Why is the fireman's dog a dalmation?  Was there a purpose to them?
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The Dalmatian's reputation as a firehouse dog appears to be rooted in its popular use as a carriage dog; that is, a dog whose role was to run alongside, and sometimes even under, horse-drawn carriages (therefore also known as Spotted Coach-dog). Carriage dogs were useful for clearing the way in front of the carriage, possibly for helping to control the horses when at a full run (such as for horse-drawn fire engines), and undoubtedly because they were attractive and eye-catching. This use might have transferred to horse-drawn fire engines, although it is unclear why this link is made in the United States and not other countries. It is less well known that Dalmatians were also used as guard dogs, protecting a firehouse and its equipment from its rival firehouses.
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Only if the dog has fur. Fur is a great thermal insulator, finely developed over eons of use by mother nature herself: You're probably roasting the poor pooch unless it's 20 below out. :)\n\nFor appearances and showing off it's always cute, I doubt anybody other than me considers how the critters might feel, but I'd imagine from the dog's perspective it's just itchy as hell and feels tight and uncomfortable.\n\nIf it makes you happy though and the dog doesn't  seem to mind (sometimes the added cutesy attention is worth the discomfort), all is well.
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Cats are stupid animals they don't think, However if you put a monkey in a fire instead of a cat then the monkey would say fire fire help me help me
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The obstinate and devious Joker tried to deter the heroes of Gothem City, however, it could not withstand Batman's bravery, courage, and fortitude. Then of coarse all Joker ever needed was someone to commiserate with him over his dead pet dog. Which was the theme of the story about Joker, and his dog Spiffy who was able to speak with a british tenacity.
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Dogs as we know, --are man's best friends and known for absolute dedication and loyalty. However, they are still animals and cannot replace man, the higher form of life. The dog won't give you a ride, won't carry-on a conversation with you, won't marry you and won't perform many duties of man who has superior intelligence.\n\nPeople can imagine their pets to be substitute for human affection; however these people are in delusions.
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Only if you didn't want someone to know the commands you are giving your dog. A lot of dogs are now taught/trained in many different languages so that the "common" person won't know the commands that are being given to the dogs. A lot of Law Enforcement dogs are taught commands that are NOT in English so the dog doesn't get "confused" when it's Handler gives a command during an "encounter" while out on patrol with a lot of people around. Personally my own dogs are NOT given commands in English,they were trained with another language. Also to let you know,my dogs are not German Shepherds,so it doesn't matter the breed of the dog,only how they are trained.
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A really intelligent question indeed!\n\nIt is the other way round. Why the dog is spelled as God backwards?\n\nConsider the properties of a dog. As a pup it would behave as if his whole world rotates around his master. No matter what none can sway the faith of the pup from his so-called master. I have experienced it myself. The pup is more loyal to his master then the mother it was born to.\n\nAs this pup grows up... it learns all the tidbits of life that his master has to teach him. Day by day the loyalty of this pup... now a full-grown dog increases. It now safeguards the house in which lives his master. Every friend of his master becomes his friend and every stranger to his master becomes his foe.\n\nThe dog is the only animal in the whole animal kingdom whose services to his master are unparalleled. No animal in the animal kingdom behaves as faithfully as dogs... come whatever may!\n\nThe faithfulness with which a dog serves his master is even absent in human beings. You trust and the next moment one would betray you. In dealing with dogs such eventualities are extremely rare. It has been found that dogs sometimes betrayed the faith of their master if they were kept in confinement for long or hungry for days.\n\nIn both the cases the master was at fault. If the master takes proper care of his dog... there is no reason why this favorite pet would betray his trust.\n\nBy naming him backwards God has also tried to portray to mankind that if a human being has the kind of faith that a dog has in his master... then every human being can reach the abode of God... the kingdom of God (known as Baikuntha in Hinduism) at the earliest.\n\nDoes it mean that the kind of faith a dog has in his master is necessary for gaining enlightenment and finally salvation. Yes, it is this kind of almost blind faith that leads one directly to the kingdom of God. More here- http://www.godrealized.org/do_animals_have_a_soul.html
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Humans ask questions to communicate, to satisfy their needs, wants and curiosities. This may just be my opinion, but I think that animals ask questions. When your dog or cat goes to the door and scratches on it or whines, you know they're saying, "Can I go outside"? "Do you really want a cleanup in aisle #3?" When your dog gets his leash and brings it to you, you know he's saying, "Can we go for a walk, please". My mother had a goldfish that would come to the top of the water when he wanted to eat. Was he asking for food? HMMMM
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i have a few theories on the whole polar bear thing. \n1. the cages that kate + sawyer are in are animal cages, and jack is in an aquarium, so that probably means that they're in an old zoo. the animals must have been let loose or they escaped. but then, if the animals were set free, wouldnt they see more then just one polar bear? and how would it survive in the heat?\n2. its an scientific experiment. the people who were first in the "hatch" were running tests on animals or something, and it escaped, or they set it out to attack the survivors. they could have made the animal more vicious or something, and to test it out, they let it loose and waited to see what would happen. \n im not really sure. but i guess we'll find out later on. im also a little confused about that black smoke. but again, im sure we'll find out later.
