0_Apprentice
I love dogs! I have a yorkshire terrier.
1_Wizard
I hate dogs! wolves are cool though, and what's interesting is that wolves and dogs aren't very closely related, and the ancestor dogs came from is probably extinct
0_Apprentice
Considering that there are 340 breeds of dogs, it's pretty amazing that none of them are closely related to wolves.
1_Wizard
that's a lot of smelly, annoying animals. and we've been putting up with them for at least 14,700 years!
0_Apprentice
14,700 years is a long while! Although, I could've swore that I heard that they have been domesticated for 38,000 years.
1_Wizard
that is in dispute! but back to the smelliness of dogs, the reason stinky things stink so much is ammonia mixing with fatty acids and lactic acid. yuck!
0_Apprentice
I really don't think dogs smell that bad. Maybe your nasal cavity ( also a name for a nose) is quite sensitive to all those chemicals.
1_Wizard
cats are the best. we pamper them so much because they deserve it. although we did develop specialized food for dogs before we did for cats....poor things
0_Apprentice
Cats are pretty neat. I heard the Egyptians first domesticated them way back then.
1_Wizard
how much do you spend on your dog food a year? Americans alone spent $8.6 billion in 2007!