Dog

A dog thrives in the company of other dogs.

Through trial and error, ritual display and sometimes physical dispute a dog finds his/her place in the pack.

The brain of a dog is adapted to communal activity, this can include (but not limited to) hunting, sleeping, eating and playing together.

The success of a dog as a hunter relies on acute sensnes. Its laterally placed eyes provide accurate peripheral vision and this allows the dog to detect the slighest movement at a distance.

The hearing of  a dog means it can detect the high pitched sound of small rodents and similar prey,

The most outstanding sense of a dog is its ability to smell. It has been said that a dog has hundreds of million of scent receptors in its nose - if you laid the nose of a dog out flat then the surface area of its nasal membrances is far greater then the surface area of its entire body.

A dog is built to endure. A dog can survive without water four times longer than humans before suffering sadly irreversible kidney damage.

A dog can also live without food for days at a time without a drop in energy giving blood sugar.

A dog can walk, trot, canter, run or gallop far longer than humans without building up debilitating waste chemicals in its muscles.

A dog is remarkable.....