The dog, scientifically known as "canine", sight, hearing and smell are very sensitive, is one of the earliest domesticated animals. Since ancient times, it has been its lively and lovely and quite understanding of the characteristics and win people's favor. According to evidence, China began to raise dogs more than 5000 years ago. North and South Dynasty Neolithic cultural remains have been found in the dog's bones, pottery engraved with the dog's design. It seems that the dog is very close to the survival and development of human beings. China's Chinese characters with "dog" beside the word up to hundreds of words, which shows that the ancient people of the dog is how much favor.
In the world, dogs are widely distributed, with more than 260 species. They can be used for pulling carts, delivering letters, guarding, searching and arresting, and herding sheep. When Lu Ji was an official in Luoyang in the Jin Dynasty, he raised a dog named "Yellow Ear", which could send letters back and forth. During the Yuan and Ming dynasties, there were 20 dog mail stations in the lower part of the Heilongjiang River, where dogs were used on a large scale to deliver official documents and letters. The military dog's ability is even greater, once when the king of Sparta attacked Montonia, found that his own army conspiracy mutiny, he sent a large group of dog soldiers as a foot sentry, will be surrounded by the town, the result is that none of the traitors can escape. In France, a military dog named "Pruszko" bravely rescued three wounded soldiers to safety in the rain of bullets. During the Second World War, the Soviet Army had a military dog that saw its master shot dead by the Germans on the position, that is, it pounced on it and bit off a finger of the enemy. A few years after the end of the war, the dog was retired to Berlin. One day in the street by chance recognized the murderer of its master, even jumped down from the Mercedes Benz to bite it alive, and later people found the dead missing a finger.
Dogs have been regarded as pets for a long time. Xu Ke in the "Qing barnyard class notes" recorded: "the world's most valuable dog, really push our capital produced." Beijing Shi dog's valuable place is that the hair color and shape is proportional to the ear large and short, nose concave and upward, short and curved legs, walking around the body swinging, coat color pattern uniformity. With the "pet" fever continues to heat up, China's love for dogs more and more people have dogs, pet dogs will be more people's favor, some people regard these puppies are considered cute and intelligent as a treasure.
The dog's anecdotes
Dogs on behalf of the owner of the grievance: Hong Mai of the Song Dynasty, "Yijian Zhi", remembered the Song Gaozong, Xuzhou governor Wei Yancheng accepted a case of murder of a monk to seek money, rely on the dog to solve the case. A remote nunnery outside the city, living in an old monk, a dog and a cat as a companion. One day at dusk, a thief entered the nunnery and killed the old monk, capturing as much money as he could. The monk's dog followed him, and he went into the city, barking at the thieves in a crowded place. The people knew that the dog was a monk, surprised, and then twisted the thief to report to the police, and soon the case was solved, and the thief was punished.
The dog avenged his master's death: During the Shaoxing period of the Song Dynasty, there was a dog whose owner was a groom named Zhu. The old man often strung state to go to the government, practicing medicine, because of the medical skill, very some savings. One day, an assailant pretended that his mother was seriously ill and tricked Zhu into murdering him at home, taking away all his belongings. The dog fled to the county town and barked furiously in front of the county office. The magistrate found it very strange and sent two officers to follow it. The dog took them to the woods, and with its two paws, plowed out the body of its master. Then he took them to the murderer's house with his clothes, and the truth was revealed.
The longest-living dog: The longest-living dog in the world is an Australian Shepherd named Bluey, who lived in Rochester, Australia, for 29 years and five months. The longest living dog recorded in the UK is a Welsh Corgi named Duffy, who lived for 27 years and 313 days.
The richest dog: . It's not incomprehensible in the West that a dog could have billions of dollars. This dog, Günther IV, lived a life of great luxury: he had a lawyer, a doctor, a maid, and someone to bathe him and prepare his meals. He can swim in the pool or be driven around by his chauffeur. It is also the sponsor and honorary chairman of a water sports team, and whenever the athletes compete, it is there to take pictures with them. All the members of the team love him because of his $40,000 sponsorship. The dog belonged to an Austrian countess named Limmerstein in Faglia, Italy. She had a dog named "Günter III", which she loved because it barked like a song. When the countess died in December 1991, the large estate was inherited by her offspring, "Günther IV". The rich dog now lives in Foglia, near the city of Pisa. A purebred poodle named Toby, who lives in New York City, USA, was left a huge inheritance of $15 million when his owner died.
