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Stay warm and fuzzy with this gallery of reader-submitted photos
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Check out some great Halloween Costumes submitted by readers!more |
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Because the domestication of dogs occurred so long ago during prehistoric times, many of our beliefs about people’s early relationships with dogs, wolves, and wild canines are sheer speculation. In some respects, we have not moved very far from the vision of the British writer Rudyard Kipling in 1912 when he offered his theory of the domestication of dogs in his Just So Stories. The story begins with the wild dog/wolf/jackal/coyote hanging around the home of the humans, looking at the food being cooked by the primitive human female, and feeling hungry.
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Google furkids and you will find hits on everything from dogsitters to tailored clothing: the population of pet guardians that relate to their bundles of fur much like offspring is steadily growing. Some pet parents see their dog as a child-substitute—a replacement for the unconditional love and nurturing that comes with a parent-child relationship. Others view caring for their dog as a bona fide parenting role, regardless of their choices surrounding reproduction, and seem to use the term furkids to symbolize their degree of love and commitment.
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In a world going increasingly digital, photographer Jesse Freidin
dares to buck the trend. A loyal fan of traditional analog photography,
he found himself in a unique position—desiring
to do something to celebrate the unique and disappearing art of
instant photography and in possession of the two of
the last packs of original Polaroid instant film in the
world, thanks to The Impossible Project.
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Born prematurely on a frigid February night
in West Virginia along with 11 healthy,
hungry piglet siblings, tiny Pink, his eyes
sealed shut, was not breathing on his own. Johanna
Kerby cleaned him up and got him breathing, but he
was rejected by his littermates, who had no time or
patience for a piglet so small. Unable to eat or stand
without help, Pink could do little more than whimper
quietly. The other piglets pushed him from the
pen; it was too cold and he was too small to survive
alone.
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I was having coffee with a friend of mine who is a professorof psychology. As we chatted, he brought up the fact that he had broken off his relationship with a woman he had beenseeing. “I’m a dog person and she’s a cat person, and theydon’t mix well,” he explained.
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A day in the life of Esther, a Modern Dog.
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If you’re like us, you have loads
(and loads) of yet-to-be-printed
digital photos of your pup on your
camera…and laptop and desktop
and iPhone. It’s time to delve into
the digital forest of photos and put
those pics to good use!
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We can’t say it often
enough—no matter what kind
of dog your looking for, you can
fi nd her (or him) within the shelter
system.more |
