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The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it was domesticated from an extinct population of Pleistocene wolves over 14,000 years ago. The dog was the first species to be domesticated by humans. Experts estimate that hunter-gatherers domesticated dogs more than 15,000 years ago, which was before the development of agriculture. Due to their long association with humans, dogs have expanded to a large number of domestic individuals and gained the ability to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canids.

The dog has been selectively bred over millennia for various behaviors, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes. Dog breeds vary widely in shape, size, and color. They perform many roles for humans, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and the military, companionship, therapy, and aiding disabled people. Over the millennia, dogs became uniquely adapted to human behavior, and the human–canine bond has been a topic of frequent study. This influence on human society has given them the sobriquet of "man's best friend". (Full article...)

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Blue Merle Miniature American Shepherd

The Miniature American Shepherd, frequently abbreviated MAS, is a small herding dog breed. The MAS is highly intelligent and biddable. The breed is often trained for dog sports such as herding, agility, obedience, canine freestyle, flyball, and others. The Miniature American Shepherd was recognised by the American Kennel Club (AKC) in 2015 and is the club's 186th breed. In September 2019, the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) officially accepted the breed. (Full article...)

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A dachshund dressed in homage to the legend of the naming of the hot dog.

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The naming of the modern American hot dog is supposedly influenced by the dachshund. In 1852, the butcher's guild in Frankfurt am Main created a smoked, spiced sausage in a thin casing, dubbed a "little-dog" or "dachshund sausage" for its obvious resemblance to the low-riding German dog. The popular legend on the etymology of hot dog holds that a cartoonist named Tad Dorgan attended a polo match in New York in 1901 where vendors roamed the aisles imploring patrons to "get your red-hot dachshund sausages." Enchanted, Dorgan drew a smiling dachshund nestled in a long bun, but couldn't spell dachshund, so he captioned it "hot dog!" and thus the food got its name.

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Stump is named Best in Show at the 2009 Westminster Dog Show.

Ch. Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee (December 1, 1998 – September 25, 2012), better known as Stump, was a male Sussex Spaniel who won Best In Show at the 2009 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Stump was the first of his breed to win that honor and, at 10 years old, the oldest dog ever to win the prize. He also won the Sporting Group at Westminster in 2004, the first such victory for his breed, and amassed 51 Best in Show awards throughout his career. One of his owners described him as "the most famous Sussex (Spaniel) that has ever lived".

Stump's breeders were Douglas Horn, Douglas Johnson, and Dee Duffy, and he was owned by Cecilia Ruggles and Beth Dowd. He was handled by Scott Sommer, who also trained 2001 Westminster Best in Show winner J.R., a Bichon Frise with whom Stump lived for most of his life. Stump became seriously ill in 2005 with a body-wide bacterial infection, infection on his heart valves, and other ailments often fatal for dogs. He was so sick that euthanasia was considered. Stump spent 19 days in hospitalization, including 12 in intensive care at Texas A&M University's Small Animal Hospital, and he ultimately survived. (Full article...)

