Haiku Prompt: The History of Dogs

 

Wolves transformed to dogs
One miraculous moment
Where did this happen?

Scientists believe
Singing dogs of New Guinea
The “mother” of dogs

Where do dogs come from?
Evolutionary leap
Once a savage wolf

Did humans tame them?
Or did the wolf turn itself?
How did the wolf change?

Some think wolves foraged
Hungry in ancient trash dumps
Scavenging for food

These new “protodogs”
Shifted suddenly in time
No need now to fight

Like Russian foxes
That shifted in just ten years
From wild to gentle

Dogs the first creatures
To be domesticated
So humans could love

Some cultures believe
Dogs have magical powers
Can heal suffering

Guard dogs play a role
Our ancestors kept them close
Dogs now everywhere

3000 years past
Dogs ate snow and seal blubber
Lived in the Arctic

Dogs can sense changes
Pulling sleds of Inuits
Traveling through snow

Dogs read emotions
And know exactly our needs
Following commands

Dogs have made the shift
Like wolves, they eye, stalk, chase, bite
Now they wait to bite

Herding not hunting
Performing tasks man can’t do
Critical to life

When the wolf transformed
Our lives were changed forever
Tugging at our hearts

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