GENERAL HISTORY OF DOGS.
This has nothing to do with the idea that, in the earliest times of man's existence on this earth, he befriended some native species that represent our modern dog, and that this helped protect him from the group. To protect the sheep and goats, he gave them some of his food, which was a corner of his house, and began to trust and care for them. Perhaps at first the animal was little more than a rare sheep or a sick wolf, herded by its companions to plunder the forest and seek refuge with strangers. In some cases, cooperation may have begun with defenseless whales brought home by early hunters and raised by women and children. Dogs brought home as children's toys are cared for and treated as members of the family.
There is evidence of the existence of the domestic dog family in almost every part of the world except the West Indies, Madagascar and the Eastern Islands of the Malay Archipelago. There is no evidence that the dog, wolf or fox existed as a native animal in New Zealand and the Polynesian Islands. In the ancient countries of the East, and among the early Mongols in general, the dog remained wild and neglected for centuries, stuffing itself into pockets like a wolf, while today it continues to roam the streets and make its way under the walls of the 'city'. The entire city of the East. They did not try to deceive them or develop human relations. We will not examine the writings of such high civilizations as Assyria and Egypt, where we discovered various types of quinine.
Dogs were not much admired in Palestine, and in the Old and New Testaments they are often referred to with disdain and contempt as "unclean animals." Even the familiarity with the shepherds in the book of Job "But now the young men despise me, fathers, whom I will not place near the dogs of the flock" is not a thought of condescension, and it is important that the Bible only mentions the dog. As a well-known human companion found in the apocryphal book of Tobit in (verse 16): "And they both went out, and the young man's dog with them."
The multitude of different dog breeds and their differences in size, body and general appearance are factors that make it difficult to believe that they could have the same ancestor. Mastiff and Japanese Spaniel, Deerhound and Pomeranian, St. You think about the differences between the St. Bernard and the Miniature Black and Tan Terrier, and you are surprised to think that they might share a common ancestry. But the difference between
is no greater than that between the Shire horse and the Shetland pony, the Shorthorn cattle and the Kerry cattle, or the Patagonian and the Pygmy; and all dog breeders know how easy it is to breed different breeds and sizes through selection.
In order to fully understand this issue, it is important to first examine the character profile of wolves and dogs. This character identity can best be examined by comparing the bone systems or skeletons of two animals; They are so similar that their changes are not easily noticed.
The dog's spine consists of seven vertebrae in the neck, thirteen vertebrae in the back, seven vertebrae in the hip, three vertebrae, and twenty to twenty-two of them. Dogs and wolves have thirteen ribs, nine true and four false. Each of them has forty-two teeth. While they both have five front and four hind toes, the wolf's external appearance resembles that of a large, bare-boned dog, so the familiar description of one might work for the other as well.
Their habits are no different. A wolf's natural sound is a loud howl, but if trapped by a dog he will learn to howl. Even though he is an animal, he eats vegetables and when he is sick, he eats grass. During the chase, a wolf pack will split into groups, one will follow the path of the prey and the other will try to stop the retreat using a number of tactics, this behavior is the behavior most of our sporting dogs and terriers show when hunting. In groups.
Another important connection between Canis lupus and Canis families is that the gestation period in both species is sixty-three days. A wolf litter contains three to nine cubs, and they are blind for twenty-one days. They are weaned for two months, but at the end of this period they can eat some of the meat their mother or father gives them.
The native dogs of all regions are close to the native wolves of those regions in size, color, shape and habits. There are too many examples of consent under these important circumstances to be considered mere accidents. Sir John Richardson noted in 1829 that "the affinity between the North American wolf and the domestic dog of the Indians is so great that the size and strength of the wolf appear to be the only difference."
He suggested that an indisputable argument against the canine connection is the fact that all domestic dogs howl, while all wild canids show their emotions only by howling. On the other hand, domestic dogs that are allowed to run in the wild forget how to howl. Although there are those who are not trained to show
, the habit of howling cannot be taken as an argument when answering the question about its origin. your dog. Thus, this obstacle was eliminated, and Darwin's final opinion was: 'It is very probable that the domestic dogs of the world are descended from two species of wolves (C. lupus and C. latrans). and in others two or three suspected species of wolves, namely the European, the Indian, and at least one or two South; and that their blood, sometimes mixed together, flows in the veins of our race.
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