~ DOG  probably echoic word 
^u     " DOG DOG DOG" or 
       " HAU HAU HAU" or           sug> HOUND 
       " GRR GRR GRR"              sug> GROWL
  hx> A KEY COMPANION OF MANKIND   see> MASCOT
  in many languages there are 
  dual denominations to denote
  POSITIVE and NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS REGARDING DOGS
  lat CANIS  = DOG       note unrelated to CANNIBAL
  sp  CAN      DOG in a "positive" sense         
      PERRO    has "negative" INNUENDO     sug> MONGREL 
  eng PET      incl DOMESTIC DOG           sug> PETTING
  ukr PES      DOG in a positive sense     sug> PASTORAL
      PESTYTY  TO PAMPER  CARESS           see> PET 
      SOBAKA   has a negative sense        sug> MUTT
     OSOBA     INDIVIDUAL  also PERSON     sug> BADGER
  gr  HUNT     HOUND                        
  lit+ " A DOOR IS WHAT A DOG 
         IS PERPETUALLY ON THE WRONG SIDE OF " in 
         The Private Dining Room  1953 per Ogden NASH [#]
  myth> AMERICAN INDIAN LEGENDS RELATE 
        THAT A COYOTE IMPARTED
        ITS SPIRIT TO A HUMAN CLAY FIGURE   sug> INSPIRE  
  THUS GIVING RISE TO AN IMPERFECT BEING 
  AN ANIMATED MAN FOND OF DOGS
  myth> note story about see> ORTHOS
  hx>  ARISTOTLE [#]  ARGUED THAT DOG AND MAN
       DIFFER ONLY IN DEGREES but modern views have
  regressed toward DOGMA and DOGMATISM as per
  DESCARTES [#] WHO MANIPULATED SCIENTIFIC ARGUMENTS 
  TO FIT PRECONCEPTIONS UPHELD BY THE ROMAN CHURCH
  DESCARTES CONCLUDED THAT ANIMALS 
  INCLUDING HIS OWN DOG HAD 
  NO CONSCIOUSNESS
  NO INTELLIGENCE
  NO MIND AND THEREFORE
  COULD NOT FEEL "TRUE" PAIN     see> DEGENERATION
  A VIEW NOT DENIED BY SOME MODERN SCIENTISTS [77]
  perhaps THE VIEW THAT ANIMALS ARE  "MACHINE" MAY EXPLAIN IN PART
  HUMAN CRUELTY AND EXPLOITATION INFLICTED UPON NON HUMAN ANIMALS
  EVEN WHY SOME HUMANS WERE DECLARED INFERIOR as found in
  POLITICS OF "SUPERIOR" RACES or in                sug> RACISM
  SLAVERY or COLONIALISM                            sug> SLAV
  NEGATIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD "INFERIOR" HUMANS       sug> POOR
  OFTEN SPREAD TOWARD ANIMALS and VICE VERSA        sug> WEAK
  note a CONTEMPT toward DOGS as in                 sug> DUMB
  slur> " SHE IS A BITCH " similar to    
  slur> " SHREW" or "HAG" leading to 
        " HACK"  and HORSE 
  in ukr  HAK  = CROSS or HOOK or SNAG              
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& DOG 
  biol> from lat CANID CANIDAE or 
        CANIS FAMILIARIS
  30 SPECIES OF CANIDS ENCOMPASS 
  A VAST DEGREE OF VARIABILITY
  AMONG THESE ARE THE DOG  FOX  see> WOLF  
  AMONG DOGS 400 BREEDS ARE REGISTERED
  note DOG IS THE ONLY "BEAST" THAT "ADOPTED" MAN   
  ply> | the friendship of DOGS is DOGMATIC |   sug> FIDELITY
  hx>  AT THE INTERSECTION OF 
       THE GEORGE IV VIADUCT AND CANDLE MAKER ROW 
  NEAR THE GRASSMARKET IN EDINBURGH
  STANDS A STATUE OF A SKYE TERRIER 
  AS A SYMBOL OF HIS DEVOTION   
  FOR 14 YEARS GREYFRIARS BOBBY HELD A VIGIL 
  OVER THE GRAVE OF HIS MASTER  
  SIMILAR STORIES ARE RECORDED ELSEWHERE
  cont in addenda see> ~& DOG
  med> AMONG HUMAN REMAINS WERE ALSO FOUND DOG BONES
       IMPLYING THAT EARLY HUMANS ATE DOGS
  THE HABIT PERSISTS IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES
  MAN EATING DOG REMINDS SOME OF CANNIBALISM        
  sc> DOG INTELLIGENCE CAN BE SUBDIVIDED INTO
      INBORN  as in HERDING
  PROBLEM SOLVING   WORKING 
  INTERACTIVE       GUARDING or PACK BEHAVIOR
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& DOG