Dogs and History

About 10,000 years ago, give or take, dogs and history began. The first domestic canine was the wolf and that makes our pets their descendants.

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Humans and wolf-dogs came together because, basically, dogs are scavengers and the human settlements at the time attracted them.

People appreciated the "dogs" cleaning up the garbage and keeping out unwanted predators and disease carrying animals.

The dogs became part of the village, started living with the humans and the domestic dog was born.

In the following pages you'll find some interesting topics we've come across such as:

Dog Evolution

Dogs and Ancient Societies

Dogs and Ancient Religions

Dogs and Literature

Famous Dogs

You can see from the simple beginnings thousands of years ago of human and dog bonding our ancestors have truly loved and respected our canine friends.

Hope you find this as interesting to read as we did. Enjoy!


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