THE STORY SO FAR
From the DDCA archives to Dog Declassified
It started with a few recovered files. It has since gotten considerably out of hand.
DDCA
OUR MISSION:
To help people understand dogs as they are, choose them more wisely, live with them more successfully, and build lives that honor the dogs they chose.
DECLASSIFICATION IS ONGOING.
The archive is not complete.
Some files exist only in fragments.
Many still remain missing.
Some are deep in the construction process.
Some subjects have completed review and been cleared for public release.
Others have not.
This means the dog you're looking for may already have an active File ID and completed dossier. A few have pending cases found under their Classification Records.
Other dossiers are in D.O.G. (Declassification OnGoing) status or awaiting additional departmental review.
We understand this can be disappointing.
Current procedural constraints permit the declassification of just one dog at a time. So investigate, and check back occasionally.
Declassification is OnGoing.
WE THOUGHT WE KNEW THE DOG... UNTIL
The date is disputed, but it began sometime in the early 1960s. A small, little known, privately funded canine research institute began pursuing a deceptively simple question:
“Who is the dog?”
The answer proved considerably more complicated than the question.
They called themselves the DDCA = Department of Domestic Canine Authority.
What began as an inquiry into the dog's relationship with humanity would prompt the DDCA to expand their efforts. Their researchers studied dog breeds, inherited behavior, and their roles alongside us in the shaping of civilization. They observed, compared and classified how dogs continue to adapt and evolve in a rapidly changing human world.
The investigation expanded. The departments multiplied.
And the dog remained remarkably uncooperative.
Their work continued for decades.
Then sometime in the 90’s the DDCA disappeared.
Its researchers scattered. Its records apparently did too. For years, that might have been the end of it.
It wasn’t.
Their records survived.
THE WORK CONTINUES.
The objective remains the same: Understand the dog in front of us by understanding their history and continued evolving.
Our involvement began with a small collection of DDCA research notes found among the belongings of a former researcher.
The collection contained observations, unfinished work, unfamiliar terminology and references to other researchers and records.
More importantly, it suggested that additional DDCA material had survived.
So we started following the trail.
One collection led to another. Names led to contacts. References pointed toward missing records. Occasionally, someone had left remarkably useful instructions.
And occasionally, those instructions led to a biscuit tin. Numerous biscuit tins have been recovered. They are filled with research notes, polaroids, sketches, to do lists, and unidentified objects with teeth marks.
We have elected not to question the archival practices of the former DDCA at this time.
Today, we locate, recover and decode what survives of the DDCA research. And we further extend the investigation using modern evidence, professional canine knowledge and what we've learned since their original research began. Sometimes coffee stains, faded text, and possibly drool, means longer processing times.
Claims that can be checked are checked. Where newer evidence changes the picture, we say so. And where the evidence is uncertain, contradictory or incomplete, we say that too.
The DDCA did not have all the answers. Neither do we. But they were asking remarkably useful questions. What did humans ask dogs to become? What did those demands leave behind? What changed when working dogs entered modern homes? What didn’t?
Left to right - Backrow: Alexander, Leo, Bella, Griffin, Susie Front Row: Luca, Jax, Jasper, Phineas, Oliver
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Dog Declassified is independently researched and created. The DDCA, its departments, personnel, archival materials, and organizational narrative are fictional elements used to present canine history, behavior, and research in an engaging format.