The Queen's favorite dog : The Welsh Corgi is a brave and fearless dog. The Queen of England loved her Welsh Corgi so much that by chance she crossed her Welsh Corgi with a Dachshund (Princess Margaret's favorite dog) and produced an unofficial litter of the breed (Durkeys). The Queen still has one of them.
The earliest dog show: The world's first dog show was held in Newtown, England, in 1859. The Kennel Club was founded in 1873 and they held their first show in 1891. The largest dog show was the 100th anniversary show in Birmingham, USA. There were 22,993 dogs exhibited.
Dogs in space: Before Gagarin took to the skies on Vostok 1, animals were used in scientific experiments at the Baikonur rocket launch site in the former Soviet Union, and on May 15, 1960, a small dog named Leyka became the first animal on Earth to go into space on the first satellite-type spacecraft.
Dogs speak human: Romania's famous zoologist Dr. Mehai Balenis, more than 20 years, has been teaching a sheepdog called "Jingge" to speak human, and achieved promising results. Now the dog not only can speak more than 600 English words, but also can read two dialogues from Shakespeare's plays. The scientific community considers this achievement a stunning breakthrough in animal science research.
Dogs watching TV: Zhang Jun, a farmer in Heze City, Shandong Province, has a dog that loves to watch TV. Whenever the owner watches TV, it also lies down in front of the TV to watch with great interest. Once the TV played a martial arts movie "four famous detective" thrilling martial arts scenes, the dog first a burst of barking, and then "whoosh" scampered up to the table, want to fight with the TV, but fortunately stopped in time, to avoid losses.
Dogs in cars: In Britain, there is a kind of car exclusively for dogs to ride in the car, the dog can occupy a seat, while the dog's owner has to stand beside.
Dogs canvassing: French President Mitterrand in order to run for re-election to the presidency, where to participate in campaign activities, always from time to time to lead the dog out. And also from time to time to say that the benefits of having a dog. To express his views in favor of dog ownership. Otherwise, he is likely to lose hundreds of thousands or even millions of votes from dog owners.
Dogs on the phone : There was a puppy in Washington, D.C., USA. Sunday was locked at home by the owner, the dog sneered and starved, so learned the owner to make a phone call, the phone's handset pushed down, and then barked at the microphone, alarmed the police, to be found out where to live, open the door to know the origin of the story.
Dogs live in hotels : There is a hotel in the city of London, England, exclusively for dogs. First created by Mr. and Mrs. John Bolton in 1983, the hotel is luxuriously decorated and well-equipped, and it costs 15 pounds for a dog to stay overnight.
Dogs in the bar: Washington, D.C., USA, has a dog-friendly bar. Customers with dogs to stay, the bar provides dog cakes, mineral water, dog robes, dog toys and so on. If a customer's dog has a birthday, the bar will also offer birthday steak or roast duck breast.
Foreign dog anecdotes
Australian and French "dog monuments". A monument to dogs stands on the cliffs of the Sydney waterfront in Oceania, Australia. Legend has it that a long time ago, there is a small inn near the cliffs, the owner of a dog, it saw a lot of poor and desperate and light to the cliffs to jump into the sea to commit suicide. Over time, it gradually learned to read people's words. Whenever it saw people happily swimming here, it was relieved to turn around and swim. If it saw someone sitting on the cliff with a sad face, it ran back to the inn quickly, and the owner came with it, and spoke kindly to the desperate people, and as a result, hundreds of people were saved. Then the dog died, and the people, mindful of the good it had done them, erected this monument to the dog on the cliff.
There is also a dog monument in Paris, France. One winter 41 mountaineers, climbing in the peaks north of Paris, a sudden avalanche, the athletes buried. People sent a strong called "Bali" dog, neck hanging a few kilograms of spirits to the rescue, Bali from the snow one by one pick out these mountaineers. And perform stunts to each athlete into the spirits, to save the last one, mistaken for a wolf, the bari killed. Saved 40 people, in order to thank Bali's life-saving grace, specially built this monument to the dog.
The U.S. Dog Protection Act.
The U.S. city of Los Angeles has a law that says, "No one can do violence to a dog." In that city, people can only hide and run away from dogs even if they are attacked.
The United Kingdom's "dog parks".
