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Birdie
Passos, Heloisa
Film/Video
2015
Birdie, who sleeps in trees and sells fruits and vegetables on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, loves the two abandoned dogs he now lives with. In Heloisa Passos' film, Birdie reads the minds of his two...
How Dogs Forge a Bond with Rio's Homeless That Is Life-Saving for Both
Greenwald, Glenn
Article
2015
Homelessness in Rio is, in many ways, virtually identical to how it manifests in other large cities: it entails unimaginable material and emotional deprivation, hopelessness, societal invisibility, an...
Nuclear War Manual for Dogs
Kurtz, Jerry
Book
1983

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Dogs at Work
News Release June 2000
2000
Dogs really do love us: Study finds first evidence of inter-species hormone exchange
2015
Dogs are found to make use of the "lovers' hormone," Oxytocin, to sneak their way into our hearts. That’s the first time the mechanism was observed between species.
Lassie
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Lassie is a stage name for several dog actors. The fictional character was created by Eric Knight in a short story expanded to novel length called Lassie Come-Home.
Rin Tin Tin
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Rin Tin Tin (often billed as Rin-Tin-Tin in the 1920s and 1930s) was the name given to several related German Shepherd dogs featured in fictional stories on film, radio and television.
Therapy dog
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A therapy dog is a dog trained to provide affection and comfort to people in hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, schools, with people with learning difficulties and stressful situations such a...
Touching
The Human Significance of the Skin
Montagu, Ashley
1972
An analysis of the skin regarded as a sense organ rather than as a simple bodily covering.