Of the world's dogs, less than two hundred million are pets, living
with humans who provide food, shelter, squeaky toys, and
fashionable sweaters. But roaming the planet are four times as many
dogs who are their own masters--neighborhood dogs, dump dogs,
mountain dogs. They are dogs, not companions, and these dogs, like
pigeons or squirrels, are highly adapted scavengers who have
evolved to fit particular niches in the vicinity of humans. In What
Is a Dog? experts on dog behavior Raymond and Lorna Coppinger
present an eye-opening analysis of the evolution and adaptations of
these unleashed dogs and what they can reveal about the species as
a whole. Exploring the natural history of these animals, the
Coppingers explain how the village dogs of Vietnam, India, Africa,
and Mexico are strikingly similar. These feral dogs, argue the
Coppingers, are in fact the truly archetypal dogs, nearly uniform
in size and shape and incredibly self-sufficient. Drawing on nearly
five decades of research, they show how dogs actually domesticated
themselves in order to become such efficient scavengers of human
refuse. The Coppingers also examine the behavioral characteristics
that enable dogs to live successfully and to reproduce,
unconstrained by humans, in environments that we ordinarily do not
think of as dog friendly. Providing a fascinating exploration of
what it actually means--genetically and behaviorally--to be a dog,
What Is a Dog? will undoubtedly change the way any beagle or
bulldog owner will reflect on their four-legged friend.
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