There’s a cliché spun again and again by many who love dogs. “They have so much to teach us.” I agree with that, for I have learned much from the animals I’ve known. But I also believe we have much to teach them. For as long as people and dogs have been pairing up—about ten thousand years—it has been a symbiotic relationship. We teach each other. We take the lead in the civilized world while they often take the lead in the natural world. Together we have evolved into two species with a unique and universal friendship.
