Why is a dog often called Man 's best friend?

    Assalamualaikum..

  

-Pomerian dog-

     Today I am a bit surprised because my sir give this phrase and do a simple essay because I didn't know how to explained about that. So, I just can tell the important of dog in our life.    

       Why are we often called that a dog is a man's best friend? Before talking about how important of dogs to human lives, we have to know where they come from. Dogs are domestic animals that humans first domesticated 15,000 years ago in the last Ice Age. The ancestors are the wolf dogs. These animals are used to keep as a pet or for entertaining reasons. Dog is a well-known animal. It has four legs, and a sharp sense of hearing and smelling. A dog's brain is very developing. Dogs can distinguish objects based on the first movement then light, and finally shape. Therefore, their vision is poor. They can only see two colors black and white.

        The dog is a loving companion to a man. He is happy to go everywhere with his master. He shows his affection for his master by wagging his tail and licking his hand or face. If his master is blind, the dog helps him to cross the street and acts as his loving guide. No man can feel lonely when he has a dog for company. A dog keeps watch over his master’s house. He will not allow anyone to touch anything belonging to his master. He will bark when a stranger approaches the house. He might even bite a thief who is not scared away by his bark. A dog is useful to a shepherd to look after his sheep. If any of the sheep stray from the flock, the dog will bring it back. He will not allow a wolf or fox to attack the sheep.

        A dog is useful in catching thieves and criminals. The thief may hide anywhere. Yet the dog will use his keen sense of smell to find out where the thief is hiding. Police dogs are used to catch murderers and criminals. The dog by his sense of smell will lead the police to the hiding place of a murderer. A dog is loyal and faithful to his master. Nothing will induce him to leave his master. His master might be a poor man or even a beggar but, still his dog will not leave him to go with anyone else. A dog worships his master as if he were a God.

         A dog has a sharp sense of hearing and smell. He can hear footsteps from a great distance. At night he will be up and about at the least sound. He can smell his master from far off. He will rush out of the house to jump on his master and welcome him home. A friend is one who is ready to help a man in his moment of need. So a dog is really man’s best friend. He is prepared to die rather than allow any harm to come to his master. Dogs have been known to die to save their masters. A dog might even die of grief after his master is dead. He is certainly a true and faithful friend. It is right to call him man’s best friend.

        Although, I has listed the important about dog in human life but I as a Muslim can’t touch the dog but we shouldn’t be to act cruel with not giving food and trying to hurt the dog.