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Dogs' Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Man's Best Friend
De J. A. Wines
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Comece a ler- Editora:
- Michael O'Mara
- Lançado em:
- Dec 9, 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781782432470
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Dogs' Miscellany features a unique and elegant collection of fascinating facts, trivia, anecdotes and legends about dogs throughout the ages. For example, did you know that 22% of the UK population own a dog? Dogs' Miscellany covers every aspect of the dog: from true stories of famous mutts to their long history, as well as biological and physiological information, curious tales, quotes, details of popular breeds, and much more.
Chronicling the various exploits of dogs real and fictional, and sprinkled with sayings and observations from the greatest dog lovers, Dogs' Miscellany explores every age of man's enduring association with his canine companion, and promises to delight dog-lovers everywhere.
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Comece a lerDados do livro
Dogs' Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Man's Best Friend
De J. A. Wines
Descrição
Dogs' Miscellany features a unique and elegant collection of fascinating facts, trivia, anecdotes and legends about dogs throughout the ages. For example, did you know that 22% of the UK population own a dog? Dogs' Miscellany covers every aspect of the dog: from true stories of famous mutts to their long history, as well as biological and physiological information, curious tales, quotes, details of popular breeds, and much more.
Chronicling the various exploits of dogs real and fictional, and sprinkled with sayings and observations from the greatest dog lovers, Dogs' Miscellany explores every age of man's enduring association with his canine companion, and promises to delight dog-lovers everywhere.
- Editora:
- Michael O'Mara
- Lançado em:
- Dec 9, 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781782432470
- Formato:
- Livro
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Dogs' Miscellany - J. A. Wines
DOGS’
Miscellany
The author would like to thank Nick Lane, Education and Community Engagement Officer at The Royal Parks, for his help in finding out about the pet cemetery in Hyde Park.
First published in Great Britain in 2006 by
Michael O’Mara Books Limited
9 Lion Yard
Tremadoc Road
London SW4 7NQ
This edition first published in 2013
Copyright © Michael O’Mara Books Limited 2006, 2013
All rights reserved. You may not copy, store, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or by any means (electronic, digital, optical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 978-1-78243-025-4 in hardback print format.
ISBN: 978-1-78243-247-0 in ebook format
Jacket design by Ana Bjezancevic
Typeset by Greg Stevenson
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Contents
10 Reasons Why You Have to Own a Dog
In Praise of Dogs
Tale of the Dog
Some Ancient Dog Breeds
From Canis Lupis to Canis Lupis Familiaris
The Dog and the Wolf
Four Old Dogs
Dog Miscellanea #1
Three Faithful Hounds
Cats and Dogs #1
Classical Dogs
Some Famous Dog Owners
Dogs and Religion
Half Holy, Half Vile
Bath Time
Dog Stars and Dog Days
Mad Dogs
Some Ancient Cures for Rabies in Humans
Some Ancient Cures for Rabies in Dogs
Dogs and Dog Days
Celebrity Dog Names
Dog Miscellanea #2
Beware of the Dog!
How Many Dogs Would It Take to Change a Light Bulb?
Heal, Boy!
The Lydney Dog
Mistress and Dog
Shakespearean Dogs
The Last Dog to be Created
Black Dogs and Devil Dogs
Dog-related Superstitions
Dog Miscellanea #3
The Bargest of Troller’s Gill
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Cu Sith
Spectre Dogs
Doggy Dictionary
The Leader of the Pack
Dogs on the Move
Dogs in Public Buildings
Hair of the Dog #1
Ten Dogs That Do Not Moult
Tail of the Dog
It’s a Dog’s Life
Dogs for Sale
Dog Limerick
I’d Like a Table for My Dog
Making a Dog’s Dinner Out of It
Six Dangerous Foods for Your Dog
Jake
Old Mother Hubbard
Pavlov’s Dog
Faithful Hound
Dog Proverbs
The Long and Short of It – Dog Records
The World’s Tallest Dog
In Defence of Small Dogs
Dog Miscellanea #4
An A–Y of Toy Dogs
Four Rare Dog Breeds
Dog Plants
Things You Shouldn’t Do to a Dog
Things They Say You Should Never Allow Your Dog to Do
Doggy Paddle
Ten Dogs in Literature
Doggy Dive
Man and Dog
Collie Wobbles
A Spot of Bother
The Dulux Dog
Pickles
The Andrex Puppy
The Language of Dogs
Dog Barks Translated
Barking Mad
Dog Licences
The Bulldog
Thoughts on Bulldogs
Poo Dogs
Doggy Doo
The Snowball Effect
Lost and Found
Thoughts on Dog Types
Barking Mad
Dog Miscellanea #5
Twenty Most Popular Dogs in the UK
Ten Most Popular Dogs in the US
A Question of Pedigree
Cross-breeds
How to Avoid Mix-ups
Mongrels and Mutts
Waifs and Strays
Royal Lineage
Dog Sayings
Don’t Bite the Hand That Feeds You
Dog Bytes
Fur Dodger
Dogs of War
Ten National Dogs
Blackout
Dog Ahoy
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home
Man Saves Dog, Dog Saves Man
Rescue Dogs
The Kennel Club
Crufts
Random Best in Shows
Cats and Dogs
The Difference Between Cats and Dogs
As Good As Gold
Half Man, Half Dog
And They Call It Puppy Love
Hair of the Dog #2
Count On It
Seeing, Hearing, Smelling
Dog Pioneers
The Chinese Years of the Dog
Pick Up Those Ears
Old Drum
Working Like a Dog
Guide Dogs
Sniffer Dogs
Some Presidential Dogs
It Figures
Checkers
The Trouble With Dogs
Toby Dogs
The Hare and the Hound
Dog Miscellanea #6
Give a Dog My Name
Dog Miscellanea #7
Dog Miscellanea #8
Dogs and the Afterlife
The Dog Has Had Its Day
Dog End
It’s Going To Be a Dog
Dog Cemeteries
Tail Ends
Bibliography and Sources
Notes
10 Reasons Why You
Have to Own a Dog
A house is not a home until it has a dog.
GERALD DURRELL
In Praise of Dogs
Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really.
AGNES SLIGH TURNBULL
We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment.
GEORGE ELIOT
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
ROBERT BENCHLEY
Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.
SIR WALTER SCOTT
Tale of the Dog
As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs,
Shoughs, water-rugs and demi-wolves are clept
All by the name of dogs: the valued file
Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle,
The housekeeper, the hunter, every one
According to the gift which bounteous nature
Hath in him closed, whereby he does receive
Particular addition, from the bill
That writes them all alike …
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Macbeth
It is thought that man’s long association with the dog began about 15,000 years ago. However, fossils of wolf bones found alongside human artefacts have led to speculation that the bond between man and his canine companion may stretch as far back as 100,000 years. It is probable that hungry wolves – either lone wolves or abandoned puppies – began to scavenge from villages. Separated from the pack, these animals were drawn to human tribes for food and possibly company, and a form of selection then occurred. If the wolf was aggressive or attacked, it was hunted down; if submissive, it was likely to engender sympathy and to be rewarded with food. Thus the more cunning animal learned how to beg, and eventually to sit and stay.
These animals adopted human tribes as their pack and jealously guarded them from the less sociable of their brethren. Man quickly realized that the wolf or wild dog could be useful in guarding humankind and their livestock, as well as in hunting, and even fishing. Dogs were also
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