Last night there was a really good documentary on PBS called “Dogs That Changed The World”, about the origins of dogs and how we evolved to live with humans. Actually it spoke a lot about how humans might not of survived without us. See, I told you we were important! Through evolution dogs have been bred to emphasis certain traits to help humans do things like hunt, herd and protect. Golden Retrievers are from hunting stock and have heightened senses of smell and hearing to do this. Did you know that if a human can hear a sound a mile away a dog can hear the same sound 4 miles away? That’s pretty good hearing if you ask me. So this morning I was acting on my instincts an surveying my territory for invaders…squirrels and cats mostly.

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