Recently I have spent a bit of time with a dog...
Nahual may be classified as an Australian Mini Shephard, but as his name suggests he is not your everyday dog...
Historically I am not a dog person. But borrowing this friend's dog recently has helped inspire in me a nascent awareness of a millennia's deep emotional connection and convergence within and between divergent species.
"Wolf society functions because of highly developed social responses, which include strict hierarchies, cooperative systems, and sophisticated communication skills." |
"Taming an animal does not make it domesticated..."
"...as far as their mitochondrial DNA is concerned, dogs are virtually identical to wolves."
Quotes beneath images: NY Times review of the book A History of Dogs in North America
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