The existence of dogs

  • 12,982 BCE

    Domesticated

    Domesticated
    Domesticated in Europe about 15,000 years ago
  • 600 BCE

    Romans

    Romans
    In roman writing, dogs are shown to be many different shapes and sizes throughout history
  • 484 BCE

    Hearding

    Hearding
    Digs began herding sheep and goats around 484-425 BC
  • 70 BCE

    Fights

    Fights
    Romans used dogs to fight other animals for entertainment around 70-31 bc
  • 600

    Guard Dogs

    Guard Dogs
    Humans started to use dogs as protective guidencences in 600 bc
  • Food

    Food
    Our ancestors typically take dogs hunting and fishing with them to retrieve food.
  • Derived

    Derived
    A frew dog breeds come from the scottish wolf, before the last one was shot and brought the species to extinction
  • Extinctions

    Extinctions
    Around the 1800's and 1900's Alpine Spaniel, English White Terrier, and Tahltan Bear Dog breeds all went extinct.
  • Services

    Services
    Dogs became service animals in the early 1900's
  • Training

    Training
    people started to actually train dogs in the mid to late 1900's