Chapter 1-companion Animals Flashcards
Dogs improve the quality of life for
- blind
- deaf
- impaired
What kinds of services do dogs perform
- police
- tracking
- herding
- rescue
- guarding
How much was the pet food industry in 2014
$15.4 billion
What is the projected amount in 2015
$16.1 billion
Name the historical dogs
- balto: transporting medicine across 1925 Alaska
- buddy: the first seeing eye dog 1928
- igloo: companion to explorer Richard E Byrd who flew over the North and South Poles
- Laika: first space traveler through Russia
Name the mythological creatures in Greek and Hindu pantheons
- Arion
- Pegasus
- balius and xanthos
- Hippocampus
Approximately how many vets in US
46,000 and 323 million visits
What is domestication
The point at which the care, feeding, and breeding of a species come under the control of people
When is the estimated date of domestication
When the effects of selective mating and breeding first became manifest
What characteristics vary in dog breed
- appearance
- temperaments
- morphology
How long have dogs lived with humans
15,000 years
How long have cats lived with humans
6,000
What are the number of dogs per 100 people
18
What behaviors change when dogs domesticate
- changes in response threshold
- increased docility
- perpetuation of infantile behavior and treatment
- trending toward promiscuity rather than pair bond mating
Where were dogs first domesticated
East Asia
