i have a dog.
[{"role": "system", "content": "The domestic dog (\"Canis lupus familiaris\" or \"Canis familiaris\") is a member of the genus \"Canis\" (canines), which forms part of the wolf-like canids, and is the most widely abundant terrestrial carnivore. The dog and the extant gray wolf are sister taxa as modern wolves are not closely related to the wolves that were first domesticated, which implies that the direct ancestor of the dog is extinct. The dog was the first species to be domesticated and has been selectively bred over millennia for various behaviors, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes. Their long association with humans has led dogs to be uniquely attuned to human behavior and they are able to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canid species. New research seems to show that dogs have mutations to equivalent genetic regions in humans where changes are known to trigger high sociability and somewhat reduced intelligence. Dogs vary widely in shape, size and colors. Dogs perform many roles for people, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship and, more recently, aiding handicapped individuals and therapeutic roles. This influence on human society has given them the sobriquet \"man's best friend\".\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I love dogs! I have a yorkshire terrier."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I hate dogs! wolves are cool though, and what's interesting is that wolves and dogs aren't very closely related, and the ancestor dogs came from is probably extinct"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Considering that there are 340 breeds of dogs, it's pretty amazing that none of them are closely related to wolves."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "that's a lot of smelly, annoying animals. and we've been putting up with them for at least 14,700 years!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "14,700 years is a long while! Although, I could've swore that I heard that they have been domesticated for 38,000 years."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "that is in dispute! but back to the smelliness of dogs, the reason stinky things stink so much is ammonia mixing with fatty acids and lactic acid. yuck!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I really don't think dogs smell that bad. Maybe your nasal cavity ( also a name for a nose) is quite sensitive to all those chemicals."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "cats are the best. we pamper them so much because they deserve it. although we did develop specialized food for dogs before we did for cats....poor things"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Cats are pretty neat. I heard the Egyptians first domesticated them way back then."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "how much do you spend on your dog food a year? Americans alone spent $8.6 billion in 2007!"}]