Monday, September 27, 2010

Extreme Dogs


A Puli, a Hungarian sheep-herding dog (name: Andy).

This slideshow about purebred dogs on moreintelligentlife.com is fascinating. I know I post a lot of dog pictures, but these photos show how purebred animals have been impacted by domestication and it's really worth viewing. It's truly bizarre what we do to certain breeds so that they will look a specific way.

One of the photos in the slideshow is of a pack of Huskies. The writer tells us that it was difficult to get the shot of the dogs because, "Huskies are so competitive that they will resist arranging themselves in a line: there is no clear pecking order."

Crazy. I love these animals.