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From the Cave to the Kennel
Wall St Journal ^
| 10-29-11
| MARK DERR
Posted on 10/29/2011 6:12:54 AM PDT by Pharmboy
Edited on 10/29/2011 7:30:38 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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For dog lovers especially...that would be me. See video at link.
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posted on
10/29/2011 6:12:56 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
To: SunkenCiv; blam; neverdem; thefactor; NonValueAdded
Release the hounds! ping...
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posted on
10/29/2011 6:14:15 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they must...)
To: Pharmboy
the bare footprints of an 8- to 10-year-old torch-bearing boy left in the mud of a back chamber some 26,000 years agoand, alongside one of them, the paw print of his traveling companion, variously identified as a wolf or a large dog.
If they could follow the tracks they may discover that it wasn't such a Norman Rockwell painting they're painting here.
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posted on
10/29/2011 6:18:29 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
To: Pharmboy; JoeSixPack
To: cripplecreek
You may be right...but with no signs of a struggle in the hardened dirt, they assumed the best.
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posted on
10/29/2011 6:27:12 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they must...)
To: Pharmboy
The struggle comes at the end of the trail.
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posted on
10/29/2011 6:28:56 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
To: Pharmboy
I think they’re drawing a lot of conclusions from finding two different kinds of footprints at the same place - all that means is that a boy was once in that cave, and a dog/wolf was once in that cave, but not necessarily at the same time. However, I don’t argue with the idea that humans and dogs have been cooperating for ages, each influencing the other for the better. There are several very interesting documentaries on available on Netflix that explore the relationship between humans and dogs.
To: AirForceBrat23
Its pretty obvious that humans and dogs have been together for a very long time. I personally think it began as an unintentional interaction with both scavenging kills from larger predators and what was left behind by each other.
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10/29/2011 6:56:35 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
To: AirForceBrat23
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posted on
10/29/2011 7:06:10 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they must...)
To: Pharmboy
Whoops - thought this was an article about the background of the average congressman.
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posted on
10/29/2011 8:19:08 AM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
To: Pharmboy
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10/29/2011 10:10:56 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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10/29/2011 10:16:08 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/29/2011 10:59:33 AM PDT
by
lonevoice
(The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers, impeach we much. We will much about that be committed.)
To: Pharmboy
I watched a Nat Geo program last week on just this premise. This article could have been the script outline. It was a good program.
To: Pharmboy
The paw prints with the boys’ have been noted for years. It’s also been noted that wolves don’t go deep into caves but dogs will follow people into them.
I think it’s probable that the prints are of a dog that followed a boy.
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posted on
10/29/2011 3:05:31 PM PDT
by
Varda
(Dogs were a gift from God, to be our companion during our journey.)
To: Joe 6-pack
I thought you’d be interested.
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posted on
10/30/2011 11:24:01 AM PDT
by
Immerito
(Reading Through the Bible in 90 Days)
To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; Shannon; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; ...
WOOOF!
The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.
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posted on
10/30/2011 1:06:18 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack
Thanks for the ping Joe. I have a Yorkshire Terrier and understand they were originally bred in England to go in holes and tiny places to kill rats.
They say never to leave a Yorkie loose around very tiny animals and my Yorkie tried to attack a Chihuahua that came into the yard recently!! I was surprised.
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posted on
10/30/2011 5:38:43 PM PDT
by
potlatch
To: cripplecreek
Yes, and the propensity of humans to nurture small cute baby animals (if they didn’t eat them). I think it’s quite likely that on occasion young wolves were found minus parents and brought back as entertainment to the hearth. At some point, some of them were useful as adults for keeping away other animals, cleaning up refuse, etc and a partnership was born. Dog society is similar to human society, so they fit well.
At least my dog says so.
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posted on
10/30/2011 7:39:56 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(An ounce of chocolate is worth a pound of cure)
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