How Dogs Got Their Shapes
Release Date: April 17, 2016
Watching Date: May 14, 2023
Finally, a documentary that both entertains and informs, which is all I ever wanted.
I did actually, manage to learn quite a lot about dogs from this documentary. Sure, there was lots of stuff I already knew, mostly about labs because I learn about the breeds I'm adopting, but I didn't realize bull dogs were for bull baiting, or corgis were for herding. I didn't know that shar-peis almost went extinct because of a communist revolution in China, or that beagles have white tail tips so they're easier to spot when out hunting.
Bob and I actually walked away from this documentary having gained new knowledge which, in half a month, hasn't really happened. "Maybe Learn Some Shit" month hasn't lived up to it's name thus far, but if I walk away having only gained knowledge about dogs, I think I'll still call that a win.
Bob's one gripe with this film is that the experts were constantly, and only, referred to as "scientists" which is not a job or a field of expertise, technically speaking. Is the person talking about dogs a canine behavior specialist, or a biologist, a historian? Scientist is not a really specific description of a person's specialty, and you'd think that a scientist would want to be more specific. At least the contributing veterinarians were correctly labelled.
If you're a dog person, which Bob definitely is - though his preferred breed, pitbull, was not featured in this documentary - you're definitely going to enjoy it. If you find dogs cute, which I do, and want to see footage of puppies, and huskies using their tails to keep their little noses warm and want to be very proud of your own dogs ancestry, then you'll probably enjoy it to. If you hate dogs, I don't want to say you're a monster, but you should avoid this one.
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