In the early days of human habitation in this world he befriended and befriended some kind of tribal representative of our modern dog, and in exchange for help to save him from the wild beasts, there is no contradiction in this idea. And while caring for his sheep and goats, he gave a portion of his food, a corner of his tent, and grew to trust and care for it. Perhaps this animal was initially an unusually gentle fox, or smaller than a sick wolf driven by his friends from wild looting to seek refuge in a foreign environment. The possibility of a partnership can be well imagined when early hunters bring home some helpless birds to raise and nurture women and children. Dogs at home are introduced as a plaything for children, they respect themselves, and are considered family members.
Traces of the indigenous dog family are found in almost all parts of the world, with the expert for the West Indies, Madagascar, the eastern islands of the Malayan archipelago, New Zealand, and the Polynesian islands, where there is no sign. Dogs, wolves or foxes exist as a true indigenous animal. In the ancient Oriental lands, and in the early Mongolians in general, the dog remained wild and neglected for centuries, walking like packs, gauntlets and wolves, as it roams the streets and walls of every eastern city today. No attempt has been made to entice it in human companionship or to improve its practicality. We cannot find the different types of dogs until we have examined the records of the higher civilizations of Assyria and Egypt.
The dog was not much admired in Palestine, and in both the Old and New Testaments it is commonly referred to as "unclean beast" with hatred and contempt. The familiar reference to the sheep dog in Job's book is also "but now those younger than me make fun of me, whose fathers I hated to live with my flock of dogs" without suggestion of contempt, and it is important to note that the dog is the only biblical reference to man (v. 16) found, "So they both went out, and the young man's dog with them."
The large population of different breeds of dogs and the large differences in their size, point and general appearance are facts that make it hard to believe that they could have a common breed.
Mastiffs and Japanese Spaniels, deer hounds and fashionable Pomeranians, St. Bernard and miniatures think about the differences between black and tan terriers, and they are confused about the possibility of coming from a common ancestor. Although the disparity is not greater than between Shire horse and Shetland pony, Shorthorn and Kerry cattle, or Patagonian and Pygmy; And all dog breeders know how easy it is to produce variations in type and size by selecting a study. This identification of the structure can be studied better than the orbicular system, or skeleton, of two animals, which are so similar to each other that their migration is not easily detected.
The dog's spine consists of seven vertebrae in the neck, thirteen in the back, seven in the hip, three in the sacral vertebrae, and twenty to twenty in the tail. Both the dog and the wolf have thirteen pairs of ribs, nine true and four false. Each has 42 teeth. They both have five fingers on the front and four on the back, while the appearance of a normal wolf on the outside is like that of a dog with such a large, bare bone that a popular description of one would work for another.
Nor are their habits different. The wolf's natural voice is loud, but it learns to bark when confined to dogs. Although he is a carnivore, he also eats vegetables, and sucks grass when he is sick. In the chase, one group of wolves will split into groups, one following a mine trail, the other trying to stop its retreat, practicing adequate tactics, a feature that many of our sport dogs and terriers demonstrate. Hunting in teams.
The native dogs of all regions are almost identical in size, color, shape, and habit to the native wolves of those regions. In this most important situation, there are many instances where it is seen as a coincidence.
Sir John Richardson wrote in 1829, The similarities between the North American wolves and the Indian domestic dogs are so great that only the size and strength of the wolves seem to differ.
It has been suggested that one irrefutable argument against the dog's lupine relationship is the fact that all domestic dogs are barking, while all wild candies, express their feelings only by crying. But the difficulty here doesn't seem to be that great, as we know that foxes, wild dogs, and wolf dogs, which are raised by dogs, get used to it easily. Dogs, on the other hand, are allowed to run wild, forgetting how to bark, while there are others who have not yet learned to express themselves.
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