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National Geographic Those Wonderful Dogs
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The English language contains |
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Yet none alone seems |
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loving, loyal, devoted, |
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How they enchant us, |
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And how they work for us |
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Down through history no other animal |
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Called by one philosopher |
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"the noblest beast God ever made," |
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On farms and in pastures |
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Across the forbidding reaches |
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As comrades on the |
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Seeking even the faintest |
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Of disaster... |
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Or a hiker who |
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And he is the devoted servant of he ill, |
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We will never know |
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unprecedented partnership |
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But one story tells us: |
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God created man, |
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He gave him the dog" |
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Every year since 1877 a stylized |
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ritual has been |
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the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show |
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Some 2,600 dogs, all purebreds |
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will compete. Westminster |
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There are 52 million dogs |
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While some romp in the yard |
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others are being carefully primped |
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"Oh, Rhye, Rhye, Rhye |
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What do you think, huh?" |
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"Give me another kiss |
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"You're a sweetheart |
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"That's $50.00 |
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That's a show special |
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"Low sodium |
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A diet for your dogs |
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No added preservatives |
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"Oh, that ought to be great" |
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"Okay. |
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Try that out on him |
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there's a store that delivers |
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While most show |
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no labor at all |
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historically |
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side by side with man |
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In fact, our unique |
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with the dog began |
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as long as ten to |
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Over the centuries many |
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One that has continued |
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In New Zealand, sheep |
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and a saying goes: |
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No shepherd, no sheep |
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No sheep, no wool or meat" |
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With dogs at their side |
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New Zealand farmers |
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and are near the |
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Some of New Zealand's |
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remote it is only |
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The dogs may |
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but where the |
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so goes his devoted dog |
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Grant and Robyn Calder run a sheep |
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station on New Zealand's |
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Grant is a champion |
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in the tradition of his father and |
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Much of New Zealand |
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suitable only for grazing |
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Without the sheepdog |
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Working their 13,000-acre property |
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the husband-and-wife |
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"It's really an unusual partnership |
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and wife work a farm |
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But thanks to the dogs |
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Without them, |
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"A useless farmer could come on to |
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and work out how to work them |
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But if you took my dogs away |
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we would be broke in 12 months" |
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"Here, pup, pup, pup, pup |
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Come on, |
