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| History of Dogs |
There is no incongruity in the thought that within the terribly earliest period of man's habitation of this world he created a follower and companion of some type of aboriginal representative of our trendy dog, which in come for its aid in protecting him from wilder animals, and in guarding his sheep and goats, he gave it a share of his food, a corner in his dwelling, and grew to trust it and look after it. Probably the animal was originally little else than a strangely gentle jackal,
or an ailing wolf driven by its companions from the wild marauding pack to seek shelter in alien surroundings. One can well conceive the possibility of the partnership starting within the circumstance of some helpless whelps being brought home by the early hunters to be tended and reared by the women and children. Dogs introduced into the home as playthings for the kids would grow to treat themselves, and be regarded, as family members
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