"Post Apocalyptic Dogs and Modern Feral Dogs" Topic

I guess that the appearance would be limited to the genetic material available in the strays that survive and in wild specimens (dingoes, wolves, coyotes, etc.):

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So, I guess that there are ample choices if anyone wants to use dogs with their Terminator and other post-apocalyptic scenarios.

Here are some possible choices:

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I guess that re-domesticated dogs, captured as pups by survivalists from these packs, would maintain that mixed look.

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You could make Davy Crockett hats from Post Apocalyptic cats
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World War Z, the zombies take over the world book by Mel Brooks, has an entire small chapter about trained dogs being used as scouts and an early warning system against zombies. Feral city animals are also a danger.

Ah yes, Terry Town (for terrier town).

My (now deceased) Jack Rusell was one of those brave survivors of the Zombie Wars. I could sleep easy at night knowing he was keeping watch. Up to his dying day he had nightmares about his time in service (with twitching and braking in his sleep).

But one wonders if survival might be based upon smarts and having a smaller body, thus needing less food. With few animals to eat in an urban envionment, possibly the selection process would pick smaller dogs able to hide, and survive on less food – than large dogs who might turn on each other when the food supply runs out.

Ah yes, Terry Town (for terrier town).

My (now deceased) Jack Rusell was one of those brave survivors of the Zombie Wars. I could sleep easy at night knowing he was keeping watch. Up to his dying day he had nightmares about his time in service (with twitching and braking in his sleep).

But one wonders if survival might be based upon smarts and having a smaller body, thus needing less food. With few animals to eat in an urban envionment, possibly the selection process would pick smaller dogs able to hide, and survive on less food – than large dogs who might turn on each other when the food supply runs out.

The relationship between Man and dog may alter post apocalypse Man may look at Feral dog packs as a competitor for scarce resources or an even bigger threat to surviving livestock than they are now… Then again perhaps dog packs could be hunted as a food resource.

I'd prefer roast lamb myself.

One comment from real life on dogs and livestock. Some time ago I had to help my Uncle put down 10 sheep due to injury from dog attack. In all 30 sheep were killed, including 7 that fled into a dam and drowned. There was no evidence that any of the stock had been eaten. The 3 dogs that caused this were tracked down and shot by local farmers. From memory there was a Labrador and a couple of crossbreeds and all were underweight and malnourished.

Dingos would not have a problem eating sheep at all. There is of course the Dingo fence which was designed to keep them out of the South of Australia.

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A Zombie fence may be a good idea too. What would one look like?

I think you are all forgetting who will come out on top
Tasmanian Devils would be the big winners as they love eating road kill and there would be plenty of that post apocalypse!

"I think you are all forgetting who will come out on top
Tasmanian Devils would be the big winners as they love eating road kill and there would be plenty of that post apocalypse!"

How about the rat population in the urban centers?

I seem to recall a couple of Sci-Fi novels and/or short stories where rats attacked foragers who ventured into cities after a devastating event. Can't recall if it was post-nuclear or plague related.

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Cacique Caribe

There was the James Herbert trilogy, Rats, Lair, and Domain. The first two were set in 'modern' UK, the third set in post apocalypse somewhere.

A zombie fence would look something like fences used against protesters at G8 summits? Like in Genua and this year in Berlin.

Waht post-apoc. dogs look like depends on how intense the apoc was. If virtually all life was destroyed you have a limited genepool (oh yeah! post-apocalyptic mega poodles).

Otherwise it's like the pictures above. In my town there are quite a lot of feral dogs. Most are left-behind pets gone native, but sometimes you see small packs of similar looking bastard types.

Both rats and dogs can be either competition or food source.

I can imagine both to attack people when hungry.

I dont know if these were pointed out yet but Eureka has some nice dogs in 28mm.

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I worked in an area of abandoned houses and woods in which there were feral dogs running in packs. This was on the river edge of the city. One day I'm out of my truck trying to find a marker when I look up and there are six of them watching me from the tree line. They didn't look like any dog I've ever seen. Mutant is the best word for them. I expect from disease. I saw a female with pups under our old barn and that animal was way beyond "domesticated". I carried a gun after that but they were smart. I also decided to work somewhere else by and by. Kind of hard to concentrate on your work and keep an eye on the woods at the same time. Horrible looking animals.

Might add that they were all the same size, say the 30 to 40 pound range, and bulky if not particularly healthy looking as far as fur and skin. Mange run wild or something else had done a job on their fur and skin.

Dan Lawall,

I had included the German Shepherd in my photos, but completely forgot about the dogs in the Conquistador range. Thanks for the reminder!

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Feral dogs can apparently be very vicious (graphic photos on some):

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The following is a funny story, though. Beware of the killer feral Shih Tzus!
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See if you can find the movie "A Boy and His Dog". Stars Don Johnson before his days acting on Miami Vice. Good Post-apoc movie with plenty of good one liner quotes to pass along to friends. The dog is telepathic with his master or vice versa depending on the moment.

I guess I better keep some of these and put them in my Post-Apocalyptic bin:

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