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"This second hypothesis says that when we settled down, and in conjunction with the development of agriculture, we produced waste dumps around our settlements; and suddenly there was this new food resource, a new niche, for wolves to make use of, and the wolf that was best able to make use of it became the ancestor of the dog," explained Erik Axelsson from Uppsala University.

People are obsessed with their pets. There are actually more American households that own dogs than there are married households. All together, pet owners spend about $50 billion dollars a year to care for their pets. And an average life time cost to own and raise a dog can range from $16,000 to $250,000. And if you really can't live with out your precious kitty, just clone him or her for $40,000.