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One of the two types of dogs the |
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Calders breed |
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Grant begins training |
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Huntaways work the |
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facing away from |
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"That's the first signs |
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is to go over there |
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If I put a string on that pup |
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the noise would start coming |
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and that's the makings |
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"Two sheep over there |
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Good boy, good boy" |
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Even early in the training |
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a simple tug of the string |
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"Good boy. Good boy, |
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This six-month-old |
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when to bark but when to stop |
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once the sheep obey him |
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"Will a go, Danny |
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Will a go |
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Good boy, |
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The second type working the |
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Calders' sheep is |
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They virtually |
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the sheep entirely |
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"She tries to mesmerize them |
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She can introduce |
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looking straight |
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Twice a year the Calders round up |
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2,500 of their sheep |
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to send to market, |
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or in this instance |
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to be dipped to protect their wool |
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Robyn works on a |
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down as they and their ten |
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Because sheep in New Zealand |
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they have never developed |
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and therefore |
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The dogs are tireless and would |
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It's not unusual in the course of |
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a day for them to |
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Over the years, man has channeled |
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hunting instincts into herding |
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Their shepherds command the |
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"They're just basic commands |
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A 'run' command (he whistles it) |
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You want him to run slow, |
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"(...he whistles) |
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'Left hand' (he whistles) |
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'Right hand' (he whistles) |
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'Stop' (he whistles)" |
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"When he's finished the job, |
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One's 'Well a go' and the |
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"It's hard to believe |
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And on this property they work |
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in extreme conditions in |
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Even with a dog in those |
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everything might be against him |
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He might have cut feet, he might |
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They will always try and run |
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they will always try their |
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the job that you've |
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Like army sergeants on alert, |
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In one week's time |
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the remarkable team of two people |
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ten steadfast dogs have completed |
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"A dog's work is never done |
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And when he finishes on the hill |
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he comes into the real hard work |
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The hotter it gets, the more the sheep |
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put their heads down and won't go |
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And we tend to only work |
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so that we can alternate them |
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so that each dog gets a turn |
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dusty, dirty work" |
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Because of the intense heat |
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the tired sheep often |
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creating traffic jams |
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To find the offenders the dogs |
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a sidewalk out of the backs of |
