1. Domestication In their book The First Domestication: How Wolves and Humans Co-Evolved, Raymond Pierotti and Brandy R. Fogg point out that humans were probably originally drawn to (primal wolf-like) dogs because the animals seemed to embody important human values, such as intelligence, courage, group loyalty and co-operation for the common good. We still don’t […]
Dog & human: The Broken Covenant, by Jerry Phillips
When a dog is caught up in our illusions and delusions, that dog is bound to go astray. In the language of the dog world, a dog fancier is one who “takes a fancy” to a certain breed of purebred dog. The dog fancier appreciates the physical and behavioral conformations of his chosen (animal) race. […]