dogs are my favorite animal.
[{"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": "assistant", "content": "I think dogs are great! I love how they're so wolf-like, are widely abundant and they make great pets!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I love dogs too. I hate cats."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Dogs can perform so many tasks for us humans. They can pull loads, hunt, herd animals, aid the handicapped and assist police and military."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I just like them as pets. They are so friendly and kind."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, they are. I suspect that's due to millennia of breeding for various behaviors, sensory capabilities and physical attributes. Many of the negative attributes dogs used to posses have been bred out."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What negative attributes are those?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Their direct ancestor is believed to be extinct, but they are very closely related to the extant gray wolf. I'd assume the earliest breeds of dogs were quite viscous! "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Okay that makes sense. What else can you tell me about them?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well, of course we all know that dogs are considered to be man's best friend, and it's not hard to see why! They fill such a huge role in our day to day lives."}, {"role": "user", "content": "When were they first domesticated?"}]