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My dog is unique Indeed, your dog is unique, but nevertheless his "personality" is the result of facts that you must consider to understand him better and then to love him better. History At the very beginning, 150 000 years ago, were the wolf and the caveman. Two groups of hunters whose organization was alike, and who occupied the same ecological niche. How did the association got created ? We can fancy some nice scenarios. But actually the cooperation proved profitable enough, humans providing food and care, and domesticated wolves providing help for hunting and vigilance. It is logical that selection begin right away from that far time, our ancestors favouring such or such useful feature of character, and not going on feeding individuals that would not fit in. So along with tribes or human groups came up specialised canine breeds, hunters, shepherds, guards, even fighters. In the XIV th century , dogs are only distinguished by their skills (sheep dogs, pointer dogs, retriever dogs, guard dogs) ( Gaston Phoebus 1387). The concept of pet dog rises probably around the end of the XVII th century in the aristocracy. It's only in the XIX th century that the concept of stabilised breed will actually be set, with cynophiles who favour willingly specific physic or behaviour characteristics. Biology Right from conception, the small organism that develops in the uterus gets useful material for its building. Not only nutritional elements, but also more subtle things directly linked with brain development. It can also unfortunately be marked by negative emotions felt by the mother. The dog brain is not fully complete at birth time. So the baby dog is born with only potentialities, but the sole functionalities that will be correctly stimulated (mainly during the 12 first weeks) will stay etched in its mind and be easily reproducible. Training From the 12 th week, the young dog has learnt to learn. The rest will then depend on the skill and the kindness of the humans the dog will be with, who will help it building its own lexicon. In conclusion, there is only one dog like yours, but it is not by chance. |
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