About this Book

Dog anatomy, breeding, breeds, equipment, health, law, monuments,
organizations, related professions and professionals, shows and showing, sports,
training and behavior, types, working dogs. Dogs in popular culture, famous
dogs, fictional dogs, films.

The dog is a canine mammal of the Order Carnivora. Dogs were first
domesticated from wolves at least 12,000 years ago but perhaps as long as
150,000 years ago based on recent genetic fossil evidence and DNA evidence. In
this time, the dog has developed into hundreds of breeds with a great degree of
variation. This guide details the dog anatomy, breeding, breeds, equipment,
health, law, monuments, organizations, related professions and professionals,
shows and showing, dog sports, training and behavior, dog types, working dogs,
as well as dogs in popular culture, famous dogs, fictional dogs, films about
dogs, dogs as pets, and many other related aspects.