The United Kingdom, known as "Sunset", the world's first "dog park" in the "dog fever" came into being in 1983 by John Borden and his wife, the park site is located in Kinghamshire, Misingshenzhen, a luxury apartment. It has both a "day care" and a "full care" section. Most of the dogs are owned by wealthy aristocrats.
The French "dog-training club".
In France, "dog fever" is more characteristic, there are several specialized dog-taming clubs in large and small cities. The club will be based on social needs, training a variety of ornamental dogs, guide dogs, police dogs and so on.
Britain's "Dog Offender School".
London, England, there is a dog offender school, the school is responsible for those mischievous "criminal" dog transformation into "law-abiding" dog responsibility. Sent to the school's dogs are divided into biting dogs, fighting dogs, kill chicken dogs and other categories, they are "crime" and was given "training". Only those who have reformed after training are allowed to graduate. The "warden" in charge of the school is a former Scottish police detective.
Canada's 'dog toilet'.
In Canada's capital city of Ottawa, there is an investment of about 30,000 U.S. dollars in the construction of a "special toilet" for dogs. This dog "special toilet", shaped like a chair, mainly composed of columns and conveyor belts. When a dog in a hurry sits on it, the feces it produces will fall onto the conveyor belt. Toilet finished, its owner just press the switch, the conveyor belt will automatically turn a frame, clean waiting for another dog to come to use.
The "dog hospital" in France.
France *** there are more than 40 clinics specializing in treating dogs, equipped with special ambulances and rescue medical equipment, open 24 hours a day outpatient clinic; hospitalization department with a full range of departments, at any time to the need for hospitalization of sick dogs to provide hospital beds. The clinic is also responsible for vaccinating the dogs on a regular basis.
Swiss "dog jumpers".
South of Switzerland, near the Alps, there is a dog named "Gimli" can drive a parachute flying in the air. According to owner Gary Isolde, "Gimli loves to parachute and glide." At first, Gimli jumped with his owner, but after more than three years of training, Gimli was finally able to fly a parachute alone.
Poetry of "dog"
China's poets through the ages have recited many poems about dogs, and many of them have become heirlooms, which are summarized as follows:
Cao Tang, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote "The Little Immortal Traveler," which reads:
The igloo is not yet open, and who is going to buckle it with the golden policy of Qionghtai;
The little immortal dog with the red tail of the blue flower, is barking at the five clouds and angry at the guests.
This beautiful poem of traveling to the immortal, there is the "ice house" of the Qiongtai, and the "blue flowers and red tail" of the little immortal dog, who will "bark" a few times when he sees the guests. This poem is full of the joy of the world and the interest of life, is a rare good poem.
Lu Weizhi, a poet of the Song Dynasty, who lived in seclusion and enjoyed farming and fishing, once wrote a poem entitled "Singing about Dogs":
The wind is calm, the moon is clear, and the shadow of the flower sleeps, and the officials don't knock at the door to make the gateway quiet;
What is the matter with barking at dawn, and some people are picking and drawing from the well in front of the door?
The poem paints a picture of quiet and smiling leisure, and a cute little dog, lying peacefully under the tree, a dog barking to break the silence of the morning, it turns out to be a neighbor who fetches water from the well. The dogs here are countryside watchdogs.
Song Wan, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, once wrote, "Seeing a hound in a boat, I feel and write":
Autumn water and reeds are bright, it is difficult to be the same as the falcon *** fame;
The mast side of the full meal and sleep with the head down, but also like a hero thighs and flesh.
This is an aria poem. The poem "Autumn Water and Reed Flowers" is about the autumn scenery, from the scenery to the hunting autumn, and associated with their own situation, and quoted Liu Bei's "I always stay in the saddle", "thighs and flesh" allusion to this aria and the expression of the object to express the will of the dog, and played the environment and the state of mind to coincide with the artistic effect.
Su Dongpo, one of the eight great scholars of the Tang and Song dynasties, wrote many poems about dogs.
The daytime is tame to know the guests, the night Hum for the gateway.
The poem vividly delineates the characteristics of dogs.
Jin Dynasty Fu Xiuyi made the most popular dog fugue:
Bone more strange, instrument can be praised, feet hanging hook claws, mouth with teeth, the head of the type of chi dragons, tail such as TengSnake, ShuJie anxious sinews, panther ear dragon shape, the potential of the LingQingYun, eyes such as the spring in the star, both even before the speed, and leisure and have degree.
The whole poem describes the dog as vivid.