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| | Domestic animals are those animals, which since time immemorial have lived with man, whom he keeps near himself, and providing them shelter and food and who at the same time breed easily, transferring their qualities to the young ones naturally as well as under the influence of man. It is necessary to distinguish domestic animals from house animals and tamed ones. First ones live in the house or near the habitation of man, against will, and are of no use to him, rather harm him. Rats, mice, cockroaches and so on are such animals. Places of second (hand) - in menageries and zoos where some of wild animals are easily tamed, but most of them become infertile. Exceptions are rare. Tamed animals, hence, cannot pass-on their qualities, attained by them, to new generations, and each of them separately requires new efforts for taming by the man. Elephant, for example, in captivity never breeds, but is tamed, rather, easily. Domestic animals (cows, horses, sheep, etc.), on the contrary, differ by their easy reproductivity and fertility, and their descendants do not require taming any more, and the features, characterizing domestic animals, are passed-on to the next generation. It is extremely remarkable, that the number of domestic animals, compared with the number of wild ones is very limited. While in all the parts of world there are a total of more than two thousand types of mammals, there are about 40 types of domestic animals. And if some useful insects are not taken into account, for example, bee, cochineal, 2 - 3 types of silkworms and two breeds of fishes, small gold fish and carp, which are for some reason not considered as domestic ones, then the number of domestic animals will be of 27 types.
Main contingent of domestic animals was made up of class of mammals, group of artiodactyl, sub-group of ruminants, but also out of them in real sense of the word domestic, i.e. such, whose existence is closely connected with man and without which, in turn, it is very difficult for humans, and therefore which have really historical value in culture, are of not more than 7 - 8 types. They are: cow or large horned cattle, then sheep, goat (small horned cattle), buffalo, two types of camels, llama, alpaca, northern deer. In Africa and Asia, zebu replaces our bull, and in Tibet - yak. If both the types of camel are considered as one, then out of ruminants only ten may considered as real domestic animals. Out of artiodactyl, not ruminants, domestic animals include pig, not artiodactyl - horse and donkey, from carnivorous or predatory - dog and cat, from rodents - rabbit and porpoise. From birds, domestic animals include: from larger group of fowls - hens, guinea fowl, pheasant, peacock and turkey, and dove like- ordinary and Turkish pigeon and, at last, from the group of waterfowls - swan, goose and duck. One canary serves as representative of larger group of sparrows. From the group of running animals in Africa, ostriches are being reared in recent times. Not all the animals listed here have identical domesticity: mostly agricultural animals have been gifted with this quality. They possess highly developed adaptability, with the help of man, to all external conditions: can sustain, e.g., very cold and heat, eat not only natural forages, but also artificially prepared. These are cow, sheep, horse and pig. Therefore we see them as most widespread. But there are also ones, which, e.g. buffalo, camel, reindeer, llama, or alpaca, who live only in known regions either in very cold, or in hot regions of Asia and Africa or on high mountains of Peru.
In the news: Dog owners in Washington can rejoice - Humane Society has prepared a surprise for them and their canine friends -
it opened the first dog yoga classes in history. Obviously the classes are
not just for canines alone - humans are stretching on mats right next
to their four legged pets. In fact the idea behind the endeavor, is to
help humans and pets interact in yoga and achieve relaxation as well
as meditation and harmony together. Brenda Bryan who teaches the class, is an
experienced yoga instructor and has been a trainer of human yoga for
years. She recently participated in a dog fashion show organized by
the Humane Society where she was giving massage to some dogs, and the
idea was born. The response was high - there were
more people and their pet dogs who signed up then was expected. And
there's a reason for it too. Dog owners see how it helps them stretch
their muscles and relax together with their pets and word of mouth
travels fast. With hardly any advertisements all seats for the class
were filled in days.
Brenda calls her class "partner yoga". Whenever a human is doing yoga
exercise, his dog is lying on a mat next to him looking at him
and helping him relax. One of the participants said it's an incredible
feeling of calmness and harmony with your pet when you are standing on
your head and next to you lies your pet looking in your eyes helping
you relax. But exercises are not just for humans - most of them are
for dogs where an owner helps his dog stretch in yoga poses, which dog
can not do alone. Eighty percent of dog yoga is fun and the other twenty is
hard work for physical and mental harmony with your pet, says one of the class
participants.
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Humane Society opened the first yoga classes for dogs. The response was overwhelming. Thousands of people showed up after reading the announcement 
