Volume 2 | Issue 1
ISSN (Print): 2044-0065
ISSN (Online): 2052-2959
Up to the mid 1900s, and as far back as 40 000 years ago, dogs were kept for the benefit of humans and used for hunting, burrowing or the protection of communities. The dogs that best suited the function needed were selected and bred together to enhance their favourable characteristics (Rooney and Sargan, 2009). Behaviour characteristics which allowed dogs to interact favourably with the human communities were also selected (McGreevy and Nicholas, 1999).