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After a chemical dip for protection |
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the sheep will be set free to wander up |
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high country again |
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And then, once more, |
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their canine partners |
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"For us to spend a day |
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horse and dogs |
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the companionship and love |
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you could never receive from |
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The New Zealand |
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have become |
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Today, more than |
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are on the job |
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Probably the most |
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a public tribute |
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keep the economy |
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The origins |
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lie shrouded |
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but it is generally |
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the wolf or that both share |
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Wolves and dogs have |
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physiology, and |
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and underneath the dog's |
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lie the instincts |
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Wolves live and hunt in packs |
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Unlike other meat-eaters |
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such as members of the cat family |
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wolves stalk chase |
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However |
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even with the |
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he is no match for |
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The mainstay of the |
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the size of deer |
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Pack behavior is |
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dominance hierarchy |
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In the dog, pack loyalty |
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even after thousands |
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The main difference is the dog |
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Modern-da scientists have |
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himself a flesh-eating hunter |
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would have turned competitors |
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Animal behaviorist Dr. Michael Fox |
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one of the world's leading |
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has one explanation for |
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"I feel that dogs |
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because of their |
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to the degree that we hunted |
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we were gatherer-hunters |
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and the dog-wolf ancestor |
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"And it's quite probable that the |
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that dogs were pretty good allies |
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if they were properly |
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and even ambush prey" |
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"Dogs, in their long |
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have powers of manipulation" |
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"In one sense we have |
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but they have domesticated us too |
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We have the situation |
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and just look at you and look at |
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The dog knows how |
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They have a power in the eye" |
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"Some people think that |
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that they know what |
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But they are acute observers |
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or anxious and reading |
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"...because that's how they |
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In finding out about each other |
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smell is the |
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It is said their |
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500 times greater |
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Their hearing |
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but they see less |
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There are 350 recognized |
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Regardless of |
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they are all the same species, |
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Their wide diversity |
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explained by the |
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In the language of |
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dachshund means "badger dog" |
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His short, stubby |
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ideal for squeezing |
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Terriers, too, were bred small |
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so they could plunge into dark |
