Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: From Wolves to Dogs

Following is a possible scenario for how our
modern day dogs came to be such a part of our
human existance.

Some scientists say it began over 10,000 years
ago. Somewhere, someplace an early human found a
litter of wolf puppies she simply couldn't pass
up. In the litter was one cute wolf puppy with
those proverbial "puppy dog eyes". Home she went
with the 4 week old pup.

Upon returning to camp, the others said she
should take it back. It had been tried before
with no success. Wolves were wild and could not
be raised by humans. It would bite the babies
when it got older. It would, in fact, bite the
hand that fed it. But she kept the puppy.

Skip ahead a few months and things were far
different than predicted. The pup was growing
into a full grown wolf but was very social. It
seemed to appreciate and relish the attention and
never bit the children. Quite the contrary, it
spent countless hours playing chase, tug of war,
and hide and go seek with the human kids. This
wolf pup was different to say the least.

At one year of age, the wolf had become the camp
mascot so to speak. Every member of the camp was
approving and appreciative of the wolf's
presence. Of course nature would take its course
and before long, adult male wolves were
approaching the scent of the she wolf. In order
to keep the peace, the she wolf left camp to see
the males on their turf. But every morning she
would return to camp.

In a few months, nature again took its course and
a litter of wolf pups were born in camp. It was a
party to be sure for the six new members of camp.

Of the six, only 2 remained with their Mother in
the camp. The other 4 did not have the same mix
of genes; nature's call was too strong for them
as they returned to the wild. But the two
remaining then made a total of three wolves who
were now friendly to humans and had what it took
to coexist in a symbiotic relationship.

Then, as nature returned, the entire process
repeated itself over an over in the coming
decades and centuries. In only a matter of a few
hundred years, wolf pups were common in camps far
and wide and soon were to be known as "dogs".
Over time, a great divide between dogs and wolves
formed but there was, and still is, no mistaking
their ability to adapt and assimilate with humans.

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