I would just like to understand why my dog seems to see me as her person and not another animal she must fight or escape from.
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The way I was taught is that there was early man and wolves. Both had similar prey and hunted in packs. Wolves that were aggressive to humans would be killed or pushed away. Wolves scared of humans would stay away. Wolves friendlier to humans might get close enough and not piss them off to the point of mutual benefits. The wolves get spare food and bones, security. The humans get cleaners, early detection, and could probably snag some scraps from the wolves too. Eventually this human wolf relationship caused a domestication and split in the species as desired traits were accepted and none desired traits wouldn’t become bred. Some what naturally at first, then accelerated by human action. I think dogs have been domesticated for 20k years or something. So that explains the further development of breeds and why they appear so different from wolves, in a way that only humans could do, with strict control over the lives of dogs, choosing who they mate with, and such.
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