“Dogs have been tamed over hundreds of years.”
The term you are looking for is “domesticated”, not “tamed”. You tame an animal that is currently wild.
No animal has played a greater role in his own domestication than a dog. Historically, he has sought out man, not vice versa. He lived on the outskirts of the villages, consuming the byproducts of man’s existence. In return, he warned them of intrusion and danger. Soon they began fighting alongside man, helping him hunt, protecting him in the wild, and in some cases looking over man’s infant offspring.
He asks for nothing in return but the company and affection of man. He will give his life for you. The mutual respect and admiration man and dog have for each other is unparalleled in nature. It has been written about in literature as long as we have had literature. There is a reason for that.
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Historically, he has sought out man, not vice versa. He lived on the outskirts of the villages, consuming the byproducts of man’s existence. In return, he warned them of intrusion and danger. Soon they began fighting alongside man, helping him hunt, protecting him in the wild, and in some cases looking over man’s infant offspring.
Interesting. I had assumed a much higher level of force involved. Thank you for that information.