But the gods remembered Noah and his bowls of food and all who were with him in the dog house, and the gods began to send the dog catchers away.

The gods then said to Noah, “Go into the dog house, you and your whole pack, because I have found you to be a good dog.

So the gods said to Noah, “We are going to put an end to all unwanted dogs, for the land is filled with violence because of them.”

Why does the lineage matter in the Bible if not to provide a breed standard?

Then the gods said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s shepherd?”

This is the account of the first dogs when they were formed…

…Then the gods said, “Let us form a creature to feast in our likeness. Let them feast over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and all the livestock and let them help us rule over them.” So the gods formed the wolf into their own image, in the image of the gods, they created them…