The domestic dog (Cains lupus familiar is) is a Candi that is known as man's best friend. The dog was the first Domesticated animal and has been kept as a working Instant confirmation, hunting, and companion pet. According to recent estimates coarse, there are currently between 700 million and one billion dogs, making them the most abundant member of the order Carnivore in the world.
The term "domestic dog" is Generally used for both of the Domesticated and feral varieties. The English word dog comes from Middle English Dodge, from Old English docs, a "powerful dog breed" .The term may possibly derive from Porto-Germanic * dukkōn, represented in Old English finger-Docce ("finger-muscle"). The word Also shows the familiar diminutive pet name Ga Also seen in frogga "frog", pics "pig", stag "stag", wicga "beetle, worm", Among others. Ultimately the term dog may derive from the earliest layer of Pro to-In do-European vocabulary, reflecting the role of the dog as the earliest Domesticated animal.
In 14th-century England, hound (from Old English: hind) was the general word for all domestic canines, and dog Referred to a subtype of hound, a group Including the mastiff. It is Believed this "dog" type was so common, it Eventually Became the prototype of the category "hound". By the 16th century, dog had Become the general word, and hound had begun to refer only to types used for hunting. Hound, cognate to German Hund, Dutch Hond, common Scandinavian hund, and Icelandic Hundur, is Ultimately derived from the Pro to-In do-European * kw on- "dog", found in Sanskrit kukuur (कुक्कुर), Welsh Ci (plural CWN), Latin canis, Greek Kyon, and Lithuanian Suo.
In breeding circles, a male from canine is Referred to as a dog, while a female is called a bitch (Middle English bicche, from Old English bicce, from Old Norse Ultimately bikkja). A group of offspring is a litter. The father of a litter is called the sire, and the mother is called the dam. Offspring are, in general, called pups or puppies, from French Poupee, until they are about a year old. The process of birth is whelping, from the Old English word hwelp (cf. Whelp German, Dutch Welp, Valpa Swedish, Icelandic hvelpur). The term "whelp" can also be used to refer to the young of any canid, or as a (somewhat archaic) alternative to
"puppy".
