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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 extinct gray wolves, and 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 King Charles Spaniel (also known as the English Toy Spaniel) is a small dog breed of the spaniel type. In 1903, the Kennel Club combined four separate toy spaniel breeds under this single title. The other varieties merged into this breed were the Blenheim, Ruby and Prince Charles Spaniels, each of which contributed one of the four colours available in the breed.

Thought to have originated in East Asia, toy spaniels were first seen in Europe during the 16th century. They became linked with English royalty in the time of Queen Mary I and were made famous by their association with King Charles II. Members of the breed were owned by Queen Victoria (Dash) and her great-granddaughter Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia. (Full article...)

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A yellow Labrador Retriever correctly negotiating weave poles at a dog agility competition. Similar to a slalom, weave poles are a series of upright poles, each about 3 feet (1 m) tall and spaced about 20 inches (50 cm) apart, through which the dog weaves. It is one of the most difficult obstacles for a dog to master. It varies from 5 to 12 poles at one time. The dog must always enter with the first pole to his left and must not skip poles.

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Dog meat is the flesh and other edible parts derived from dogs. Historically human consumption of dog meat has been recorded in many parts of the world.

In the 21st century dog meat is consumed to a limited extent in Korea, China, Indonesia, Nigeria, Switzerland, Vietnam, and India; it is eaten or is legal to be eaten in other countries throughout the world. Some cultures view the consumption of dog meat as part of their traditional, ritualistic, or day-to-day cuisine, and other cultures consider consumption of dog meat a taboo, even where it had been consumed in the past. Opinions also vary drastically across different regions within different countries. It was estimated in 2014 that worldwide, 27 million dogs are eaten each year by humans. (Full article...)

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

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... that an initial gameplay concept for Diggin' Dogs was "possibly going to be worms eating into a diseased brain", with design input from Edmund McMillen?
... that Rock Demers was spurred to make The Dog Who Stopped the War after reading an article on youth suicide?
... that Stan Brakhage's film Sirius Remembered shows the decomposition of the corpse of his family's dog?
... that Phil Fletcher as Hacker T. Dog caused Lauren Layfield to make the "most famous snort" in the United Kingdom in 2016?
... that ancient Greek philosopher Xenophon thought the alopekis was part dog, part fox?

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...that the stray dogs Bummer and Lazarus (pictured) were so popular with the people of San Francisco in the 1860s that they were given special exemption from the leash laws?
...that Manuel Benito de Castro assumed the Presidency of Cundinamarca, with the condition that he would be allowed to leave Congress at a certain time to feed his dog?
...that the namesake for Hondo Dog Park in Hillsboro, Oregon, won an award for valor just weeks before being killed in the line of duty?
...that most of the dogs seen in the 2007 Thai film, Ma-Mha, were strays rescued from shelters and trained specifically for the film?

...when lying down, dogs rest on their haunches, not their stomachs?
...that Nipper was the mixed-breed dog who was the model for the painting His Master's Voice, which was later used logos and advertising for several brands, including RCA Records.
...that the Canadian Kennel Club was founded in 1888, four years after the American Kennel Club?
...that the Greyhound is one of the fastest breeds of dog, and can reach speeds of 72 km/h (45 mph)?

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