Dogs were probably first domesticated from wolves throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and then accompanied people or were taken by them to other parts of the world.
Wolves the original dog may have been simply camp followers, willing to consume whatever they could from their strange masters. It is highly likely that young wolves were raised in human settlements and treated as pets. Due to the wolves adaptable nature, taming soon led to controlled breeding or domestication as we now call it.
The first known domestic dogs date back to around 12,000 years ago. Distinct dog breeds have been in existence for thousands of years. In Israel, for example, archaeologists have found a grave over 10,000 years old containing a puppy. The puppy’s skeleton was similar to that of the Canaan Dog, a species still found in the Middle East today.
Dingoes arrived in Australia with settlers more than 3,000 years ago. The Salukis have been bred in the Middle East for several thousand years while over in China the Pekingese have not changed in 2,000 years. In the New World, native people kept dogs varying from the Alaskan Malamute to the Chihuahua of Mexico. In Europe they have had similar developments from guard and herding dogs such as the indigenous wolf.
Some of the first dog breed included
• Alaskan Malamute a very powerful wolf like dog
• Newfoundland, the result of cross breeding European dogs with Native island dogs
• Boston Terrier one of the wholly American breeds it was first developed in New England as a fighting dog
• Chihuahua a tiny dog possible introduced to Mexico by traders from China
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