[MtnClimber]

When dogs were first domesticated, could they train them not to bark at the UPS delivery person?

[Arthur McGowan]

“Everyone has THEIR own idea about where and when dogs originated...”

HIS

We (right-thinking, non-Marxist people) must make a stand. No trans-gender pronouns. I am seeing THEY/THEM/THEIR everywhere—on Trad Catholic sites, conservative sites, etc.

[leaning conservative]

I read it as, “ancient gnomes,” which sounded interesting. Time to go to bed for moi........

[Fiddlstix]

[Flick Lives]

... or dogs were domesticated 100,000 years ago. Or perhaps 400,000 years ago.

http://articles.latimes.com/1997-06-13/news/mn-3021_1_dog-breeds

[Garth Tater]

And they can’t agree on whether dogs were domesticated once or twice.

Dogs breed with coyotes and wolves all the time. The flow of genes back and forth is constant. Wolf half-breeds were a very popular pet at one time (until that ate too many children.) Coy-dogs are a big problem around here because they are bigger than coyotes and don't seem to be at all afraid of humans (we're working on fixing that problem.)

Were they domesticated once or twice? No, they were domesticated constantly from an ever mixing pool of canine genes.

[Bobalu]

[Tax-chick]

bttt

[ammomajor]

Any dog owner knows that dogs domesticated humans. We have been trained to provide food, shelter, a bed to lay upon, the occasional scritch behind the ear, and other affections. Oh, and we provide delivery guys to bark at.

[kanawa]

When did cats first domesticate humans?