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They was also used for hunting by ancient nobles of some areas, sometimes is same way we would use an hunting dog, other times in a way that resemble more falconry, in the sense that the cheetah was transported on horseback behind his owner and unleashed only for the actual hunt momentThere's stories of the past that cheetahs were actually domesticated and would be like your traditional house cat.
Latter method make more sense considering compared to dogs they're better built to run short distances at maximum speed, but also show how confident owner was about tamed cheetah's quiet nature (since he was giving it his back and trusting would not even do anything to agitate the horse)
They simply don't see us as preys and unlike super risky gimmick of taming lions/tigers (wich took lot lives) we have no record of wild cheetah killing humans
In comparision it's ironic to think we made dogs out of wolves, considering wolf historically had lot conflicts with us