HOW THEY CAME TO BE MAN'S BEST FRIEND
Dogs are without a doubt descendants of wolves. It has been speculated that their origin began with the grey wolf. The first demonstrable signs of relationships between man and wolves date back to 10.000 to 15.000 years ago.
It's undecided whether man approached the wolf, or vice versa. However both have profited from the new situation: people used wolves during the hunt, for keeping flocks together and to warn against approaching enemies. Man in turn, made sure his wolves were fed.
Wolves are very social animals. Like you and I, they live in groups (called packs) with social ranks, in which some wolves claim leadership. This made this animal suitable and attractive as a companion, because wolves accepted man as their leader. Requirements with regard to behavior and appearance of wolves started to change. During the Middle Ages, people started seeing dogs as status symbols. Dogs gave people distinction. The number of dog breeds started to increase enormously. Dogs were bred for size, length, color, face, behavior and strokability, This is still happening today. Thus we arrive with modern day dogs.
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