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Is Your Dog a Social Butterfly?

7/2/2019

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What makes a dog a dog – that gregarious canine companion? People have been asking that for a very long time. Why is it that when you raise wolves with human care and companionship from the time they are born, while they are more comfortable around humans than wolves not raised with people, they never really become man’s/woman’s best friend?
 
This symbiotic relationship between dogs and humans began tens of thousands of years ago, with dogs getting room and board in exchange for light work such as vermin control. How did it morph into dogs becoming members of our extended families and part of our workforce? The answer to this question would help us better understand the nature of the human-canine bond and might hold the key to the process of domestication itself. ​

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    CHRIS ZINK DVM PhD DACVP DACVSMR CCRT CVSMT CVA is one of the world’s top canine sports medicine and rehabilitation veterinarians.
    She has helped thousands of dogs and their owners identify, diagnose and treat injuries. Chris has put over 100 titles on her dogs and remains
    an active competitor in an array of many dog sports with Hobby, her golden retriever, and Helix, her Norwich terrier.

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