Dogs: Working Origins and Traditional Tasks

Explains how environment and selective breeding for these tasks shaped the physiology of the breeds we see today.

With his signature hands—on style, Mike Loades experiences what it is like to handle various dogs engaged in their traditional tasks. These adventures take him to the Jordanian desert, where he shares the saddle of his camel with a Saluki and to the green hills of Wales, where he works cattle with a Corgi. He mushes Huskies in Alaska, drives carriages with Dalmatians and flies fa...