Brilliant... and true....

 

 

 

 

Dogs regularly find lost children, avalanche victims, disaster victims, fleeing criminals, etc.

 

They provide eyes for the blind.

 

On ships, they kept rats down, and rescued drowning sailors. They still rescue drowning people (Labrador retriever, Newfoundland dog). With their very keen noses, they can be trained to detect land mines, explosives, narcotics, etc.  (Likely even provide early diagnosis of specific illnesses, is the latest hoped-for application.)

 

They can guard property, children, the elderly. They can be beasts of burden. They can be used for transportation in snowy climes. They can herd and protect sheep. They can detect and retrieve game for hunters.  In hospitals & nursing homes, they can comfort the ill, elderly and lonely. They can even clean up kitchen and dining room spills!  

 

 

(You know all these things, no doubt.)

 

Did you know that dogs are (genetically) tame wolves -- they are the same species. When you are in their "pack," they are completely loyal to you, and protective of you, until death. They will stand in the face of danger -- even die -- for you. (Ask any cop who has a canine partner.)

 

When my family and I were camping in a tent, my little dog went after a black bear that was very near to me (and my sleeping wife and kids).   My little dog did not act as if he was small -- he fearlessly harassed that bear until it soon fled. We stayed there another night -- I was very glad to have him, his bravery, his bark, his sharp ears, and his nose with us.

 

Cats can make good pets for many people, and it seems that many progholes prefer them, but they simply cannot compete with dogs in terms of loyalty and age-old utility to man. A cat does things for itself (many will find that instinctive independence & "selfishness" admirable), but a dog does things for YOU. Our partnership with them goes back to the stone age. They did not get tagged "man's best friend" for nothing!

 

And puppies are darned cute -- who could honestly deny that?

 

 

 

Dogs regularly find lost children, avalanche victims, disaster victims, fleeing criminals, etc.

 

They provide eyes for the blind.

 

On ships, they kept rats down, and rescued drowning sailors. They still rescue drowning people (Labrador retriever, Newfoundland dog). With their very keen noses, they can be trained to detect land mines, explosives, narcotics, etc.  (Likely even provide early diagnosis of specific illnesses, is the latest hoped-for application.)

 

They can guard property, children, the elderly. They can be beasts of burden. They can be used for transportation in snowy climes. They can herd and protect sheep. They can detect and retrieve game for hunters.  In hospitals & nursing homes, they can comfort the ill, elderly and lonely. They can even clean up kitchen and dining room spills!  

 

 

(You know all these things, no doubt.)

 

Did you know that dogs are (genetically) tame wolves -- they are the same species. When you are in their "pack," they are completely loyal to you, and protective of you, until death. They will stand in the face of danger -- even die -- for you. (Ask any cop who has a canine partner.)

 

When my family and I were camping in a tent, my little dog went after a black bear that was very near to me (and my sleeping wife and kids).   My little dog did not act as if he was small -- he fearlessly harassed that bear until it soon fled. We stayed there another night -- I was very glad to have him, his bravery, his bark, his sharp ears, and his nose with us.

 

Cats can make good pets for many people, and it seems that many progholes prefer them, but they simply cannot compete with dogs in terms of loyalty and age-old utility to man. A cat does things for itself (many will find that instinctive independence & "selfishness" admirable), but a dog does things for YOU. Our partnership with them goes back to the stone age. They did not get tagged "man's best friend" for nothing!

 

And puppies are darned cute -- who could honestly deny that?

 

you forgot to mention one thing, Peter: they also served and still serve as food in some countries, for example Iceland and China. actually chow-chow, the name of a special breed of dog, means "yummy-yummy" regarding to taste in Chinese.
one of the reasons Amundsen won the race to the South Pole against Scott was that he used sledge dogs which not only pulled the sledge but also served as living supplies; the less the sled weighed the fewer dogs were needed to pull it, so when a sufficient amount of provisions was used up certain dogs became "available".
this just serves to show what a friend man's best friend actually is

Actually, I did not forget either of those facts. they weren't particularly useful to the point I was trying to make, and I also did not want to give offense to any members from such a (here nameless) dog-eating country.

 

(Yes, and in WW2 Stalingrad, the starving beseiged population first ate all the livestock, before they ate their  dogs and cats, and then resorted to cannibalism as a means to stay alive.)  

 

I have never heard that about Iceland -- are you sure they eat dogs there? (Nor can i locate any references to that on the Net -- though it seems they eat "white dogs," which are hotdogs made from mutton.) Can you provide a citation? (Just curious -- it may well be true for all I know.)

 

Is your concluding remark meant to demonstrate that the actions of a few cultures, or polar explorers (who are in quite extrordinary circumstances, and whom I doubt were lusting after their steadfast dogs as meat the entire time) prove that the entirety of humankind does not really like dogs? That My family and I don't love ours as another member of the family? Why this seeming hostility toward my post?

 

(Or am I misunderstanding your intent?)

 

Dogs regularly find lost children, avalanche victims, disaster victims, fleeing criminals, etc.

 

They provide eyes for the blind.

 

On ships, they kept rats down, and rescued drowning sailors. They still rescue drowning people (Labrador retriever, Newfoundland dog). With their very keen noses, they can be trained to detect land mines, explosives, narcotics, etc.  (Likely even provide early diagnosis of specific illnesses, is the latest hoped-for application.)

 

They can guard property, children, the elderly. They can be beasts of burden. They can be used for transportation in snowy climes. They can herd and protect sheep. They can detect and retrieve game for hunters.  In hospitals & nursing homes, they can comfort the ill, elderly and lonely. They can even clean up kitchen and dining room spills!  

 

 

(You know all these things, no doubt.)

 

Did you know that dogs are (genetically) tame wolves -- they are the same species. When you are in their "pack," they are completely loyal to you, and protective of you, until death. They will stand in the face of danger -- even die -- for you. (Ask any cop who has a canine partner.)

 

When my family and I were camping in a tent, my little dog went after a black bear that was very near to me (and my sleeping wife and kids).   My little dog did not act as if he was small -- he fearlessly harassed that bear until it soon fled. We stayed there another night -- I was very glad to have him, his bravery, his bark, his sharp ears, and his nose with us.

 

Cats can make good pets for many people, and it seems that many progholes prefer them, but they simply cannot compete with dogs in terms of loyalty and age-old utility to man. A cat does things for itself (many will find that instinctive independence & "selfishness" admirable), but a dog does things for YOU. Our partnership with them goes back to the stone age. They did not get tagged "man's best friend" for nothing!

 

And puppies are darned cute -- who could honestly deny that?