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rich in life because i have this little baby who thinks the safest place is around me. AWWW MY BABY.do you guys have an cute little babys ?

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Initially, scientists chose their dogs relatively arbitrarily. By the 1930s, however, most became convinced that someone, somewhere, needed to select a standard breed. It had been done with rats; why not with dogs? Crossbreeding experiments by embryologist Charles Rupert Stockard at first appeared promising, but their premature conclusion left the issue unresolved. Then, starting around 1939, work at Columbia University suggested the Irish terrier as a possible choice for centralized production instead. Yet terrier boosters faltered, interrupted by the arrival of World War II, and no institution could commit to hosting the much-yearned-for stock center for dogs. Instead, smaller projects such as the dog studies at Jackson Labs and at Cornell emerged, quietly redirecting scientific attention, by 1950, to the beagle—at precisely the moment the breed was in wider cultural ascent. While scientists agreed on certain traits for the ideal research dog, the chapter shows how quotidian familiarity, whether from hunting or pet ownership, was equally important.

Lab Dog: What Global Science Owes American Beagles, Brad Bolman. 2025.

....the notion of Irish Terriers as the breed du jour for animal research conducted on dogs is really sending me. I had no idea about this little corner of dog history and my mind is blown this morning, not going to lie.

I'm really enjoying this book so far as a lover of history, as a research scientist who works with animals, and as a person interested in the ways that humans and dogs interact. Despite the largely different subject matter, it's really scratching a similar itch to Red Rangers and Gray Ghosts so far for me.

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Tests on animals are cruel and unreliable, but chemicals are still being applied to the eyes of live rabbits 🐇

Alternatives like in vitro tests (human cell cultures) and computer simulations exist. All are cheaper, don't harm innocent animals, and are much more reliable.

Ban animal testing! Boycott products that have been tested on animals and opt for the alternative.