AVS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Physical Fitness, Animal-Assisted Therapy, Dressage
13 Dec 2015
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Domestic, socialized, and depend: pet sitting/walking, pet motels, grooming/boarding, etc. on humans, pet comes from petty , thousands of years, roles in society. Balto transported medications in alaska in a blizzard. Igloo companion to the first person who flew over the north and south poles. Laika first dog in space sent by russia. People pay for many services for their pets: veterinarians, vet techs. Humans control the evolution of the species: bred for specific characteristics deemed. 12-15,000 years ago: evidence of this in china, Israel: related to wolves, first uses; hunting, retrieval, guarding, pest control, pulling, bed warming, today mostly for companionship. Over time, dogs have become: less aggressive, smaller, more trainable. Domesticated about 6,000 years ago in egypt: status symbol, incarnation of gods, treated like humans, even in death. Compared to dogs, very independent: they have an easier transition back to wild. In the middle ages, they were hunted: associated with witchcraft.
