Why are dogs called man’s best friend? Why not cats, guinea pigs, birds, turtles, fish or even other men? It’s always been a mystery to those cat lovers. There are probably more cat lovers in the world than dog lovers so why do people still call dogs man’s best friend. Here are some reasons.
Dogs have an excellent sense of smell. It is so powerful that the police use them for smelling drugs and other illegal things. Some of their jobs with the nose involve tracking lost people and finding drugs in packages. Drugs and remnants of other burning objects then the dog is always trying to find the thing so they can get rewarded. They can smell scents from 1.5 km’s away.
Dogs are useful in the farm. They can run all day and not get tired. They can also run twice as fast as the fastest humans. Their main job is rounding up sheep and they do that by barking at them to make them scared and run away into the next paddock.
Some dogs are trained to be guide dogs for blind people. Guide dogs are like the blind persons eyes. What they do is make sure the blind people don’t walk into walls, make sure they don’t walk on the road and steer them away from things in their path.
Dogs also are used to guard people and defend their property from robbers. Some dogs will bite or hurt someone if their owners are in trouble. Unfortunately sometimes dogs have to be put into the pound if they bite someone or if it is a pitbull it has to be put down (killed).
