Wild and Domestic Dogs of the World
Photo Left - Natureglo's dog Rochelle Claire, as a teenage pup, peering around a plywood door she had chewed.
Dogs Around the World -
Click through the species of interest.
FAMILY CANIDAE(canines) from the Brittanica website. Where Brittanical leaves out links, I supplement by leading to you to a GREAT site called Arkive.
36 species in 12 genera found worldwide, not including the Falkland Island wolf (Dusicyon australis), a foxlike species that was hunted to extinction in the late 1800s.
36 species in 12 genera found worldwide, not including the Falkland Island wolf (Dusicyon australis), a foxlike species that was hunted to extinction in the late 1800s.
- Genus Vulpes (foxes)
12 species of Europe, Asia, and Africa, including the Arctic fox of the northern polar region. - Genus Canis (dog, coyote, wolves, jackals, and dingo)
8 species found worldwide. - Genus Pseudalopex (South American foxes)
6 species of South America. - Genus Urocyon (gray foxes)
2 species of North and South America, one of which lives only on the Channel Islands off the California coast. - Genus Atelocynus (small-eared zorro) - On Arkive
1 species of South America. - Genus Cerdocyon (crab-eating fox)
1 species of South America. - Genus Chrysocyon (maned wolf)
1 species of South America. - Genus Cuon (dhole)
1 species of Asia. - Genus Lycaon (African hunting dog)
1 species of Africa. - Genus Nyctereutes (raccoon dog)
1 species of eastern Asia. - Genus Otocyon (bat-eared fox)
1 species of Africa. - Genus Speothos (bush dog)
1 species of South America.
Web Resources
Wild Dog Foundation
DK Find Out - Dogs
NATURE - Dogs that Changed the World
American Kennel Club - Dog Breeds
Dog Internal Ear Anatomy
Spaying & Neutering
Daily Dog Discoveries - "I am Your Dog's Uterus"
Spaying 101
Wild Dog Foundation
DK Find Out - Dogs
NATURE - Dogs that Changed the World
American Kennel Club - Dog Breeds
Dog Internal Ear Anatomy
Spaying & Neutering
Daily Dog Discoveries - "I am Your Dog's Uterus"
Spaying 101
Dog Anatomy Videos
Spaying
Projects & Activities
NOVA - Interactive game about dog breeds of the world
AHC Arts & Crafts - A compendium of arts and crafts about dogs (wide age range)
4-H Dog Project (can be modified to suit your needs even if you're not signed up for 4-H)
Pointing Game
Materials - two cups and a tasty dog treat that the dog would enjoy
Procedure: Sit on a smooth floor surface with the cups and treat. Have the dog sit or someone hold the dog about 6 feet away from you. Put the two cups on a smooth floor surface. Put one of the treats under one of the cups. Mix the cups up very quickly in front of the dog. Keep the cups about three feet from each other. Point to the cup with the treat in it. See if the dog follows your cue and gets the treat under the correct cup with the treat in it. Repeat a number of times. Make up your own experiments with the same idea of the cup and treat. Perhaps play hide and seek and point to where you've hidden the cup as a variation.
Human Eyes and Dog Game
Note: This experiment shows how dogs are responsive to human eyes which reveals their great intelligence.
What you need: at least 2-3 willing people. Blind folds accept for one person. A dog. A place for people to sit in a row next to each other. Treats readily available.
Procedure
All the people sit down in a row on a sofa or chairs. Have one person sitting there without any blindfold on while the rest of the people sit there with blindfolds on. Observe what the dog does. Try variations with hiding treat among yourselves.
Dog Thief or Not
Materials
Dog treats. A dog. At least one person to do the experiment with the dog.
Procedure
Place a treat on the floor in front of you. Call your dog over and ask it to sit. Leave your eyes open and see if it's obedient. Assuming the dog is obedient, ask the dog to sit and stay then close your eyes. Repeat sit and stay with your eyes closed a few times. Give the dog a few minutes with your eyes closed. You can make up your own variations with this experiment.
As with all experiments, record the experiment procedures and the results you get in your journals. Share your journal work, photographs and or videos with the class.
Smell Game - You can how I tried this very simple experiment with my dog here.
Materials
Apple, bird feather, cup or mug, book, stop watch
Procedure
One at a time in any order, lay each of the objects down in front of your dog to allow them time to smell each of them. Use a stop watch to record the length of time your dog smell each of the objects. Time each one separately. Make observations and record what you observe and what the results are per object.
Here are some question helpers.
1). which object did your dog smell the longest? The least?
2). Why do you think your dog smelled one particular object the longest? The least?
Student Projects
Below Mammals Oct. - Dec 2014 student, Josh A. has expanded a smelling experiment he did with his dog, Chestnut.
Below Mammals Oct. - Dec 2014 student, Josh A. has expanded a smelling experiment he did with his dog, Chestnut.
Below, Josh's broghter, Kevin A., has done the pointing experiment with their dog Chestnut.
Dog Videos