Elias Weiss Friedman

But yeah, I just felt like they were good representative examples of how dogs are pervasive throughout our culture and part of the fabric of our society.

Well, I think a lot of people think of their dog as a family member, as a best friend, and those things are true, but they are animals just like we are.

And so understanding where they come from, how they evolved, how they came to be.

We created dogs.

Unlike other types of pets, cats, turtles, they are less domesticated.

compared to dogs.

We selectively bred dogs over hundreds, thousands of years to be what we want them to be.

I like to think of this idea of a wild pug.

There's no such thing as a wild pug.

And so each of these dogs are a representation of us.

in all their forms, big, little, lap dogs, Great Danes.

And so understanding the origin of dogs, I think is important to fully understanding them.

Yeah.

So this is Luma?

This is Luma.

And what's her backstory?

She's like a Chihuahua mix?

She's a Chihuahua-Terrier mix.

Cute.

And what's her backstory?