How and why did dogs evolve to be so loyal and affectionate to humans?

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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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Artificial selection. People kept friendly wolves as hunting assistants. By luck, the genes that determine friendliness happen to be heritable.

Hunters would prefer to keep the friendlier wolves as they are more useful. As the friendly wolves breed with each other, we artificially select the friendliness we have today

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