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holes in pursuit of rats or foxes |
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The name terrier comes from |
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Whippets and greyhounds |
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and sleek because they |
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Firehouse mascots today |
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Dalmatians were companions |
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In Elizabethan England they |
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with a calming effect on the horses |
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The regal chow chow boasts a |
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in China as hunter and guard |
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For centuries dogs |
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Today, we have made |
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Pointers only point nose high, |
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And retrievers only retrieve |
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joyfully leaping into even frigid |
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waters to bring back their quarry |
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From predatory |
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wild animals we have created |
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regardless of breed |
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the most adaptable and sociable |
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of all domesticated animals |
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It is not precisely known when |
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to work as entertainers |
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but one of the most famous |
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adored by countless millions, is Lassie |
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Bob Weatherwax, |
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is no preparing the seventh generation |
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Lassie for an upcoming television series |
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To get the seven dogs who have |
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Bob and Rudd Weatherwax had to |
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200 collies to get just the right |
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and temperament |
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On screen, the Lassie character |
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but in reality all Lassies have |
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because males tend to have a more |
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The Lassie legend began in the 1940s |
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"Originally Lassie... MGM |
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It was a female dog, which is what |
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the story around because it had to |
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And my father's dog was |
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and it was a male |
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"And I think he knew that the other dog |
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couldn't do this performance..." |
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"...and they had a spot where |
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come from Scotland back to England |
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And he had to cross a river, |
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The genius of Rudd Weatherwax came |
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which he taught Lassie to look |
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as if it weren't a trick at all |
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"Come on, crawl" |
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The mind of the dog, |
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cannot conceptualize "look tired" |
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But the dog can obey a series of |
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given in a specific order that result |
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in the tired look the audience sees |
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"Speak. Stay, stay. |
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Compared to many dogs that bring |
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a large measure of instinct to |
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dog actors start |
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Because they are intelligent |
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they are capable of learning |
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The motivation to learn |
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the willingness to behave |
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is based simply on the |
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"Dog is man's best friend' |
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of all animals and they want |
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They want to be with man |
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It's like A for effort' |
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"All right, come on! |
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come on over here, |
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All right, take a bow" |
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The earth's ice-locked polar |
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never have been explored without dogs |
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In the early 1900s sled dog teams |
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the North Pole and Amundsen |
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When northern regions were settled |
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dogs became an essential part of life |
