Dogs in Ancient Cultures

Dogs played a very big role in ancient cultures and religions, so it comes as no surprise that you can have your dog blessed in a church nowadays during the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi – the patron saint of animals, or that some clergy go beyond blessing animals and actually perform wedding ceremonies and other religious rituals for them.

The first dog chapel was established in 2001. It was build in St. Johnsbury, Vermont by Steven Huneck, a folk artist and children’s book writer whose five dogs helped him recuperate from a very sersious illness. The chapel is dedicated to them and is operated according to its official doctrine: “All credds, all breeds, no dogma.”

In 2003, the American Academy of Religion offered a scholarly discussion of the roles of animals in religion at their annual convention for the first time ever in history.

In 2004, an edict in the Middle East declared that muslin dogs – just like women there – must wear burquas covering all but their eyes and ears.

Guess dogs cannot be dogs any longer!

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