblehope and Burngrange Estate. It is the KC's centre of excellence for working dogs, and consists of 7,550 acres of assorted terrains including farmland (with a working farm), moorland, and woodland. A gamekeeper is employed, enabling gun dogs to engage in shooting parties, whilst the farm has a population of sheep, enabling sheepdog breeds to be trained and demonstrated. (Full article...)

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Image 1A mongrel puppy (from Puppy)
Image 2Sled dog types, sketched in 1833 (from Dog breed)
Image 3Example of a dog making prolonged eye contact with a human (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 4Two Shih Tzu puppies (from Puppy)
Image 5An extinct Turnspit dog, 1800 (from Dog type)
Image 6Newborn Welsh Springer Spaniels (from Puppy)
Image 7Ancient Hawaiian petroglyphic depiction of an ʻīlio (Hawaiian Poi Dog) (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 8NASA astronaut Leland D. Melvin with his dogs Jake and Scout (from Dog behavior)
Image 9A drawing by Konrad Lorenz showing facial expressions of a dog - a communication behavior. X-axis is aggression, y-axis is fear. (from Dog behavior)
Image 10The dog diverged from a now-extinct population of wolves 27,000–40,000 years ago, before or during the Last Glacial Maximum, when much of the mammoth steppe was cold and dry. (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 11A little mongrel puppy on the shore, on Halong Bay (from Puppy)
Image 12West Highland White Terrier puppies (from Puppy)
Image 13The Greenland Dog carries 3.5% genetic material inherited from a 35,000-year-old wolf from the Taymyr Peninsula, Arctic Siberia. (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 14Lateral view of a dog skull, jaw opened (from Dog anatomy)
Image 15Sled dog types, sketched in 1833 (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 16St. Bernard puppy (from Puppy)
Image 17Bison surrounded by grey wolf pack (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 18Petroglyph depicting two dogs hunting – Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 19Tesem, an ancient Egyptian sight-hound (from Dog breed)
Image 20Mandible of the Bonn–Oberkassel dog from the oldest dog-human co-burial dated 14,200 years old (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 21The difference in body size between a Cane Corso (Italian Mastiff) and a Yorkshire Terrier is over 30-fold; both are members of the same species. (from Dog anatomy)
Image 22Mammoth bone dwelling, Mezhirich site, Ukraine (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 23President Lyndon B. Johnson with a basket of puppies in 1966 (from Puppy)
Image 24Jack Russell Terrier puppy (from Puppy)
Image 25Chihuahua mix and purebred Great Dane (from Dog breed)
Image 26Cave wolf skull, Natural History Museum, Berlin (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 27Australian Cattle Dog puppy (from Puppy)
Image 28A cavapoo and maltipoo running back while playing fetch (from Dog behavior)
Image 29Skeleton of a dog:1. Cranium 2. Maxilla 3. Mandible 4. Atlas 5. Axis 6. Scapula 7. Spine of scapula 8. Humerus 9. Radius 10. Ulna 11. Phalanges 12. Metacarpal bones 13. Carpal bones 14. Sternum 15. Cartilaginous part of the rib 16. Ribs 17. Phalanges 18. Metatarsal bones 19. Tarsal Bones 20. Calcaneus 21. Fibula 22. Tibia 23. Patella 24. Femur 25. Ischium 26. Pelvis (from Dog anatomy)
Image 30Basenji puppy (from Puppy)
Image 31German Spitz puppy (from Puppy)
Image 32A dog's whiskers (from Dog anatomy)
Image 33The difference in overall body size between a Cane Corso (Italian mastiff) and a Yorkshire Terrier is over 30-fold, yet both are members of the same species. (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 34Diagram of a wolf skull with key features labelled (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 35Chihuahua puppy (from Puppy)
Image 36Bloodhound puppy (from Puppy)
Image 37Cavapoo puppy (from Puppy)
Image 38A wolf mandible diagram showing the names and positions of the teeth (from Dog anatomy)
Image 39Basset Hound (from Puppy)
Image 40A dog's teeth (from Dog anatomy)
Image 41Montage showing the coat variation of dogs. (from Dog anatomy)
Image 42Montage showing the morphological variation of the dog. (from Dog breed)
Image 43Boxer and Labrador Mix (from Dog breed)
Image 44Frontal view of a dog skull (from Dog anatomy)
Image 45A labradoodle puppy and a Golden Retriever puppy playing together (from Puppy)
Image 46Reduction in size under selective breeding – grey wolf and chihuahua skulls (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 47Lateral view of a dog skeleton (from Dog anatomy)
Image 48Golden Retriever puppy (from Puppy)
Image 49Newborn Basenji puppies (from Puppy)
Image 50Cart dogs, c. 1900; different in appearance but doing the same work (from Dog type)

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... that around 8% of the human genome consists of DNA acquired from viruses through a process known as endogenization?
... that hot-dog vendor Dan Rossi has slept inside his cart overnight to preserve his spot in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
... that a stray dog named Argo visited the ruins of Pompeii daily for 15 years and was considered its "guardian"?
... that with only three of the six guns in his P-51 Mustang working during a dogfight, Claude J. Crenshaw managed to shoot down four enemy aircraft?
... that a California TV station's news helicopter rescued a dog from a rooftop in a flooded town?
... that a dog chasing its master and a crab sidestepping an intruder can both be modeled mathematically by motion along a Tschirnhausen cubic?

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...that Laurence Mancuso was the founding abbot of the Eastern Orthodox monastic community of New Skete (pictured), which is known for its dog training?
...that "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" is the most reproduced cartoon from The New Yorker magazine, and its title a phrase still used around the world?
...that the famous quote "No man who hates dogs and children can be all bad" generally attributed to Leo Rosten was actually first used in 1930 by future war correspondent Byron Darnton?
...that the expressions 'top dog' and 'underdog' may originate with the two sawyers in a saw pit?

...that Snuppy the Afghan Hound is the world's first cloned dog?
...that 217 Dalmatians were used in the filming of 101 Dalmatians?
...that former Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King owned several Irish Terriers (all named Pat), and had séances to "communicate" with the dogs after their death?
...that the Labrador Retriever is the most popular dog breed in the USA, with the Yorkshire Terrier and German Shepherd Dog being second and third?

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