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Originally a BBC production entitled More than Man's Best Friend, this thoughtful series examining the relationship between mankind and dogs was adapted for American television by A&E with narrator Jack Perkins. Several thematic hour-long segments touch briefly on the history and evolution of dogs and of man's associations with them, but the overall focus settles firmly on comparing and contrasting the canine's place in modern cultures as companion, worker, and even as food. A dogsled team in Greenland aids its owner who fishes daily to earn his living; dogs help South American tribesmen hunt by sniffing out prey; a socialite spends thousands of dollars on a show dog in the hope that it will become a champion and lucrative stud. Though each situation seems different, all of the owners swear their dogs are their lives and livelihoods. In one extreme case, an owner swears his dogs are his "lovers and my intellectual stimulation; we're a ménage à trois." This may say more about the owner than the potential for dogs to enhance our lives, but something about that unconditional love dogs give us inspires such feelings as these.

When discussing the view of canine as commodity rather than companion, The Incredible Story of Dogs offers footage from dog shows to caged dogs waiting for slaughter in Korean meat markets to a French painter who paints dog faces over antique portraits bought at flea markets. Many ironies arise in the discussion of the modern dog and our perception of it: diners at Korean dog meat stands are often dog owners themselves, yet disassociate the "yellow dog" or mixed-breed dog meat they eat with the companion at home because their animals have pedigrees. Frequently, people project their sense of class onto their dogs. The series shows how this has played out in England, where corgies exemplify the "royal dog" and mastiffs the police, and bloodlines in specialty breeds are guarded carefully. Nowadays, dogs are more of a universal equalizer in the Western world--a dog owner can own any kind of canine he or she wants to; it comes down to taste and personality rather than class or income. All of this illustrates the complex relationships we have with dogs, and one might even consider watching this with his or her dog to see what he thinks! --Gilia Angell

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