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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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The Australian Cattle Dog, or simply Cattle Dog, is a breed of herding dog developed in Australia for droving cattle over long distances across rough terrain. This breed is a medium-sized, short-coated dog that occurs in two main colour forms. It has either red or black hair distributed fairly evenly through a white coat, which gives the appearance of a "red" or "blue" dog.

As with dogs from other working breeds, the Australian Cattle Dog is energetic and intelligent with an independent streak. It responds well to structured training, particularly if it is interesting and challenging. It was originally bred to herd by biting, and is known to nip running children. It forms a strong attachment to its owners, and can be protective of them and their possessions. It is easy to groom and maintain, requiring little more than brushing during the shedding period. The most common health problems are deafness and progressive blindness (both hereditary conditions) and accidental injury. (Full article...)

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Purebred dogs, such as these Airedale Terriers, may participates in conformation dog shows with its owner or handler. Dog shows (and the related sport of Junior Handling for children and young people) are a popular activity; a single show, the 2006 Crufts dog show alone had 143,000 spectators, with 24,640 purebred dogs entered, representing 178 different breeds from 35 different countries.

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A dog displaying a typical clinical picture of visceral leishmaniasis

Canine leishmaniasis (LEESH-ma-NIGH-ah-sis) is a zoonotic disease (see human leishmaniasis) caused by Leishmania parasites transmitted by the bite of an infected phlebotomine sandfly. There have been no documented cases of leishmaniasis transmission from dogs to humans. Canine leishmaniasis was first identified in Europe in 1903, and in 1940, 40% of all dogs in Rome were determined to be positive for leishmaniasis. Traditionally thought of as a disease only found near the Mediterranean basin, 2008 research claims new findings are evidence that canine leishmaniasis is currently expanding in continental climate areas of northwestern Italy, far from the recognized disease-endemic areas along the Mediterranean coasts. Cases of leishmaniasis began appearing in North America in 2000, and, as of 2008, Leishmania-positive foxhounds have been reported in 22 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. (Full article...)

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Image 1Diagram of a wolf skull with key features labelled (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 2Mammoth bone dwelling, Mezhirich site, Ukraine (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 3The 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 4Example of a dog making prolonged eye contact with a human (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 5The 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 6Newborn Basenji puppies (from Puppy)
Image 7Ancient Hawaiian petroglyphic depiction of an ʻīlio (Hawaiian Poi Dog) (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 8An 1897 illustration showing a range of European dog breeds (from Dog breed)
Image 9A cavapoo and maltipoo running back while playing fetch (from Dog behavior)
Image 10Petroglyph depicting two dogs hunting – Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 11External anatomy (topography) of a typical dog: 1. Head 2. Muzzle 3. Dewlap (throat, neck skin) 4. Shoulder 5. Elbow 6. Forefeet 7. Croup (rump) 8. Leg (thigh and hip) 9. Hock 10. Hind feet 11. Withers 12. Stifle 13. Paws 14. Tail (from Dog anatomy)
Image 12President Lyndon B. Johnson with a basket of puppies in 1966 (from Puppy)
Image 13Bloodhound puppy (from Puppy)
Image 14Watercolor tracing made by archaeologist Henri Breuil from a cave painting of a wolf-like canid, Font-de-Gaume, France, dated 19,000 years ago (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 15Bison surrounded by grey wolf pack (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 16Reduction in size under selective breeding – grey wolf and chihuahua skulls (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 17Boxer and Labrador Mix (from Dog breed)
Image 18Two Shih Tzu puppies (from Puppy)
Image 19Australian Cattle Dog puppy (from Puppy)
Image 20A dog's teeth (from Dog anatomy)
Image 21Schematic anatomy of the ear. In dogs, the ear canal has a "L" shape, with the vertical canal (first half) and the horizontal canal (deeper half, ending with the eardrum) (from Dog anatomy)
Image 22Skeleton 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 23An extinct Turnspit dog, 1800 (from Dog type)
Image 24NASA astronaut Leland D. Melvin with his dogs Jake and Scout (from Dog behavior)
Image 25A mongrel puppy (from Puppy)
Image 26A dog's whiskers (from Dog anatomy)
Image 27Lateral view of a dog skull, jaw opened (from Dog anatomy)
Image 28Frontal view of a dog skull (from Dog anatomy)
Image 29A wolf mandible diagram showing the names and positions of the teeth (from Dog anatomy)
Image 30The dog's retina shows the optic disc and the eye's vasculature. (from Dog anatomy)
Image 31Newborn Welsh Springer Spaniels (from Puppy)
Image 32Sled dog types, sketched in 1833 (from Dog breed)
Image 33Cart dogs, c. 1900; different in appearance but doing the same work (from Dog type)
Image 34The 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 35Sled dog types, sketched in 1833 (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 36Map depicting possible phylogeographic origins of dingoes, New Guinea singing dogs, and Island Southeast Asian and Oceanian dogs, based on recent genetic evidence (Fillios & Taçon, 2016) (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 37West Highland White Terrier puppies (from Puppy)
Image 38Sled dogs, 1833 (from Dog type)
Image 39A labradoodle puppy and a Golden Retriever puppy playing together (from Puppy)
Image 40Jack Russell Terrier puppy (from Puppy)
Image 41Mandible of the Bonn–Oberkassel dog from the oldest dog-human co-burial dated 14,200 years old (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 42Lateral view of a dog skeleton (from Dog anatomy)
Image 43Basenji puppy (from Puppy)
Image 44German Spitz puppy (from Puppy)
Image 45Lateral view of a dog skull, jaw closed (from Dog anatomy)
Image 46Chihuahua mix and purebred Great Dane (from Dog breed)
Image 47Basset Hound (from Puppy)
Image 48A little mongrel puppy on the shore, on Halong Bay (from Puppy)
Image 49Chihuahua puppy (from Puppy)
Image 50The nose of a dog (from Dog anatomy)
Image 51Dog knee (from Dog anatomy)
Image 52Cave wolf skull, Natural History Museum, Berlin (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 53Montage showing the coat variation of dogs. (from Dog anatomy)
Image 54Tesem, an ancient Egyptian sight-hound (from Dog breed)
Image 55St. Bernard puppy (from Puppy)
Image 56The 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 57Cavapoo puppy (from Puppy)
Image 58Montage showing the morphological variation of the dog. (from Dog breed)
Image 59Golden Retriever puppy (from Puppy)
Image 60A 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 61"Five different types of dogs", c. 1547. (from Dog breed)
Image 62Puggle puppy (from Puppy)

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... that a bulldog from New Zealand was trained to locate wounded soldiers on the battlefields of the Western Front in World War I and guide them back to safety?
... that a Hot Dog Bean screenprint from Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans II sold for $258,046 in 2013?
... that a tornado near Chicago was produced by a storm with a hydrodynamical helicity four times higher than the threshold favorable for tornadogenesis?
... that the first dogs in space returned to Earth with a parachute?
... that Babydog is "a fixture in West Virginia politics"?
... that a mongrel lover wrote a typology of the dogs and a series of children's books based on them?

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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 American president Lyndon Johnson owned two Beagles named Him and Her?
...that the domestic dog's health is possibly one of the best-studied areas in veterinary medicine?
...that the word "terrier" comes from the Latin terra, meaning "earth"?
...that Moose, a Jack Russell Terrier who played Eddie on the popular sitcom Frasier, was given away by his original owner because he was too active for them?

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