Dogs and People: Working, Bonding, Breeding: teacher key

Dogs, grade 12 edition, written for 12th grade and up. Dogs came from wolves and have worked, bonded and been bred alongside people for thousands of years. Follow the experiments, the working dogs and the hidden cost of some breeds.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What does one article say about how dogs worked for people from the beginning?
   • As pets only
   • As shepherds, guard dogs and hunters (answer)
   • As sled drivers
2. What did the Duke study's design show about wolf puppies?
   • They were too old
   • They were never fed
   • Their weaker pointing was not due to a lack of time with people (answer)
3. What did Chaser understand about objects, beyond their names?
   • That they belong to groups such as balls and Frisbees (answer)
   • That they are food
   • That they are heavy
4. How do herding dogs move sheep?
   • By carrying them
   • By barking only
   • By pressure (answer)
5. What does a wagging tail not always mean?
   • That a dog is cold
   • That a dog is friendly (answer)
   • That a dog is hungry
6. What did the museum curator say the sick puppy's care suggested?
   • Some Paleolithic people already had a strong emotional bond with dogs (answer)
   • Dogs were only workers
   • Dogs were wild

Words

• domesticated: tamed over time
• pheromone: chemical signal
• brachycephalic: short-skulled
• Paleolithic: Stone Age
• oxytocin: bonding chemical