why did dogs leave their wild life?

Question

why did dogs (like are pets) leave their cousins etc just to be with men. They could have been chasing deer and etc but they gave that up to be are pets why

ok but why don't they leave now

Answer 1

They didn't leave by choice. Man domesticated all animals in captivity including pets, cows, horses, goats, etc. All those animals started out as wild animals as well.

Answer 2

Men domesticted wild dogs so that they could help with hunting, herding, protection, etc. The dogs learned to like the new way of life, because they did not have to scrounge around to find food, they had shelter and companionship, and a warm bed at night. A dog has a good life and it knows it.

Answer 3

Dogs are opportunists. They saw men as a source of food, and protection, and men took advantage of that. They weren't "taken" by man, and they weren't forced into domestication. It took a very long time for those "wild" dogs to become the domesticated pets they are today. Thousands of years in fact.

Answer 4

Wolves decided to leave the wild life and join wandering clans of hunter gatherer humans in order to increase the odds of making a successful kill, and basically to increase the amount of food they were getting and because it wasnt that much of a transitioin considering early humans and wolves had the same type of group social life with dominance hierarchy. It has been suggested that in truth wolves did not seek out humans but rather humans started out as scavengers who folowed wolf packs and fed on the remains of the wolf kills sometimes using thier skill with tools and weapons to help the wolves hunt and capture prey. This theory makes the most sense because in a wolf pack there are dominant and submissive wolves, the more dominant wolves all pick on the submissive wolves who end up getting less food, less respect no breeding rights and often are driven completely out of the pack if they challenge thier place....also these wolves are the last to be allowed to eat.. So it is most likely that these wolves were accepted into the human group that followed the wolf pack and enjoyed much more respect and social status and got more food, this led to wolves that had a human family rather than a wolf family and allowed them to form thier own social status and relationships with the humans and other submissive wolves in the human pack. Over time these wolves became more and more dependant on humans for food and social interaction...until the dog as we know it emerged. So the answer to your question is simply this....Omega wolves (submissive wolves) got more respect, food, higher social statuses and breeding rights by joining human packs, thats why they left thier wild life.

Answer 5

Well part of the answer is that people domesticated dogs so that they could help us with our hunting and protection.
The other answer is that dogs could also see the benefit of living with people. They didn't have to deal with trying to find food, or trying to figure out who was going to take care of the puppies. Most dogs in the wild only about 50% of them live to be adults, when dogs live with people that number goes to 90%. There are benefits for both people and dogs.

Answer 6

There are still wild dogs. For example, the dingo in Australia.

Just most of the dogs you see today are ones that have been domesticated or raised and bred by humans for certain characteristics that they exhibit like herding abilities, hunting abilities, and size.

Answer 7

Wolves were bred to be dependent on men, and slowly but surely they changed genetically to become domesticated dogs as we know them now. They don't know or "remember" what it was like to be wild and free, so it's not like they miss it.

Answer 8

because people took them. dogs didn't just come out of nowhere and said hey i want to become a house pet.

Answer 9

I don't think they chose to..I think men made them be pets and then domesticated them..but I could be wrong.

Answer 10

they were domesticated..