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Yes you can, it just takes thousands of years. i.e. Dogs. While certain breeds can be dangerous, you are hard pressed to find a loyal well tempered breed that will actually turn on its owner.
My former dogs never minded people at all,they were on the other hand very protective of us from other dogs. When dogs would approach us at the dog park one of our dogs would get real nervous and un easy and get in between the other dog and us, the little one would flat out charge and snap and any other dogs got in our area of operations, forcing us to have to pick her up if other dogs were around.[/quote]
Dogs are a totally different story, IMO. They are a social species by their nature, and that's what made them easier to domesticate. After enough time around humans, they basically saw them as part of their pack. It's why we were able to domesticate some cats as well, but domesticating a species basically means killing any member of that species at the first hint of aggression towards humans. Basically breeding the aggression out of them. I don't think you could ever domesticate an animal like a bear, or certain cats, and other animals that aren't social by nature.
You still see dogs and cats that show their primal instincts and are aggressive towards non-family, and other animals, because you can never completely breed that out of them. My husky/lab mix is extremely defensive when it comes to my family/house. She goes apeshit whenever a stranger approaches the doors/windows of the house or the gate of the back yard. So much so that the hair on her back stands straight up on end. You can clearly see her instincts take over when it comes to protecting her "pack". She settles down once she sees they are friends or family, and once you've been over a couple times and she knows your smell, that reaction is completely gone and she is the polar opposite.
She's only like that around our house, and whenever we go for walks, that instinct pretty much disappears and she's mellow. Once she has met you a couple times, she's the most friendly dog in the world. She's an alpha female through and through. She runs shit when it comes to my other two dogs, and my German Shepherd puppy follows her around like an administrative assistant. :lol: But, when it comes to the human members of our family, she's as loyal and gentle as can be. She's so gentle that we can actually have my 18 month old nephew give her bones. On the other hand, I feel sorry for anyone that ever tries to break into our house or harm our family. She'd run them off in a second and they would probably lose a hand.
