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Are dogs just the gentle good-natured companions we take them for? Through my research I found the answers to this question and many others. Some of my questions were about dog senses, dog history, sad facts about dogs and some fun facts.
The Dog Family is a group of at least 36 species of carnivorous mammals that includes the wolf, coyote, jackal, fox, common zorro, dingo, dhole (red dog), and the domestic dog. Dogs, which are also called canids, have large canine teeth, long muzzles, and blunt claws that don't retract into their feet. All but the African hunting dog have five toes on the forefeet and four toes on the hind feet.
Mammals in the Dog Family vary in size from the tiny desert-dwelling fennec, which weighs about 3 pounds, to the gray or timber wolf, which weighs about 44 to 175 pounds. Canids are found throughout all the continents except Antarctica and in nearly every climatic zone.
The Domestic Dog is considered the first domesticated animal. The......

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