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Until the advent of airplanes |
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dogs alone transported mail |
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pulled sleds, took hunters |
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Today in Alaska, the pioneering |
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is celebrated in a grueling |
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Beginning in Anchorage |
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it covers a distance roughly the same |
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as from Seattle to Los Angeles |
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Its name, Iditarod, is said to come |
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was once the lifeline linking far-flung |
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Two-time champion of what is called the |
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"last great race on earth" is |
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A world-class athlete |
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she is going for an unprecedented |
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She hopes to beat her 11-day record |
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and take home the $30,000 first prize |
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"Five minutes until we drop? |
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"I've been racing in the |
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And I think over all the years |
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and I think that all comes |
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with the dogs and the time |
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and the conditioning |
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And then the rest has |
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I've got good dogs |
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them purely for long-distance racing" |
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Many observers feel that the time |
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and the affection she lavishes on them |
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Fifty-three teams will leave |
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"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, |
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"All right" |
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"Over the years I've really seen that |
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race and know what it's all about |
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When they see a team in front of them |
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they'll pick up their pace |
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And what I found out |
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when there's no other team in |
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because there's no dog scent |
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In 1975 when she moved to |
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the adventuresome 20-year-old |
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then single-handedly |
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She was 30 miles from |
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50 miles from |
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She started out with only three dogs |
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and today has a breeding kennel |
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Susan raises only Alaskan Huskies |
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a line bred from Eskimo and Indian dogs |
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"Well, I changed the teams |
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"Susan runs Trail Breaker Kennel |
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David Monson, |
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"I was born in Cambridge, |
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but I've always felt I was born in the |
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wrong century and in the wrong place |
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And so I kept moving |
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And I've always loved animals |
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been the most important thing |
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And so I was looking to |
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in the wilderness and working with dogs |
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and I found the |
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"How's your baby. How are they? |
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In the early days of |
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breeding was often a |
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But Susan Butcher knows that good racing |
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dogs don't just happen without |
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"Every summer I raise a number of |
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And I'll pick out two |
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Usually if I have a very fast dog |
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but maybe it doesn't have |
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I'll breed it to one |
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"But the most important thing |
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have bred into them the desire to |
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And travel they do |
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every day, with either |
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These four-month-old pups are |
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that running is fun and that being |
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"There's a lot of mushers that don't |
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to make their dogs into pet dogs |
