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  2. Cultural depictions of dogs - Wikipedia

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    The little dog symbolizes faithfulness, devotion or loyalty, [13] or can be seen as an emblem of lust, signifying the couple's desire to have a child. [15] Unlike the couple, the dog looks out to meet the gaze of the viewer. [16] The dog could also be simply a lap dog, a gift from husband to wife.

  3. Category:Dogs in art - Wikipedia

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    Media in category "Dogs in art" This category contains only the following file. Giacomo Balla, 1912, Dinamismo di un Cane al Guinzaglio (Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash), Albright-Knox Art Gallery.jpg 2,312 × 1,974; 2.35 MB

  4. Dogs That Cannot Touch Each Other - Wikipedia

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    The art installation comprises eight enclosed, nonmotorized treadmills, each with an American Pit Bull Terrier obtained from a provincial breeding and training institute for fighting dogs. The dogs were brought to the Beijing art space in separate limousines, with human trainers ensuring their separation due to territorial and aggressive ...

  5. Mercy dog - Wikipedia

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    A mercy dog (also known as an ambulance dog, Red Cross dog, or casualty dog) was a dog that served in a paramedical role in the military, most notably during World War I. They were often sent out after large battles, where they would seek out wounded soldiers, and they were well-suited to the conditions of trench warfare .

  6. James Herriot - Wikipedia

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    James Alfred Wight OBE FRCVS (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), better known by his pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and author.. Born in Sunderland, Wight graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College in 1939, returning to England to become a veterinary surgeon in Yorkshire, where he practised for almost 50 years.

  7. Veterinarian - Wikipedia

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    "Veterinarian" was first used in print by Thomas Browne in 1646. [4] Although "vet" is commonly used as an abbreviation in all English-speaking countries, the occupation is formally referred to as a veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom and Ireland and now as a veterinarian in most of the rest of the English-speaking world.

  8. Robert A. Whitney - Wikipedia

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    A career United States Public Health Service officer, Whitney was appointed deputy surgeon general on September 1, 1992. Since 1971, he held a number of positions of increasing responsibility in the National Institutes of Health .

  9. Veterinary surgery - Wikipedia

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    Preparing a cow for udder surgery in field conditions: the physical restraint with a set of ropes is necessary next to xylazine tranquilisation A cat spay. Veterinary surgery is surgery performed on non-human animals by veterinarians, whereby the procedures fall into three broad categories: orthopaedics (bones, joints, muscles), soft tissue surgery (skin, body cavities, cardiovascular system ...