DOGS AND RACISM: WHO IS THE REAL BIGOT?
Suspicions that some dogs, like some people, make judgments on the basis of skin color are so common they have become a part of pop culture.
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Suspicions that some dogs, like some people, make judgments on the basis of skin color are so common they have become a part of pop culture.
Dog-tired.Cat nap. Let sleeping dogs lie. It’s idiomatic, and axiomatic: Our pets are sleep experts.
Could your dog be gay? This question, which has been applied to albatrosses, macaques, orangutans, barnyard animals, not to mention our very own pets, has recently been the subject of renewed scientific inquiry.
Giant George recently became famous for being 43 inches tall. At 3'7 '', what makes George a giant? He’s a dog.
Guide dogs go where their owners go—to the store, the bank, even out to eat. It's a law people seem to accept readily —not surprising when you take into account that 53% of dog owners (1 in 1.87) consider their own dog to be a family member, not just a pet.
Between six and eight million animals end up in shelters each year, and between three and four million of those are euthanized. The odds an animal that enters a shelter will be adopted are 1 in 4.
Dogs have helped us explore our world, put food on our tables, care for our farms, protect our homes; rescued our loved ones, and stopped postal workers from becoming fat and complacent.
Someone who has never owned a cat or dog might wonder, “What’s the big difference?” But anyone who has ever tried to talk up the joys of sharing a pillow with a purring ball of fur to someone who prefers bedmates to be big, slobbery, and spread out, understands that there are two types of people in this world.
President Harry Truman famously said “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” The odds a president had a dog during his term are 1 in 1.54 (65%).