Credit to my fiance with a special interest in evolutionary biology and the history of human domestication of other species (and who is also currently HIGH AS HELL).
Credit to my fiance with a special interest in evolutionary biology and the history of human domestication of other species (and who is also currently HIGH AS HELL).
I think it’s generally because if you shot a bird that you want to eat, they’d bring it back to you.
That’s what I recall from the retriever breeds anyway.