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Dogs on the Frontier: Human-Canine Relationships in Central Kentucky, 1770-1792
Agricultural History Society Conference (2015)
  • Andrew P Patrick, University of Kentucky
Abstract
Dogs played utilitarian roles, as hunting partners, sentries and trackers that provided assistance in the difficult physical landscape, but they also filled setters’ less obvious, psychological needs by serving as companions or by helping humans assert their dominance over the threats posed by the natural world.
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring 2015
Citation Information
Andrew P Patrick. "Dogs on the Frontier: Human-Canine Relationships in Central Kentucky, 1770-1792" Agricultural History Society Conference (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/andrew_patrick/6/