The species name for the domestic dog is Canis familiaris me

The species name for the domestic dog is Canis familiaris, meaning \"dog our friend.\" Research and then provide explanation of theories of how dogs became domesticated and the benefits dogs and humans give to and receive from one another. Remember to cite your resources.

Solution

There are two popular theories about dog domestication:

As per the Belyaev story, early humans tried to adopt the young wolves for their hunting work, these were tamed and then bred with each other, over many generations, the domestic dog has emerged.

The second theory says that as dogs want to eat the lot of tasty trash around human encampments, they came and became friendly with humans, so that they can have easy access to leftover food, slowly they became closely to humans, over the generations, this gave rise to domestic dog.

These dogs have brought major change in human life, they provided humans a close-at-hand food source, also provided them physical or non-human muscle power, provided protection to their live stocks and to their homes (1,2). There are many stories which states how dog saved their masters risking their lives. A dog is a good companion for blind people. Herding dogs, sled dogs hunting dogs, sniffer dogs etc are specialized in performing so many skillful tasks(3).

For children it is a trustable companion. When compared to any other domestic animals, dog shows spontaneous ability to follow human gestures and they can respond to their command. It is not difficult to train these animals. Their ability to sense danger, detect different smells, to see in dark, to fight with other predators has put them as a front runner (4).

References:

(1)Monique A.R Udell and C.D.L Wynne. A Review of Domestic Dogs\' (Canis Familiaris) Human-Like Behaviors: Or Why Behavior Analysts Should Stop Worrying and Love Their Dogs. J Exp Anal Behav. 2008 Mar; 89(2): 247–261.

(2)Miklósi Á, Pongracz P, Lakatos G, Topál J, Csányi V. A comparative study of the use of visual communicative signals in interactions between dogs (Canis familiaris) and humans and cats (Felis catus) and humans. Journal of Comparative Psychology. 2005;119:179–186.

(3)Hare B, Brown M, Williamson C, Tomasello M. The domestication of social cognition in dogs. Science. 2002 Nov 22;298:1634–1636. [PubMed]

(4)Hare B, Plyusnina I, Ignacio N, Schepina O, Stepika A, Wrangham R, et al. Social cognitive evolution in captive foxes is a correlated by-product of experimental domestication. Current Biology. 2005;15:226–230.