{"id":821,"date":"2025-09-01T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/?p=821"},"modified":"2025-06-05T22:07:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T22:07:27","slug":"dog_domestication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/dog_domestication\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs Are Entering a New Wave of Domestication"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-822\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2024\/10\/service-dog-domestication-behavior\/680240\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-822 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dog-domestication-300x167.png\" alt=\"Dog Domestication\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dog-domestication-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dog-domestication-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dog-domestication-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dog-domestication-1536x857.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dog-domestication.png 1946w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fine Art Images \/ Heritage Images \/ Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Dog Domestication:<br \/>\nIn just a generation, we humans have abruptly changed the rules on our dogs. With urbanization increasing and space at a premium, the wild, abandoned places where children and dogs used to roam have disappeared from many American communities. Dogs have gone from working all day and sleeping outside to relaxing on the couch and sleeping in our beds. They are more a part of our families than ever\u2014which means they share our indoor, sedentary lifestyle. Americans once wanted a dog that barked at every noise, but modern life best suits a pet that will settle nicely under the desk during remote work, politely greet guests, make friends with cats, and play nice (but not hump) in the dog park&#8230;.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2024\/10\/service-dog-domestication-behavior\/680240\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dog Domestication: In just a generation, we humans have abruptly changed the rules on our dogs. With urbanization increasing and space at a premium, the wild, abandoned places where children and dogs used to roam have disappeared from many American communities. Dogs have gone from working all day and sleeping outside to relaxing on the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pets","tag-cat-facts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":823,"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions\/823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}