Page 23 - Dog

A small bronze
Greek sculpture of a
pregnant female –
from the fifth
century b.c.

Four-and-a-half-month-old
black Labrador puppy
LEARNING TO BEHAVE Dalmatian
The play of these African hunting dog pups is at six
a school for adult life in which they must be months
powerful hunters. Just as with the Great Dane
puppies, they learn the rules of social
behavior from their games.
A TAIL OF TWO PUPPIES
These puppies are play fighting. The Dalmatian is a little
older than the black Labrador retriever and is the
dominant dog. Both of them are about half-grown, and
in a few months they could be fighting in earnest.

WOLF-BOYS
Legend has it that the city of
Rome in Italy was founded in
GETTING CARRIED AWAY 753 b.c. by two brothers –
All members of the dog family will Romulus and Remus – who
carry their cubs around. Usually, it is had been suckled as babies
the mother, but sometimes the by a she-wolf.
father will also take the cub gently
by the scruff of its neck with his
teeth and carry it to safety.

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