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Image 1Cavapoo puppy (from Puppy)
Image 2The 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 3Two Shih Tzu puppies (from Puppy)
Image 4Newborn Welsh Springer Spaniels (from Puppy)
Image 5Cart dogs, c. 1900; different in appearance but doing the same work (from Dog type)
Image 6Mandible of the oldest recognised dog discovered in Bonn-Oberkassel, Germany, and dated 14,200 years old (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 7Lateral view of a dog skull, jaw opened (from Dog anatomy)
Image 8Schematic 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 9Ancient Hawaiian petroglyphic depiction of an ʻīlio (Hawaiian Poi Dog) (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 10St. Bernard puppy (from Puppy)
Image 11Chihuahua mix and purebred Great Dane (from Dog breed)
Image 12Watercolor 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 13The dog diverged from a now-extinct population of wolves 27,000–40,000 years ago immediately before the Last Glacial Maximum, when much of the mammoth steppe was cold and dry. (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 14Jack Russell Terrier puppy (from Puppy)
Image 15Mammoth bone dwelling, Mezhirich site, Ukraine (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 16Montage showing the morphological variation of the dog. (from Dog breed)
Image 17Skeleton 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 18Petroglyph depicting two dogs hunting – Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 19Reduction in size under selective breeding – grey wolf and chihuahua skulls (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 20The nose of a dog (from Dog anatomy)
Image 21A dog's teeth (from Dog anatomy)
Image 22External 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 23Montage showing the coat variation of dogs. (from Dog anatomy)
Image 24Sled dog types, sketched in 1833 (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 25German Spitz puppy (from Puppy)
Image 26The dog's retina shows the optic disc and the eye's vasculature. (from Dog anatomy)
Image 27President Lyndon B. Johnson with a basket of puppies in 1966 (from Puppy)
Image 28NASA astronaut Leland D. Melvin with his dogs Jake and Scout (from Dog behavior)
Image 29A little mongrel puppy on the shore, on Halong Bay (from Puppy)
Image 30The 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 31Frontal view of a dog skull (from Dog anatomy)
Image 32Basenji puppy (from Puppy)
Image 33Map 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 34A 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 35Lateral view of a dog skull, jaw closed (from Dog anatomy)
Image 36Cave wolf skull, Natural History Museum, Berlin (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 37A mongrel puppy (from Puppy)
Image 38Bison surrounded by grey wolf pack (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 39Diagram of a wolf skull with key features labelled (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 40West Highland White Terrier puppies (from Puppy)
Image 41Golden Retriever puppy (from Puppy)
Image 42A labradoodle puppy and a Golden Retriever puppy playing together (from Puppy)
Image 43Australian Cattle Dog puppy (from Puppy)
Image 44Tesem, an ancient Egyptian sight-hound (from Dog breed)
Image 45Puggle puppy (from Puppy)
Image 46Lateral view of a dog skeleton (from Dog anatomy)
Image 47Chihuahua puppy (from Puppy)
Image 48A wolf mandible diagram showing the names and positions of the teeth (from Dog anatomy)
Image 49"Five different types of dogs", c. 1547. (from Dog breed)
Image 50Basset Hound (from Puppy)
Image 51Scent-rolling (from Dog behavior)
Image 52A cavapoo and maltipoo running back while playing fetch (from Dog behavior)
Image 53Sled dog types, sketched in 1833 (from Dog breed)
Image 54Example of a dog making prolonged eye contact with a human (from Domestication of the dog)
Image 55Sled dogs, 1833 (from Dog type)
Image 56Dog knee (from Dog anatomy)
Image 57An extinct Turnspit dog, 1800 (from Dog type)
Image 58Newborn Basenji puppies (from Puppy)
Image 59Bloodhound puppy (from Puppy)
Image 60An 1897 illustration showing a range of European dog breeds (from Dog breed)
Image 61A dog's whiskers (from Dog anatomy)
Image 62The 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)

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... that after the 2023 New York City parking garage collapse, a robotic dog named Digidog was deployed by the New York City Fire Department?
... that the theme from Curb Your Enthusiasm, a former ringtone of Steven Spielberg, has been used as the backing to a Snoop Dogg song?
... that French designer Martine Bedin compared her Super Lamp design to "a small dog that I could carry with me"?
... that an image of MacCarthy's Bar on the front cover of a book featured a staff member posing as a nun drinking a pint of Guinness and the surprise appearance of a dog?
... that Moondog was released 13 years after Moondog's previous Moondog?
... that Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, who both edited and contributed to The Oxford History of Christian Worship, also served as a dog show judge?

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...that Rex, (pictured) Ronald Reagan's pet Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, lived at the White House in a lavish doghouse decorated with framed portraits of the First Family?
...that the Caribou Inuit people are defined by their fur clothing, use of sled dogs and their snowhouses?
...that a legend says that when Philip de Braose irreverently spent the night in a church dedicated to Saint Afan, he was struck blind the next morning and his hunting dogs went mad?
...that the Koitsenko were the honorary elite of the Kiowa dog soldiers, who tribal lore says called themselves that because they had dreams or visions of dogs?

...that Ramy Brooks, a competitor in the 1,049 mi 2006 Iditarod dog sled race across Alaska, is one of the few Native Alaskans competing in the event?
...that the Caucasian Shepherd Dog is generally a low activity dog, seemingly lethargic when not working, but extremely agile and convincing when it feels that its family is threatened?
...that the Battle of Garibpur fought between India and Pakistan preceded the official start of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, and was the first battle where dog fighting occurred over East Pakistan?
...that George E. Studdy was a British artist best remembered for his creation of Bonzo the dog, a fictional character, in the early 1920s?

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