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and feel that they have to keep them |
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to make them a working animal only |
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But I feel that the best thing |
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with a dog is to really bond them |
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So we're just trying to teach them to |
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respect us and trust us and vice versa |
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I have to trust my life in their |
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and they should learn to trust me |
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And then when you're |
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that trust is what's going |
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"Are you going to be my |
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Are you going to be my |
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Every night Susan and David |
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into the cabin for extra attention |
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It's done as part of Susan's |
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but also because she quite |
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"Every fall is a really exciting |
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As the temperatures |
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we just develop a certain |
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When it starts to get cold |
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the dogs just start |
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running around their chains; |
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They want to get going |
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They just show me in many ways |
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ready for the racing season" |
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All the adult dogs are run three to |
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four times a week throughout the year |
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As with all athletes |
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conditioning is vital |
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When snow cover is too thin |
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the dogs pull an all-terrain |
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To some 200 miles |
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Susan adds new ones each year to |
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keep the dogs from getting bored. |
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"A lot of people would look at my life |
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and think it's a lot of hard work |
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But for me, |
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I spend all day long with |
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And I'm my own boss; there's |
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what to do or at what time to do |
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I live way out here where |
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and do anything at any time of day |
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And I love that freedom" |
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"The best things for |
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dogs are a fast trotting speed |
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and then they have |
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and you just want them |
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Their heads are bent |
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and they're paying attention to you |
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and you're paying attention to them |
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and you just are |
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Like a coach with |
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Susan gradually increases |
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Her goal is 50 miles |
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The dogs, never more happy |
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joyfully oblige |
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Twelve to sixteen hours a day |
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the routine seldom varies |
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The culmination in March: the chance to |
| 00:31:20 |
compete in the most punishing |
| 00:31:26 |
The mushers, as sled-dog |
| 00:31:29 |
brave temperatures that |
| 00:31:33 |
Except for one mandatory |
| 00:31:37 |
they may sleep only an |
| 00:31:40 |
and only after the dogs |
| 00:31:45 |
The route can be potentially |
| 00:31:49 |
In 1985 a moose |
| 00:31:52 |
forcing her out of the race |
| 00:31:59 |
On the last leg of the race |
| 00:32:03 |
mushers encounter the |
| 00:32:09 |
It is Susan Butcher's |
| 00:32:11 |
she is trailing as she has for |
| 00:32:15 |
Now, a violent storm has forced |
| 00:32:19 |
and swirling snow has obliterated |
| 00:32:23 |
Both Susan and the dogs are pushed |
| 00:32:25 |
to the limit of their endurance |
| 00:32:28 |
The storm has thwarted her nearest |
| 00:32:31 |
who have stopped to wait it out |
| 00:32:36 |
Undaunted, |
| 00:32:44 |
In Nome expectant |
| 00:32:48 |
The ham-radio operator at the |
| 00:32:52 |
that the first musher might reach |
| 00:33:03 |
In 11 days, 11 hours, |
| 00:33:05 |
a jubilant but exhausted Susan |
| 00:33:10 |
first person ever to win the Iditarod |
| 00:33:22 |
Susan is a full 14 hours |
| 00:33:27 |
Some will not cross the finish |
| 00:33:31 |
Amazingly, Susan could have made even |
| 00:33:33 |
better time than she did if |
| 00:33:38 |
but she put the safety and well-being |
| 00:33:40 |
"It was a matter of either go for a |
| 00:33:42 |
record competing against |
| 00:33:45 |
and no other musher and possibly |
| 00:33:48 |
take more out of the team |
| 00:33:52 |
or just to take good care of the team |
| 00:33:54 |
