[blam]

Who brought the dogs?

[Vigilantcitizen]

My camping buds have a dog that looks just like these.They found an article in "Smithsonian" mag about these dogs and were very surprised to see the resemblance.

I have some pictures of Buddy, and will have them put to disk tomorrow so I can post em' here.

[Ada Coddington]

Who brought the dogs?

I dunno, blam, but I can see that your pack is obviously not complete.

You might remember an old movie, "Old Yeller", the star of which must have been one of these.

[sawsalimb]

Very good question. I have very little expertise in the first place,and what I have doesn't involve dogs. That said,this was an interesting article the first time,and it's still interesting.

I'm still thinking that the Carolina Dogs mentioned aren't a remnant so much as a reversion. I've been told that numerous animal species,when left to fend for themselves,revert back to their basic genetic stucture very quickly. It's my understanding that swine can do it in less than 4 generations-compare a high shouldered,loooonnggg tusked,extremely wary feral boar with his barnyard counterpart and one can see just how big the difference can be. My guess is that the Carolina Dog represents something similar-a reversion to "Dog,1.0 Release",if you will. They look like pretty decent creatures to have around the place-I wouldn't mind one or two myself.