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Dogs have been hanging around with humans for 15,000 years. Here's the pick of the web on our best friends.
Dogs have been hanging around with humans for 15,000 years. Here's the pick of the web on our best friends.
1. Dogs have made a good living of appealing to humans, and now it seems they have been doing so for about 15,000 years. Researchers believe that the Chinese first domesticated wolves around that time, creating an animal perfectly attuned to human intentions and emotions.
2. In the journal Science an international research team reported that even young puppies could interpret human signals to find hidden food, and they did so better than our closest cousins, chimpanzees.
3. This will not surprise those of you who have duped into buying speciality collars, Christmas-themed chew toys and even wedding dresses for your dogs.
4. Just one look into those big loving eyes, a few swishes of a waggy tail, and it seems we're hooked. Oooo, what do you want, huh, boy? Walkies? You are such a good dog, yes you are.
5. By the way, those of you among the class of humans known as "cat people" may click away now. We don't want your kind here. Go de-furball something.
6. The best place to set yourself up with a new best friend is a rescue centre. Battersea Dog's Home has tips on how to care for your pet.
7. Even once your beloved pet has passed on, the internet offers comfort.
8. Not every dog has secured a gig on someone's hearth, however, and some need to work for a living like the rest of us. That unique ability to read our minds makes dogs the perfect helpers for anyone blind or deaf.
9. Dogs can keep us fit. Scandinavia offers numerous opportunities for dog sledding across the snow. Anyone lacking sufficient ice can take part in dog scootering, a wheels-and-park-path version of the sport.
10. The world of dogs is not all fluffy puppies and fringe sports, as Princess Anne's out-of-control terror-hound, Dotty, demonstrated this week. The three-year-old English bull terrier attacked two children, biting one of them and sending Princess Anne to court. The princess was fined, and Dotty was ordered into training. What a bitch.
1. Dogs have made a good living of appealing to humans, and now it seems they have been doing so for about 15,000 years. Researchers believe that the Chinese first domesticated wolves around that time, creating an animal perfectly attuned to human intentions and emotions.
2. In the journal Science an international research team reported that even young puppies could interpret human signals to find hidden food, and they did so better than our closest cousins, chimpanzees.
3. This will not surprise those of you who have duped into buying speciality collars, Christmas-themed chew toys and even wedding dresses for your dogs.
4. Just one look into those big loving eyes, a few swishes of a waggy tail, and it seems we're hooked. Oooo, what do you want, huh, boy? Walkies? You are such a good dog, yes you are.
5. By the way, those of you among the class of humans known as "cat people" may click away now. We don't want your kind here. Go de-furball something.
6. The best place to set yourself up with a new best friend is a rescue centre. Battersea Dog's Home has tips on how to care for your pet.
7. Even once your beloved pet has passed on, the internet offers comfort.
8. Not every dog has secured a gig on someone's hearth, however, and some need to work for a living like the rest of us. That unique ability to read our minds makes dogs the perfect helpers for anyone blind or deaf.
9. Dogs can keep us fit. Scandinavia offers numerous opportunities for dog sledding across the snow. Anyone lacking sufficient ice can take part in dog scootering, a wheels-and-park-path version of the sport.
10. The world of dogs is not all fluffy puppies and fringe sports, as Princess Anne's out-of-control terror-hound, Dotty, demonstrated this week. The three-year-old English bull terrier attacked two children, biting one of them and sending Princess Anne to court. The princess was fined, and Dotty was ordered into training. What a bitch.
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