Dr Fergus Keeling and Dr John Ruthven are Zoologists and lifelong friends since they worked together at the BBC’s Natural History Unit over 30 years ago.                        In this - the first  podcast of a new series - Fergus and John discuss how and when dogs became our friends, how some dogs can remember over a thousand objects,  and how to get in to the minds of dogs (and possibly their owners). Fergus also remembers his beloved labrador 'Peanut' and how she came to have a BBC staff pass!