CONTEST! Choices! What will it be?

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Hello friends, for this week's Choices contest, I would go for Dog. A dog is not just an animal but something special to humans. @patjewell I am grateful for giving me this chance to write.

DOG

Dogs are pet animals considered to be the best friend of humans among all animals known for their faithfulness and loyalty, as they are considered the most loyal pets in the world. Dogs have two stunning eyes, two ears, four legs, sharp teeth for eating flesh, a mouth, a nose, and a small waggy tail on their rear end. Dogs have thick furs on their whole body, which can be short to long depending on the breed.

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Dogs are found everywhere worldwide. They can run quickly, bark loudly, and sense a variety of dangers. Other qualities of Dogs include; a strong sense of scent, bottomless hearing quality, and swimming in water.

Features of Dogs

Dogs come in a variety of colours. This could be a single colour or two or more colours but are mostly black, white, brown, and red. Cases of mixed colours seen are usually, white and black or brown and white.

Dogs are found in various sizes depending on their species. Most dogs come in small to medium sizes like the Chiwawa. Nevertheless, some species are enormous, hefty, and powerful like the Bulldog.

Commonly, Dogs eat anything and everything depending on how they are trained. In general, Dogs eat bones, bread, meat, and dairy products.

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Dogs being loyal pets loves to be around their owners. They do recognize their master scents and express their emotions by swishing their tails and barking.

Dogs aid their owners to be comfortable and enjoy life moments by keeping their owners safe from thieves as they tend to bark at any suspicious act of strangers day or night.

Importance of Dogs

With their varying colours and sizes, they can be so cute and loving which would make anyone happy. Since Dogs can make people happy, dogs help in lowering stress levels, anxiety, and loneliness as they serve as companions. Dogs also help with depression and encourage people to relish the moments of life. Dogs when trained can provide valuable comradery for older adults and even the physically injured.

Dogs play enormous importance in human life and are not merely recreational creatures. Their importance is beyond just companionship as their powerful sense of smell and cleverness is used for security purposes. Dogs are eager to protect their owners to any length and not leave their owners no matter their social class.

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Also, some dogs when trained, can smell and trace anyone and anything from their scent. This quality helps military forces to find illicit things such as drugs.

Dogs can be used in hunting and tracking as they help hunters locate their prey or lead them to a certain area to make hunting easier. Breeds of dogs usually used for hunting or tracking include the Labrador Retriever, Bloodhound, American Foxhound, Golden Retriever, Pointer, and Beagle.

Breeds of Dogs

There are varieties of dog breeds, of which the most common are:
• Labrador Retrievers
• German Shepherd.
• Golden Retriever
• Bulldogs
• Beagle
• Rottweiler
• Bloodhound
• American Foxhound
• Pointer

To learn more about the different breeds click here.

CONCLUSION

Dogs are very amazing swimmers and are very useful pet animals. Dogs respect their owner from their hearts and can effortlessly guess their presence through their scent. One should learn to take good care of them in good conditions.

THANK YOU!

I like to invite the following users @yakspeace, @ruthjoe and @petface

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