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I caught the tail end of that show.  I did not know you could adopt one.  I thought the point of people not being able to keep them...was a good point also.  I did not know they lived so long.  Also the poor chimp that they took one of his vertebra's out.
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A Furbie, actually three of them, from my Uncle.  I was 19 when he gave them to me.  I was like WTF are THOSE things?  They were cute until he put the batteries in them.  After a half an hour they were no longer cute but annoying and I was ready to kill them.  Eventually they all had 'accidents' including the one that caught fire.  It really wasn't on purpose that they were bad or wrong, my Uncle hasn't ever seen me as 'grown up' and I get some weird stuff from him all the time.
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My uncle was building a beach house on the Oregon Coast and I decided to drive up to see it with him so he could show me his progress.\n\nWe got there really late at night because of traffic, me, my uncle and his dog.  As soon as we got there his dog, Bailey, started acting really strangely.  She seemed very agitated and she started growling and the hair on her back was up.  At first we thought someone had broken in the property, but when we went inside it was completely empty.  The dog followed us into the house.\nMy uncle checked the house to make sure it was all locked up and no one had entered it which would explain the dog's strange behavior.  The house was nearly done, but it was empty of all furniture...so we turned on the lights and he started showing me around the place.\n\nWhen we got to the dining room, the dog (which was with us the whole time) began whimpering and growling all at the same time. \nHave you ever seen those cartoons where the dog is standing with a paw in the air, the tail stick straight, ready to go hunting?\nThat's sort of Bailey looked like.  She stood very stiff, looking at an empty wall in the dining room, the hair on her back was up but her eyes were moving, following something that neither I nor my uncle could see.  \nWhatever she was seeing seemeed to be going around the room, like in a acircle and she just followed it with its eyes, growling the whole time until "it" (whatever it was got really close to my uncle.  Than Bailey pounced on it...except to us it was thin air.  She literally jumped through the air and crashed against the wall.  She got up sort of dazed and looked around but whatever it was she had felt or "seen" was gone.  \n\nIt was the weidest and freakiest experience I have ever experienced.  Even though I din't see anything...\n\nThe dog was just acting so weird...like there really was something in there with us.  Whatever it was, she didn't like it.
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What an odd question. They come from variations of a dog-like species that evolved. What exactly are you asking?
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he gets double dog dared to stick his tounge on the flag pole and he dose. he ends up getting his tounge stuck to the flag pole and is pried off by the fire department needless to say ralfy gets blamed for it
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Yeah, they're all talking about their favorite all-time baseball player, where they can find house shingles, and the stuff on the outer layers of those trees they mark. ; )\n\nSeriously, I don't know if it's conversational in nature, but probably more of a territorial thing: they bark to let other dogs know they're around and as a warning to not trespass. My guess is that when the last one barks, he/she knows the other dog "left."
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cause there a shifty breed
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Are you saying it's dangerous just because of it's breed? Or is it actually an aggressive or vicious animal that has threatened, and possibly even attacked people before?\n\nIf you're basing you opinion strictly from the dog's breed, you would be helping to perpetuate the current trend in today's society of blaming the breed, instead of holding the owner responsible.\n\nIf the dog has shown aggressive tendancies, you probably owe it to yourself and your neighbors to report the animal to your local animal control office.