The Dog Breed Family Tree

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11. Bwahahahahaha!

"A few years ago, the folk singer Tom Rush released an album that included some disparaging comments about the Chinese crested dog.

This wasn’t all that surprising, since these dogs are “little fluffy white guys” as Mr. Rush described his wife’s pets, the kind he was embarrassed to be seen with in the big-dog town of Moose, Wyo., where he lived. To escape notice, he walked them at night on long retractable leashes, an exercise he described as “Trolling for Owls,” the title of his album."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/science/dogs-dna-ancestry.html?smid=pl-share

Thanks for sharing these articles; it's pretty neat to see people interested in that sort of research.

Another very ancient dog breed is the Chow, but so far, they've only been traced to China, to my knowledge.

My daughter has an abiding love of Chow Chows; throughout her entire youth, I never had to worry much about her independent lifestyle or being out alone in the wild world, for her faithful guardian was always by her side, on alert to protect her from any predator or asshole who crossed their path. It was heart wrenching to see her first dear girl finally pass on but she soon had rescued yet another fine woofie (the younger one adopts a Chow, the better chance of training it and socializing it properly) and we're all still grieving his loss earlier this year.

I used to know Tom many years ago and I can just picture him sneaking out in the dark to walk those funny-looking little critters.