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 ScienceDaily (Oct. 5, 2008) — Dogs are often called “man’s best friend,” and rightly so. Consider, for example, that they never interrupt us when we talk, are always happy to see us when we arrive home, and provide comfort when we are lovesick. Since dogs became domesticated 15,000 years ago, they have worked with and lived next to humans, which some say may account for the special bond. Each of the 400 breeds and varieties are unique, but only one stands out as the ultra-athlete canine: the racing sled dogs. Racing sled dogs are best known for their “mushing” each March during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the world’s longest sled race. They are the premier ultra-endurance competitors, covering 1,100 miles from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, sometimes in just nine days. It is unclear how they can keep running, despite heavy blizzards, temperatures as low as –40°F, and winds up to 60 mph. No other animal has been found to come close to the physiological attributes these dogs display.
- American Physiological Society. "Ultra-Endurance Competitors: Lessons From Sled Dogs In The Iditarod." ScienceDaily 5 October 2008. 19 May 2009 Read More . . . |
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 It has been a pet peeve of mine that the animal behavior academic world so often announces a "discovery" of something that has been long known by lay people. They have a tendency as well to dismiss the layperson's observations as anecdotal and then write those same anecdotes down and call them theories. This story is one such example. I wonder how much tax payers paid for this one? I could have saved them the trouble and they could have invested it into learning why the dog breeding world is so unregulated. 
New research at Tel Aviv University, the first of its kind in the world, has found a new recipe for success. According to the study, if the cat is adopted before the dog and if they are introduced when still young (less than 6 months for kittens, a year for dogs), there is a high probability that your two pets will get along swimmingly. Tel Aviv University (2008, September 9). Dogs And Cats Can Live In Perfect Harmony In The Home, If Introduced The Right Way. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 19, 2009, from Read more . . . |
 A group of researchers at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have discovered the origin of the mucinosis present in Shar Pei dogs, a hereditary disorder responsible for the characteristic wrinkles found in this breed. Shar Pei dogs have unique characteristics. The breed originated in the south of China more than two thousand years ago with the Han dynasty and was used as guard dogs and shepherds. After the communist revolution of Mao Tse-Tung the Shar Pei breed almost disappeared. However, at the beginning of the 1970s a breeder from Hong Kong, Matgo-Law, sent a number of Shar Peis to the United States and there began the process of recovering the breed, which is considered to be the rarest in the world. Read more . . . |
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