I mean, have you ever watched a working dog in action? I have two border collies and we never trained them to herd or anything but holy crap are they enthused to use their intellect and body to work for you in any way they possibly can, and solve whatever puzzles you give them. It obviously gives them insane pleasure to do so.
Watching a collie herding dog in action, or I presume a hunting dog, is quite amazing. Hard to believe humans wouldn't have watched and learned.
Also that 14,000 year domestication date mentioned in the article sounds remarkably similar to the dates humans began the processing of "domesticating" (settling) themselves, and is basically the marker for the end of the last ice age, too. Keeping crops and herds of animals and building permanent villages to guard and control definitely benefits from having canines (and felines for pest control, too).
Watching a collie herding dog in action, or I presume a hunting dog, is quite amazing. Hard to believe humans wouldn't have watched and learned.
Also that 14,000 year domestication date mentioned in the article sounds remarkably similar to the dates humans began the processing of "domesticating" (settling) themselves, and is basically the marker for the end of the last ice age, too. Keeping crops and herds of animals and building permanent villages to guard and control definitely benefits from having canines (and felines for pest control, too).