[ELI5] What dictates a domestic animal’s ability to follow commands or cues by their owner?

Question

[ELI5] What dictates a domestic animal’s ability to follow commands or cues by their owner?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Being acclimated with humans at an early age, spending lots of time interacting with the same person, and training.

As far as innate qualities, I couldn’t say.