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Canines and humans share a centuries-old bond that shows no signs of weakening, even to this day. From the day Gronk the caveman (theoretically, at least) recruited Spoticus the cave-wolf to band together for mutual protection and food gathering, canines of all sorts have become known as âManâs Best Friend.â
The arrangement, as they say, has worked out famously, so much so that we now lavish our canine counterparts with the best of food, gifts and everything their little doggy hearts might (or even might not) desire.
And the arrangement has other, auxiliary benefits beyond safety and shelter as well. I am certain (again, theoretically) that at some point in ancient Egypt there was a scribe who used the excuse of âa jackal ate the papyrusâ to deflect the wrath of his overseer. But whether as a helper in fighting off prehistorical wildlife or as a convenient scapegoat (Spoticus, of course, didnât speak caveman so he could