DOI: 10.36347/sjavs.2017.v04i11.008

Pages: 484-490

The domesticated dog was used not only to protect properties and warn of approaching animals or humans by barking day or night, but also it was used to hunt and even as pet as a man’s close friend for centuries. The origin of dog always has been a controversial issue. The majority of the scientists from Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Portugal, Russia and USA claimed that domestication happened in Europe but domestication time was not definite. Also some scientists from China, Sweden and USA claimed that the domestication happened in Southeast of Asia. At last one scientist from Israel claimed that possible origin of dog was Middle East. Altogether there is still no definite answer about place and time of domestication.