Tuesday, October 25, 2005

People and Dogs Belong Together

For a long time I have believed that humans and dogs belong, nay, need to live together, because they have evolved together. People who do not like dogs deny themselves complete personhood.

The CS Monitor has a short article contrasting the difference between dogs and wolves.

Why your dog is smarter than a wolf

After a decade studying dogs in their human habitat, Mr. Miklosi and his colleagues have accumulated a body of evidence suggesting that dogs have far greater mental capabilities than scientists had thought. Dogs' smarts, it turns out, come out in their relationships with people.