Family packs were matriarchal and dogs took the surnames of their mothers. Packs that formed outside of the family took a male for their leader. Breeds, as you call them, didn’t exist. A dog with a breed for a surname may have resembled that breed and they may not have. For example, Brody Beagle was […]
Goats took unique vows of silence. One goat might take a mutual vow with a sibling or friend, while another might never speak. They each had a personal reason for their choice. Though different, each vow allowed them to focus on listening, observing, anticipating and servicing the needs of others. They connected without words. The […]
In the beginning there were four dog baseball clubs, Infinity, Stripe, Triangle and Arch. Through agreements, disagreements, and subterfuge the number expanded to six and finally eight. First, members of Infinity Club left to pursue a philosophy they called natural existence, forming Bone Club. It was an amicable split. At the same time, members of […]
The dolphins had a special relationship with the sailing six-toed cats, and they spoke together with ease and comfort. A casual observer might think the dolphins were pets, but in truth, the two had a symbiotic existence. They helped each other. The six-toed cats provided the dolphins with protection from the five-toed cats who routinely […]
Cave crab shells varied along a spectrum between white and translucent, and housed circular pockets of bacteria that produced dots of white bioluminescent light. Their two claws were asymmetrical. The right one was much larger, and they favored it when attacking their prey. Their eyes were six times the size of an ordinary crab. Cave […]
We used hieroglyphs for our written communication. There were many variations, but they fell in to two major categories. The Ancient Hieroglyphic Style was the first, and an example is below. It consisted of one-hundred universally agreed upon symbols for common words. As the seasons passed we added symbols and subtle tweaks to represent tense, […]
We instinctively preferred meat, and pizza, but the smartest among us ate vegetables. Our favorites were broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, jombo peppers, and sweet taters. Stripe and Leaf club were our primary growers, but the other clubs and local families had gardens, too. One club had nothing to do with vegetables, or even pizza, […]
We had what you’d call a barter economy. Unlike the coyotes and cats, we didn’t use gold coins. Instead, exchanges for goods and services were in kind. For example; the Leaf Club would give some tasty pasty to Bone Club for some sweet leaf they’d acquired in a trade with Triangle Club who’d gotten it […]
We weren’t much for building, but some of us tried, learning what we could from the goats and cats over the seasons. The Arch Club had a legacy of dog builders, and they’d built nearly every structure in Barkingburgh. Arch Club was very goat-like in their approach to baseball. A dog who played for Arch […]
The Stripe club dogs were farmers. They grew vegetables and local herbs. The most famous being something like basil called sweet leaf. Their clubhouse was an adobe hut with holes placed in the roof for ventilation. It was the oldest and least thought out of the club houses. They used it only for storing pizza […]
