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I was born under the Chinese sign of The Year of the Dog.
Below:
1) Dog Portraits
2) Dog Portraits with their owners
3) Dog Walking
4) Dog Day Halloween Costume Party and Easter Parade Dogs
5) Dachshund Spring Fiesta
6) Service Dogs
7) Police Dogs
The dog was the first species to be domesticated and has been selectively bred over millennia for various behaviors, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes.
Dogs have long association with humans has led dogs to be uniquely attuned to human behavior.
Dogs have mutations to equivalent genetic regions in humans where changes are known to trigger high sociability and somewhat reduced intelligence.
Dogs vary widely in shape, size and colors, they perform many roles for people, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship and, more recently, aiding handicapped individuals and therapeutic roles.
This influence on human society has given them the sobriquet "man's best friend".