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Mans Best
Friend
You
would have to have been
born on Pluto not to know who "Mans
(or Womans) Best Friend" is.
The list of animals that have helped us along our journey to "civilization"
is long. There is of course the trusty horse, as well as herd animals
to numerous to mention though there is only one that we call Best Friend and it
is of course
the noble dog,
the K9 (canine),
the faithful hound, a pup whatever you
want to call it, and whatever shape, size or color, I have to
admit, I am an avid FAN, I love them
all. Big, small, hairy, cute, ugly handsome... all of them.
In fact there are times when I much prefer the company of dogs to
people and I don’t think I am alone in that view (just check
out our site mascot below).
The Best
Qualities In Man
There is no other creature on earth that has a closer relationship to
man than the noble Canine. Sure many of the primates exhibit human like
behaviour and can be linked to within a few strands of us genetically
as a species. The dog however seems to embody all the best qualities of
man, without our – less than noble qualities.
Now lets
get a little more technical now that I have shown my heart on
my sleeve.
Canis
Lupus Familiaris
The dog
(Canis lupus
familiaris – according to Wikipedia) is a domestic subspecies of the
wolf, a mammal of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora.
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The term Canis lupus
familiaris (Canine) encompasses both the feral and
the pet varieties of the dog. It is also sometimes used to describe
wild canids (like the Australian Dingo’s etc.).
The domestic dog has been (and continues to be) one of the most
widely-kept working and companion animals in human history.
The dog has developed
through the millennia into hundreds of varied breeds. Their size varies
from a few inches in the Chihuahua to a few feet in the Irish Wolfhound
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Dogs
Colors
Dogs colors vary from white
through grays (usually called blue – like my dog Bonnie) to black, from
light tan to dark "red" or "chocolate" in a wide variation of patterns.
The dogs coats also vary greatly from breed to breed, some being
extremely short (like in the Chihuahua) to the very long (sometimes
many inches long) like seen on the Husky.
The consistency of the dogs coat can also vary from coarse to something
akin to wool, and can be either straight, curly or smooth.
Bonnie
the Wonder Dog
Bonnie is a 9 year old Australian Blue Cattle Dog, she suffers from
Hip-dysplasia, a skeletal development defect.
If you want information on
dogs, you have come to the right place. This is not all pretty
pictures, and stories, it is solid Canine information.
Contained in this Dogs Awareness Guide there are a
multitude of articles and reports written especially to give you the
latest
information available.
The team at awareness-guide.com hope you will find all the canine
answers you
are looking for.
Dogs...got
to love them all...
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