Man's Loyal Companion

brief history of the dog.

Man's Loyal Companion

here are some myths about 

the dog.

they cannot learn new behaviors 

at all.

they are stupid dumb brutes,

or a combination of dominant and

stubborn, this thought is very 

prominent.

however reality does differs,

dogs are kinda like people.

some pick up things quicker,

others need a bit more time,

so do people.

dogs can become confused or

distracted performing hard

or complex tasks when

not given proper instruction,

also true of people.

breaking tasks into smaller

steps will help. 

this also helps people.

you cannot teach an old dog 

new tricks.

contrary to this popular belief,

you can train an older dog.

keep in mind that the dog is

an animal and because of it's age

it will take longer to learn a

new behavior.

doesn't this sound reasonable?

dogs can be train to do many jobs,

their work involves:

war dogs, guard dogs, herding dogs, 

guide dogs, therapy dogs, hunting dogs,

sled dogs, rescue dogs, detection dogs,

and much more.

older dogs have more patience 

than a puppy and it is possible

to be trained faster.

do not be a guppy,

keep this plus in mind.

man's loyal companion and best

friend, the domestic dog.

dogs are believed to have originated

from three main countries,

croatia, china and israel.

a genome of the basenji dog from

central africa and the dingo from

australia.

dogs were the first animals to be 

trained and tamed.

although not descendants of the 

modern wolf, misunderstood.

split from common ancestors 

34,000 years ago.

domestic dogs have been a loyal

companion to man

for some 10,000 years now,

however, dogs do share

an ancestry with the south 

asian wolf, domestic dog and wild.

both wolf and dog evolved between 

11,000 and 34,000 years, involved.

others say their history dates back 

even further to 42,000 years ago.

the subtile differences are noted

and mentioned.

there are hundreds of breeds of the 

domestic dog, here are a few,

golden retriever, german shepherd,

pit bull, beagle, rott-weiler, husky,

greyhound, great dane and many more 

because they are tamed, 

some of these dogs can never

survive in the wilderness 

any and evermore.

indicators point out that the dog, 

the wolf and the taymyr wolf did 

diverge around the same time,

contact defined.

human hunter-gatherers,

in europe came into contact

with wolves and did interact 

with them.

during the that same period,

in western europe, dogs became 

domesticated in western siberia,

18,000 to 32,000 years ago.

the oldest fossils came from western 

europe and siberia also, 

dating back 15,000 years ago.

the middle east and east asia's

fossils date back 13,000 years ago.

domestic dogs have a long history

and are awesome friends to the end.

Author's Note

Please read my prose poem. Open to suggestions and review.

Reviews

[Vectra Mendonie]

I really liked this poem. I didn't check any of the facts for myself, but it seemed educational, which is always appreciated. I found it a little hard to read because of there was no capitalization, but that could just be me and may work to the poem's advantage as multiple reads leads to better comprehension. I'm sorry if this sounded condescending or something, it wasn't intended that way. Anyway, it was a really good poem and sorry for the long comment. Good job!

[EvaThornburn]

Interesting write. A pleasure to read. Good Job. Eva

[D]

Yes, they are smart, and sensitive beings, loyal yes... Sad to say, a dog is more loyal than some people ... Beautiful piece mom.