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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 is derived from the extinct Pleistocene wolf; the gray wolf is the dog's closest living relative. 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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The beagle is a breed of small scent hound, similar in appearance to the much larger foxhound. The beagle was developed primarily for hunting hare, known as beagling. Possessing a great sense of smell and superior tracking instincts, the beagle is the primary breed used as a detection dog for prohibited agricultural imports and foodstuffs in quarantine around the world. The beagle is a popular pet due to its size, good temper, and a lack of inherited health problems.

The modern breed was developed in Great Britain around the 1830s from several breeds, including the Talbot Hound, the North Country Beagle, the Southern Hound, and possibly the Harrier. (Full article...)

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

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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The Polynesian Dog refers to a few extinct varieties of domesticated dogs from the islands of Polynesia. These dogs were used for both companionship and food and were introduced alongside poultry and pigs to various islands. They became extinct as a result of the crossbreeding that occurred after European breeds of dogs were introduced. Modern studies done on the DNA of the Polynesian dogs indicate that they descended from the domesticated dogs of Southeast Asia and may have shared a remote ancestor with the dingo. (Full article...)

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

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... that ancient humans cared for a 14,000-year-old puppy?
... that Aox Inc., a maker of computer expansion cards, was named after the founders' dog?
... that Pyrenean Mountain Dogs were urgently introduced onto French farms in the 1990s to protect flocks from wolves that had arrived from Italy?
... that either dog feces, or hen and pigeon manure, were used by tanners to produce a soft leather?
... that eccentric Yorkshirewoman Camberley Kate is estimated to have cared for more than 600 dogs in her lifetime?
... that Mack Trucks adopted the Bulldog as its corporate logo after World War I British soldiers nicknamed the Mack AC the "Bulldog", a reference to the model's tenacity and stub nose?

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...that Buster, the dog of British Labour politician Roy Hattersley, earned his owner a criminal record after killing a goose in St. James's Park, London?
...that the appearance of a dog in a Hutch ad campaign doubled sales of pugs in India in 2003?
...that Bamse was a St. Bernard dog that became the heroic mascot of the Free Norwegian Forces during the Second World War?

...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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