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 +"[[Outside a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read]]" --Groucho Marx.
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 +"[[Dog]]s are a hundred to millions of times more sensitive than humans in perceiving [[odor]]s ([[Uber die riechscharfe des hundes fur fettsauren|Neuhaus 1953]]; [[Moulton and Marshall]] 1976; [[Marshall and Moulton]] 1981)." --''[[Wolves: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation]]'' (2003) by L. David Mech and Luigi Boitani.
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-:"Outside of a [[dog]], a [[book]] is [[man]]'s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too [[dark]] to [[read]]." --[[Groucho Marx]]+ 
 +The domestic '''dog''' (''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a member of the [[Canidae]] family of the [[mammal]]ian order [[Carnivora]]. The term "domestic dog" is generally used for both [[domesticated]] and [[feral]] varieties. The dog was the first domesticated animal and has been the most widely kept [[working dog|working]], [[hunting]], and [[pet]] animal in human history. The word "dog" can also refer to the male of a canine species, as opposed to the word "bitch" which refers to the female of the species.
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 +==Mythology==
 +In mythology, dogs often serve as pets or as [[watchdog]]s.
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 +In [[Greek mythology]], [[Cerberus]] is a three-headed watchdog who guards the gates of [[Hades]].
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== See also == == See also ==
 +*[[Pavlov's dogs]]
 +*[[Hound dog]]
 +*''[[From the Portfolio of Doggedness]]'', a performance by Valie Export and Peter Weibel
 +===In painting===
 +*[[The Dog (Goya) ]]
 +*[[Dogs Playing Poker]], a series of sixteen oil paintings by C. M. Coolidge
 +*[[Dogs and olfaction]]
 +===In literature===
*"[[The Dog and the Vial]]" prose poem by Baudelaire *"[[The Dog and the Vial]]" prose poem by Baudelaire
 +===Namesakes===
*''[[An Andalusian Dog]]'', film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí *''[[An Andalusian Dog]]'', film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí
-*''[[From the Portfolio of Doggedness]]''+===In music===
-*''[[I Wanna Be Your Dog]]'' +*"[[I Wanna Be Your Dog]]", a 1969 song by the American rock band The Stooges
 +==See also==
 +*[[A dead dog found in Pompeii]]
 +*[[ Dog eat dog]]
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"Outside a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read" --Groucho Marx.


"Dogs are a hundred to millions of times more sensitive than humans in perceiving odors (Neuhaus 1953; Moulton and Marshall 1976; Marshall and Moulton 1981)." --Wolves: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation (2003) by L. David Mech and Luigi Boitani.

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The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a member of the Canidae family of the mammalian order Carnivora. The term "domestic dog" is generally used for both domesticated and feral varieties. The dog was the first domesticated animal and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and pet animal in human history. The word "dog" can also refer to the male of a canine species, as opposed to the word "bitch" which refers to the female of the species.

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Mythology

In mythology, dogs often serve as pets or as watchdogs.

In Greek mythology, Cerberus is a three-headed watchdog who guards the gates of Hades.

See also

In painting

In literature

Namesakes

In music

See also




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