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[–] 1519141? 1 point 18 points (+19|-1) ago  (edited ago)

Dogs/wolves and humans have hunted together for thousands of years. When people began to plant crops, cats became useful to keep rodents away. That's why dogs are cooler than cats.

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[–] wolflink009 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Ya, to add on to this dogs/wolves once had a practical purpose and helped our survival. We in turn helped them survive by basically giving them another evolutionary path to follow. We bred for genes/behaviour that are cute/loving etc... and BAM, you've got the dogs of today.

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[–] l-emmerdeur 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Thats like saying Steve Buscemi is cooler than Jim Belushi because he has teeth.

It is one of a myriad of reasons.

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[–] LemonRose 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Because they can be house-trained?

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[–] FFX01 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago 

Because predators, especially social predators, tend to be more intelligent and thus more easily trained. Also, humans and wolves have remarkably similar social structure.

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[–] Aierx ago 

What if they learned social cues from us and it was just embedded into their brains that being social had rewards and those genes/behaviour were passed down because it was beneficial? I mean it had to start somewhere

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[–] FFX01 ago 

It would take more time than humans have been around to selective breed that type of genetic mutation. They were already social before we came around.

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[–] beren ago 

I don't know about cats, and I'm probably wrong about this, but my understanding is dog were domesticated not because of their predatory, but their instinct to scavenge. I don't know why they are the favorites, maybe it is because how they seem to "love" us back?

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[–] Cuddlefluff ago 

I don't know why they are the favorites, maybe it is because how they seem to "love" us back?

Wolves are not especially friendly towards humans. The demeanor dogs have today are through thousands of years of selective breeding. Also an interesting fact is that wolves don't bark, another feature humans have produced through artificial selection.

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[–] Dadosaurus 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

To help us kill of course. Cats were domesticated to kill mice and other vermin. Dogs were domesticated to help us hunt and herd other animals.

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[–] Pattoe 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

All of the reasons listed here are great. also remember that most herbivores need to constantly graze and feed, this makes them a horrible house pet. They also shit a lot more than predators, since their food is very fibrous and not very nutritious. Predator's food is very nutritious and less fibrous which means less shitting.

These reasons are definitely not the main reasons, but I'm sure they factor in somewhere.

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[–] cidue22 ago 

Dogs and cats can't survive on small amounts of "grazing" and scraps from humans. Most animals we have kept around eat things we won't/can't/shouldn't.

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[–] GodspeedYuBlackMetal 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Prey animals are very skittish, and they are hard to get them to trust you. Source: Raised rabbits for many years.

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