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Contents 1 Dog communiation 2 Using Scent to mark territory 3 articles needed 4 Dogs 5 Diet 6 need more info on its diet

[edit] Dog communiation

The section on dog communication is longer than the Main Article it links to. What is there is mostly cc'ed. If there are no objections I will move the content to that article and leave a summary here. Robogun 01:01, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

In relation to this, I've gone ahead and removed everything in that section except for the main article link. I don't think it's something that needs a consensus, but please do voice objection if you have them. Tockeg 22:22, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Using Scent to mark territory

I didn't see anything in the article mentioning how dogs use scent to mark territory. 71.132.232.118 08:21, 11 February 2007 (UTC) Larry 10 FEB 2007 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.132.232.118 (talk) 08:20, 11 February 2007 (UTC).

yeah I had a quick scan and can't seem to find anything either. Something to add maybe... Think outside the box 12:26, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] articles needed

I am doing a science experiment about whether most dogs prefer to use their right or left paw to complete everyday tasks for school.I also have to write a research report.I could not find one article about dogs brains or their functions.Consider adding this kind of article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.83.166.28 (talk) 01:32, 22 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Dogs

Why do pugs stick there tongues out all the time?

This isn't a classroom or a blog about dogs, but see http://www.doctordog.com/drdognewsletter/tongue.html, http://www.springerlink.com/content/n3u34u4220384846/, etc.

[edit] Diet

Regarding the health of vegetarian dogs, I found a very appropriate example to back up the information. Please consider adding, after the 6th sentence (or wherever you see fit), the following sentence and citation:

In 2002 it was revealed that Britain's oldest living dog (age 27) ate an exclusively vegan diet typically consisting of "rice, lentils and organic vegetables"^[1]

("Vegetable-Eating Dog Lives to Ripe Old Age of 27" Canine Nation. Published: 2002-Sep-18 http://dogsinthenews.com/issues/0209/articles/020918a.htm)

Joseph 72.94.198.129 01:03, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] need more info on its diet

user2465453.7653.287542.

You have to decide if the domestic dog should be called "canis familiaris" (which means that the dog is an own species) or "canis lupus forma familiaris" (which means that the dog is a sub-species of the wolf)- "canis lupus familiaris" is wrong. If you want to call the dog "canis lupus familiaris", you have to add the expression "forma"; this would mean that the dog is the domestic form of the wolf.