Posted on 12/27/2014 2:48:28 AM PST by blam
Africa is one of the last places to get dogs. All dogs are a variety of wolf
(Canis Lupus familiaris) that originated in Asia. The species you listed are not related.
Interestingly ancient Egypt might be the source of native dog breeds that are currently found further south in Africa.
Fun articles, thanks for posting Blam.
“This dog’s ancient bloodlines were never altered by humans.”
That’s taking it a bit far. I think the genetic studies show mixing (have nuclear DNA studies been done?) but with very distinct mtDNA in some individuals.
I’m not surprized people are turning them into purebreds, preserving the ancient type is a good thing.
Thanks for the link! My girls are very intelligent and love to hunt, especially tree. Taterbug, the lighter colored one, has the black mouth (on the inside). Mattie, the darker one, is the more aggressive of the two. The mother dog was some kind of hound. She was black and tan but didn’t have long droopy ears. Their dad was full BMC and was a beauty! He had the full black mask across his muzzle. It’s hard to tell in my picture but Mattie is 70lbs and Taterbug is 60 pounds so they are good sized dogs. Taterbug has slightly webbed feet and loves the water. Best watch dogs I have ever had!
My neighbor had one of these dogs....... dead ringer for the Dingo.
She traded it or got rid of it for a Lab mixed breed because it is larger. She lives alone and fears an intuder
Actually, there are more--28 in the USA. Check out this web page of the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC). I teach at Auburn University in Alabama, which is famous for their AAVMC affiliation.
Today, the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges coordinates the affairs of all 28 U.S. veterinary medical colleges, all five Canadian colleges of veterinary medicine, nine U.S. departments of veterinary science, eight U.S. departments of comparative medicine, eight international veterinary schools, three veterinary medical education organizations, and four affiliate international veterinary schools. The association represents more than 4,000 faculty, 5,000 staff, 10,000 veterinary students, and 3,000 graduate students at these institutions.
Dogs are much more loyal and likeable than most humans and nearly all yankees, so a Southern dog is top of the heap.
Bwahahahahahahahaha.....
For the reasons katana posted, it’s much harder to be accepted into veterinary college than it is to be accepted into medical school. Some folks eventually go to medical school because they weren’t accepted into veterinary school. I’ve read that the average IQ of a veterinarian is higher than that of a medical doctor.
What handsome dogs-they look like a lot of the scent hounds people here have to hunt small game-someone who lives across the river has three of them, and the dogs are very well trained-they bay at night, setting off dogs for miles and causing a din until you can hear a woman yelling, get inside you guys-now, and a door slamming...
My 15 year old purebred Siberian Husky gets mistaken for a wolf hybrid now and then when we are walking-she is gray and white like a wolf, and since those much smaller, less furry Alaskan Huskies have become popular on TV shows about Alaska, people are not so used to seeing the bigger furball, wolfish sled dogs like Siberians and Malamutes.
Per the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC), it is harder to get into veterinary medical school than it is to get into human medical school.
There are only 29 schools of veterinary medicine in North America while there are more than 160 schools for the study of human medicine. Each year there are approximately 21,000 applications for 2,500 – 2,600 slots for entering DVM students. It means that the schools are admitting the very best and brightest applicants they can get.
Beautiful dogs. Thanks.
Excellent addition to the post.
Thanks for the stats, pugmama. Getting into veterinary school at all is an incredible achievement, as your stats show.
You mean there are no positions 'set-aside' for the unqualified like in every other area today to attain diversity?
I have been begging my vet to be my PCP for years.
I can make it easy and tell where I hurt, what I’ve eaten..unlike my animals that don’t have that ability.
He won’t go for it. :(
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