Why are dogs called "man's best friend"?

That's because it is proven that of all the animals, dogs are the most faithful of all pets. Stories has been told of how a dog saved their master from dying by attracting attention of people by barking loudly when their master suddenly become ill. And there are dogs who leads their blind master when walking in the streets.

This was started ages ago. When I hear this I get an image of a guy with a fishing pole slung over his shoulder and his dog at his side on the way to the water hole. Or an old man on a porch rocking chair with his pipe on his lip and his old dog laying on the floor next to him. This may have been used as a caption on a painting. Maybe someone knows the origin here. I had a dog for seventeen years and he was indeed awesome. But my cat's are great too. I am never without a cat. There is always one with me. If you treat them with love, they will follow you around, sleep with you, push you off your pillow, sit on your lap and stare at you adoringly. An old saying is usually just that, an old saying. But those old timers who made up those sayings don't realize what or who they hurt.

Dogs are chosen or considered as "man's best friend". I think it's because when you are an owner of a dog, a dog will be close to you. When you feed your dog, it's happy because of the kind gesture you are showing to it. If you love your pet dog, it will also love you in return. When you come home from work, it will happily come near you and kiss your leg or wag its tail because it is excited to interact with you. It also wants to protect you from other people. So, if there are some strangers around, it will keep on barking until you tell it to stop because you'll tell it that you know the person he is barking at. Your pet dog will always be loyal to you. For some other people, dogs are their best friends because they might be alone in their lives. If some people live a bit away from their families, they have their pet dogs with them who'll stay with them all the time. They are happy being together in one home. They do some activities together like taking a walk, going to the park and other places they want to go. The owners and dogs love and accompany each other. For others, their dogs are their best friends, maybe especially for some who are blind. There are some trained dogs who assist their owners to cross the street so it would be easier for them to go to places. There are also what we call "hearing dogs" which can help deaf people to be alert or be aware of what are happening around them. When the hearing dog looks at something it hears, the deaf person would also notice it and turn to see what is going on. When you observe dogs too, you can see in them different kinds of emotions too, just like us, people. You can see from their faces when they are happy or sad. I think they're like us that's why they are considered as man's best friend. They also help their owners in many ways. When they are around, men can sleep feeling safe and sound because they know that their pet dogs are around to protect them from harm.

I thin it is because they are easily made as pats and they can really return the love we give them. We can make them part of our family since they are very friendly.. they are the best pet a man can have.. a best friend too.

Because he won't bite us the person who take care of him, he will protect us with his life, he is very loyal and won't stab us in the back, he will be very sad when we are sick and he will be happy when we are happy, he is not only a pet but he is part of the family.

Because the dogs are loyal,clever and obedience.Do you watch a movie,“a loyal dog named Hachiko”.Very moving story.After we watch the movie,we konw why are dogs our best friend.

I think that this has been a saying because of the dedication and loyalty that a dog has for its owner. A dog adores their owner and wants to please them all the time. When the owner is gone they wait for them to return and are so excited just to see them coming down the street. They tend to be a loyal companion their entire life. And dogs get this title, because its much stonger of a bond between a man/girl and their dog.

What other pet can act as a Guard dog, a sniffer dog, a watch dog, a cattle dog, a guide dog, police dog, and a gentle pet for the kids? Dogs have a bigger brain, and can be trained to do more things for their human companion that any other creature.

Dogs called to be the man's best friend because in most cases they do have similarities with human beings of course not physically but there are lot of dogs traits that can be compared to human. In fact, they can save lives.

Probably because the dog is the only animal that can be manipulated by human beings, you can kick it, beat it up, push it aside, force it to follow you and stay with you when every human being already walks out of you. Dogs need a group to live in and see you as a part of it. They have way less character as cats, most pets are not interested in their owner and that is what we want: be in the middle of the center of all attention!

I think there are two factors involved here. One, dogs are pack animals. When they look at you, they don't see you as a member another species. They see you as a member of their pack. Two. In packs, there is a hierarchy. There is the top dog. A leader. Packs are not leaderless, and he looks at you as leader of his pack. The fact that you don't pee on trees, or fire hydrants confuses him. He doesn't understand why you don't do it so he does it for you. If you're mean to your dog, he doesn't care and he'll lay on his back and expose his belly to you (a sign of submission) because that's pack behavior but if you run into trouble, he'll come to your defense. That's why they're man's best friend.

I think any animal can be our human's friends if we get along with them for a period of time. And I think dog and horse are the most intelligent and friendly animals. They can be friendly with human quickly, even a short time of twinkling, they will know the people is good or bad to them. And they even can secrifice themselves to protect their master. I want to keep a dog thirstly, but my mom don't approve of keeping one.

Dogs are more of the type to me soley dependant of you. They will always be there for you. If you notice dogs always follow their owners around just waiting for a comand. That is kind of why people have said that a dog is a mans best friend. Cats and other animals i would say are a little more independant.

Because it is by nature Savior