In other cultures, dogs are often seen as little more than food or labour.
People have loved dogs for centuries. And why not? Dogs have provided warmth, protection, and loyal companionship while labouring alongside man. Almost every culture boasts its own breed. There's the Egyptian Pharaoh Hound, the Tibetan Spaniel, the English Foxhound, Germany's monkey-faced Affenpinscher, and the Chinese Shar-Pei, to name but a few.
Westerners go to great lengths to please the tail-thumping creatures that have captured their hearts. But not all cultures so readily embrace the dog as man's (or woman's) best friend.
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Pedigree dogs face extinction due to inbreeding
Many of Britain's most popular dog breeds could be extinct within 50 years because they are so inbred, vets have warned.
Published : 12 May 2008
Penny, a labrador-cross, rescued a woman from a river when her owner asked her to "fetch".
Published : 09 May 2008
Military Working Dogs Help Raise Money
The Military Working Dogs Section in Afghanistan has come up with a novel way of raising money for the Help for Heroes charity campaign. The "Beat the Dog" fundraiser event has volunteers paying for the opportunity to see if they can outrun a military attack dog.
Published : 08 May 2008
Black Dogs Guardians of the corpse ways
The mythology of dogs shows they have been not only man's close companions for many millennia, but also providing a very specific spiritual guardianship.
Published : 01 May 2008