and be well satisfied with a victory |
| 00:33:58 |
And I thought that |
| 00:34:04 |
Susan and racing enthusiasts |
| 00:34:07 |
the real tribute belongs to the bravery |
| 00:34:10 |
love, and indomitable spirit |
| 00:34:23 |
On an ordinary street in an |
| 00:34:26 |
a drama anything but ordinary |
| 00:34:33 |
Seventeen-year-old Mike Knowlton |
| 00:34:37 |
a disabling birth defect of the spine |
| 00:34:40 |
every thousand babies born |
| 00:34:45 |
"Good girl. Hi, girl. Yeah" |
| 00:34:52 |
Mike must be cared |
| 00:34:55 |
Joy and Dale Knowlton |
| 00:34:56 |
for he is totally paralyzed |
| 00:35:03 |
Mike walked on his own |
| 00:35:06 |
Then, without warning, |
| 00:35:09 |
"The last time he was walking |
| 00:35:13 |
"At that point in time |
| 00:35:15 |
from one of us to move his legs" |
| 00:35:19 |
"When we were told he was paralyzed |
| 00:35:24 |
was going to be |
| 00:35:26 |
"Michael went into a depression |
| 00:35:29 |
It was very hard |
| 00:35:32 |
Now a dog has come into Mike's life |
| 00:35:36 |
Her name is Zest |
| 00:35:38 |
"Zest has made a major change |
| 00:35:41 |
If I didn't have her |
| 00:35:43 |
I don't know what |
| 00:35:46 |
"She just really |
| 00:35:49 |
A unique organization called |
| 00:35:54 |
or CCI, |
| 00:35:58 |
Using dogs to guide the blind |
| 00:36:02 |
CCI pioneered the idea that dogs |
| 00:36:05 |
could also help the wheelchair-bound |
| 00:36:10 |
During an intensive |
| 00:36:13 |
students master 89 commands |
| 00:36:18 |
For their safety as well as the dogs' |
| 00:36:21 |
they must gain total control over the |
| 00:36:25 |
CCI instructors have spent |
| 00:36:30 |
"All right. Good boy. |
| 00:36:34 |
One of the most important |
| 00:36:38 |
"Look. Get it. |
| 00:36:41 |
Keys are especially difficult |
| 00:36:45 |
and dogs dislike |
| 00:36:48 |
"All right! |
| 00:36:50 |
Because they will be going home |
| 00:36:53 |
the teams are put into as many |
| 00:36:57 |
as possible during the two-week course |
| 00:37:00 |
Today, on a college campus the dogs |
| 00:37:03 |
dogs that at first they think are real |
| 00:37:12 |
"These are the kinds of things you |
| 00:37:15 |
know that it's |
| 00:37:16 |
These things happen |
| 00:37:20 |
Some in the class have driven in vans |
| 00:37:23 |
equipped with electronic lifts |
| 00:37:25 |
but none has had prior experience |
| 00:37:30 |
For the dogs too, this is a first |
| 00:37:32 |
"Remember, this is as new for |
| 00:37:35 |
And even though |
| 00:37:37 |
you have to portray to her |
| 00:37:39 |
"Yeah. Okay, Zest" |
| 00:37:41 |
"The most frustrating part was |
| 00:37:45 |
tell me to have the dog do something |
| 00:37:47 |
And the dog wouldn't do it |
| 00:37:49 |
and they wanted to tell me |
| 00:37:52 |
But my biggest thing was would |
| 00:37:55 |
through the two weeks because |
| 00:37:58 |
"No, Zest. Zest. |
| 00:38:02 |
"She should come to you |
| 00:38:05 |
not go around behind there |
| 00:38:07 |
She doesn't understand |
| 00:38:08 |
"Okay, Well, |
| 00:38:13 |
"You need to do what you need to |
| 00:38:14 |
take care of yourself and your dog" |
| 00:38:17 |
"I'll start over again" |
| 00:38:19 |
The sheer physical exertion would |
| 00:38:21 |
cause some to simply give up |
| 00:38:23 |
But Mike is determined |
| 00:38:25 |
Finally, |
| 00:38:35 |
Even for those with |
| 00:38:38 |
fatigue is a major factor that |
| 00:38:41 |
Dogs are a wonderful solution |
| 00:39:07 |
At the end of the two weeks, |
| 00:39:08 |
the last hurdle |
| 00:39:11 |
Of the more than 300 teams that have |
| 00:39:13 |
gone through CCI since it began in 1975 |
| 00:39:17 |
90% of dogs and |
| 00:39:26 |
With well-deserved pride |
| 00:39:28 |
the class arrives |
| 00:39:31 |
threshold to their |
| 00:39:35 |
"As you can see, |
| 00:39:38 |
And throughout their lives |
| 00:39:40 |
there's always going to be |
| 00:39:42 |
and commitment |
| 00:39:44 |
Mike worked very hard in |
| 00:39:46 |
And congratulations |
| 00:39:54 |
"Ladies and gentlemen, |
| 00:39:59 |
The diplomas, appropriately |
| 00:40:00 |
are inscribed |
| 00:40:02 |
student and dog alike |
| 00:40:06 |
"Mike and Zest" |
| 00:40:19 |
Today Mike is a |
| 00:40:22 |
Having Zest has helped Mike |
| 00:40:26 |
and now for the |
| 00:40:29 |
considering going |
| 00:40:31 |
a vocational |
| 00:40:32 |
he might study |
| 00:40:36 |
Whenever Mike is working |
| 00:40:37 |
Zest has been trained to rest quietly |
| 00:40:39 |
by his side and not disrupt |
| 00:40:43 |
But at those moments |
| 00:40:44 |
Zest knows |
| 00:40:49 |
"She does things like picks up papers |
| 00:40:51 |
or pens and makes me feel independent |
| 00:40:56 |
like I don't always |
| 00:40:58 |
I can just go to |
| 00:41:03 |
All CCI graduates |
| 00:41:07 |
self-esteem because |
| 00:41:12 |
People who normally feel awkward |
| 00:41:15 |
in a wheelchair do not feel |
| 00:41:21 |
"I'm real shy |
| 00:41:22 |
and the last couple of months it seems |
| 00:41:25 |
like it's easier to go up to people |
| 00:41:27 |
because most of the time |
| 00:41:29 |
And I kind of get |
| 00:41:31 |
It helps me to |
| 00:41:34 |
"We didn't realize that kind of a bond |
| 00:41:36 |
could be between |
| 00:41:38 |
It really gives us a |
| 00:41:40 |
"We didn't realize |
| 00:41:43 |
Michael's emotions |
| 00:41:47 |
"Okay, Zest |
| 00:41:48 |
Come here |
| 00:41:49 |
Up switch, |
| 00:41:52 |
Good dog |
| 00:41:54 |
That's it |
| 00:41:55 |
That's it |
| 00:41:57 |
Good girl |
| 00:41:58 |
Okay, Zest |
| 00:41:59 |
Come on |
| 00:42:00 |
Good dog |
| 00:42:03 |
A boy needing help |
| 00:42:08 |
Perhaps nowhere is |
| 00:42:11 |
and dog more poignantly felt than here |
| 00:42:19 |
In northern California one man |
| 00:42:23 |
with dogs that many people |
| 00:42:26 |
For the 13 months he served |
| 00:42:30 |
Joe Simpson fought |
| 00:42:33 |
"Atta girl, heel" |
| 00:42:35 |
They were one of the earliest teams |
| 00:42:37 |
in what was known as the K-9 Corps |
| 00:42:40 |
"In 1942 the K-9 Corps |
| 00:42:47 |
civilians from the New |
| 00:42:50 |
"And Dogs for Defense was |
| 00:42:53 |
and they picked 14 Guys |
| 00:42:58 |
And fortunately, |
| 00:43:03 |
not because I knew anything |
| 00:43:05 |
but because I was in |
| 00:43:08 |
And this is how I got |
| 00:43:14 |
Patriotic families |
| 00:43:17 |
volunteered their dogs to help |
| 00:43:20 |
Rovers, Spots, and Fidos |
| 00:43:25 |
to an uncertain |
| 00:43:28 |
or Coast Guard |
| 00:43:29 |
