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lumberjack_jeff

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13. The relationship between dogs and humans is fascinating to me.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 10:32 AM

Dec 2015

We're hardwired to think of dogs as partly human and vice versa.

Anthropologists describe us as co-evolved species. We have dogs to thank for our success.

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Nobody could get close to a lost dog until one woman did this:. (Yeah!) [View all] Are_grits_groceries Dec 2015 OP

That's the kind of person I want on my planet. BlueJazz Dec 2015 #1

I hope she has many children. tazkcmo Dec 2015 #2

yes. she is the soul of kindness. she made herself neutral energy roguevalley Dec 2015 #12

Wow. She really has patience brer cat Dec 2015 #3

A Dog Whisperer panader0 Dec 2015 #4

Awww.. Glimmer of Hope Dec 2015 #5

Awwww... lunamagica Dec 2015 #6

Hope she keeps him. lonestarnot Dec 2015 #7

Here's an easier to read story from the local TV station. All on one page. pnwmom Dec 2015 #8

We also had a dog roaming the neighborhood watoos Dec 2015 #9

Wonderful! fleur-de-lisa Dec 2015 #18

And how many would vote to shoot the dog out of hand for being "vicious"? baldguy Dec 2015 #10

I love a good rescue story Omaha Steve Dec 2015 #11

The relationship between dogs and humans is fascinating to me. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2015 #13

read "Inside of a Dog" by Horowitz - will blow your mind pasto76 Dec 2015 #14

Wow, good for her!! ljm2002 Dec 2015 #15

K & R for humanity, whenever and wherever we find it. mountain grammy Dec 2015 #16

Pure beauty. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #17

I spent hours sitting in a lawn chair to lure an abandoned cat. Jokerman Dec 2015 #19