I have a dog named Spike. He is fun to play with with.
It would interest you to know that the dog is the  most widely abundant terrestrial carnivor
Yeah that is interesting to know. Dogs have been living with humans a very long time.
I totally agree with you, he dog and the extant gray wolf are sister taxa
Do you have a dog? I have one. He is 9 years old.
I don't, it's interesting to know that modern wolves are not closely related to the wolves that were first domesticated
Huh, that is very interesting. I wonder who the ancestor of the dog is.
was the first species to be domesticated and has been selectively bred over millennia for various behaviors, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes.
Their long association with humans has led dogs to be uniquely attuned to human behavior and they are able to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canid species. Dogs vary widely in shape, size and colors. They perform many roles for humans, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship and, more recently
never been owned by humans, with one study showing their most common response when approached by strangers is to run away (52%) or respond aggressively (11%). Little is known about these dogs, or the dogs in developed countries that are feral, stray or are in shelters, because the great majority of modern research on dog cognition has focused on pet dogs living in human homes.
Ecology Competitors and predators.
Although dogs are the most abundant and widely distributed terrestrial carnivores, the potential of feral and