Like their human counterparts |
| 00:43:32 |
all dogs were |
| 00:43:37 |
"Any new man that |
| 00:43:39 |
And they taught us to |
| 00:43:42 |
sit, and down, and stay |
| 00:43:44 |
and all the |
| 00:43:48 |
"And these dogs then went through |
| 00:43:49 |
And then when |
| 00:43:51 |
certain ones that were |
| 00:43:54 |
if they had enough |
| 00:43:57 |
were put into attack classes |
| 00:43:59 |
And the dogs that were better |
| 00:44:01 |
for messenger work |
| 00:44:03 |
Some dogs were trained |
| 00:44:05 |
So it was quite a course" |
| 00:44:20 |
In Europe dogs were |
| 00:44:23 |
but this was our first |
| 00:44:26 |
Some 10,000 served |
| 00:44:30 |
battles across Europe |
| 00:44:32 |
"If you needed to send a message back |
| 00:44:36 |
we had a messenger |
| 00:44:38 |
message in and put it around the dog |
| 00:44:40 |
And the dog had to learn that |
| 00:44:42 |
he was to run as fast as he |
| 00:44:47 |
Messenger dogs had to develop |
| 00:44:51 |
because they worked by going |
| 00:44:54 |
To ignore the |
| 00:44:56 |
exploding shells |
| 00:45:05 |
"The dogs didn't have |
| 00:45:08 |
shoulder to tell us that |
| 00:45:11 |
We knew by watching our dog |
| 00:45:14 |
this is very important |
| 00:45:17 |
if you can |
| 00:45:18 |
then you'll know what the dog |
| 00:45:21 |
"And I owe my life to my dog |
| 00:45:23 |
a lot of the other |
| 00:45:33 |
Joe Simpson was one of many who |
| 00:45:35 |
brought their dogs |
| 00:45:38 |
Intensive demilitarization programs |
| 00:45:42 |
before they were allowed to return |
| 00:45:45 |
and loving pets they |
| 00:46:03 |
One phase of training similar |
| 00:46:06 |
dogs is used in |
| 00:46:09 |
More than 70 such groups now |
| 00:46:13 |
All volunteers |
| 00:46:15 |
they work alongside law |
| 00:46:18 |
rescues and the aftermath of disasters |
| 00:46:22 |
"Go through. |
| 00:46:24 |
It takes hundreds |
| 00:46:26 |
before a team can be sent on a mission |
| 00:46:29 |
"Go through" |
| 00:46:30 |
Early on a dog |
| 00:46:32 |
"Okay |
| 00:46:33 |
Try that way again? |
| 00:46:34 |
Want to go through?" |
| 00:46:35 |
Go. |
| 00:46:39 |
Good girl! |
| 00:46:46 |
What handlers look for |
| 00:46:49 |
many breeds are used |
| 00:46:51 |
curiosity, |
| 00:46:55 |
The dogs must be |
| 00:46:58 |
they can safely |
| 00:47:00 |
and other obstacles |
| 00:47:02 |
as well as piles |
| 00:47:05 |
"Climb. |
| 00:47:07 |
Shirley Hammond is both |
| 00:47:09 |
"What we do is we start |
| 00:47:12 |
if we can although |
| 00:47:14 |
teaching them on |
| 00:47:18 |
"We do a lot of ladder |
| 00:47:22 |
And this teaches them |
| 00:47:24 |
Their back feet just normally |
| 00:47:27 |
and they do not develop |
| 00:47:30 |
unless they're taught to do |
| 00:47:32 |
what they're putting it on |
| 00:47:37 |
"Good dog, |
| 00:47:38 |
Good girl! |
| 00:47:44 |
This 12-week-old puppy confronts |
| 00:48:01 |
In addition to the |
| 00:48:03 |
they train on a rubble pile |
| 00:48:12 |
The uniform and helmet |
| 00:48:15 |
Cinnamon that |
| 00:48:24 |
Trained not to follow her instincts |
| 00:48:28 |
Cinnamon zigzags across the rubble |
| 00:48:33 |
trying to pick up the victim's |
| 00:48:36 |
She has been trained to cover |
| 00:48:46 |
Once the victim, |
| 00:48:49 |
has been found |
| 00:48:50 |
the dog's job is |
| 00:48:53 |
the handler to the |
| 00:49:06 |
"Put that one back there |
| 00:49:09 |
Oh, look |
| 00:49:11 |
What did you find, Cin?" |
| 00:49:15 |
Finding the victim is the |
| 00:49:18 |
It is essential that |
| 00:49:21 |
so the dog knows |
| 00:49:25 |
"Good girl, |
| 00:49:27 |
You've got him |
| 00:49:29 |
Yeah I've got |
| 00:49:31 |
Did you find him, huh?" |
| 00:49:37 |
In 1985 Shirley and |
| 00:49:41 |
search-dog teams that made |
| 00:49:45 |
life disaster the |
| 00:49:48 |
that wracked Mexico City |
| 00:49:54 |
The soft sub-soils underlying the city |
| 00:49:56 |
and inadequate building codes |
| 00:49:59 |
when hundreds of |
| 00:50:02 |
Thousands were injured |
| 00:50:03 |
thousands more left homeless |
| 00:50:05 |
As many as 10,000 died |
| 00:50:08 |
"It was really hard |
| 00:50:09 |
there were buildings |
| 00:50:12 |
and beautiful structures |
| 00:50:14 |
"...pancaked to the floor |
| 00:50:15 |
This is a building |
| 00:50:18 |
Suddenly, |
| 00:50:21 |
because some of them actually |
| 00:50:24 |
They went that far down" |
| 00:50:27 |
"Can you jump? |
| 00:50:28 |
Up, up. |
| 00:50:30 |
Twelve hours |
| 00:50:32 |
the teams searched through |
| 00:50:35 |
Hundreds of people surely lay trapped |
| 00:50:38 |
And could the dogs find |
| 00:50:42 |
"Cin, stay, stay" |
| 00:50:45 |
"They cock their head and listen |
| 00:50:47 |
if maybe they might even |
| 00:50:49 |
the victims after they would bark |
| 00:50:52 |
as if they were kind of calling |
| 00:50:56 |
"And the other side of that coin, |
| 00:50:59 |
is when they did locate someone buried |
| 00:51:01 |
under the rubble that |
| 00:51:04 |
it was a very |
| 00:51:06 |
Just a little pawing |
| 00:51:11 |
Amazingly, |
| 00:51:14 |
victims were found |
| 00:51:19 |
"Agua, agua" |
| 00:51:23 |
Only hours old |
| 00:51:25 |
this baby was trapped |
| 00:51:31 |
Doctors cannot easily |
| 00:51:34 |
Others see it simply |
| 00:51:41 |
"The Mexican people were just wonderful |
| 00:51:43 |
to us and it was a warm, warm feeling |
| 00:51:46 |
They were so... |
| 00:51:47 |
"...appreciative |
| 00:51:49 |
And it was really a |
| 00:51:52 |
that you were doing |
| 00:51:54 |
and that your dog |
| 00:51:57 |
It's a feeling that says |
| 00:52:00 |
All the times we've been wet, |
| 00:52:03 |
"...we've been tired, |
| 00:52:05 |
This is real and it's |
| 00:52:14 |
Many thousands |
| 00:52:16 |
some long-forgotten |
| 00:52:20 |
into his home to share |
| 00:52:23 |
Through the centuries |
| 00:52:26 |
evolved have remained |
| 00:52:28 |
and unfaltering friends |
| 00:52:32 |
Our own success as a species |
| 00:52:35 |
measure to the fact that a |
| 00:52:44 |
Intelligent and loyal |
| 00:52:47 |
dogs ask little from us in return |
| 00:52:51 |
In fact |
| 00:52:52 |
most dogs do not see |
| 00:52:55 |
but thrive on serving us simply |
| 00:53:01 |
"Give. Good girl |
| 00:53:02 |
Yeah, good girl" |
| 00:53:05 |
In commenting on |
| 00:53:08 |
one author has written: |
| 00:53:12 |
the time we can spare, |
| 00:53:16 |
In return |
| 00:53:17 |
dogs have given us |
| 00:53:22 |
It is without a doubt the |
