On Jun 17, 2007, at 12:14 pm, Geoffrey Purcell wrote:
> a 15% wolf/85% dog-hybrid was the optimum-range for a pet. If there
> was a higher percentage of wolf DNA in the hybrid than 15%, the
> animal would have a tendency to be too independent to be able to
> be controlled effectively, as a pet.
Which makes me wonder... how did early hunters start working with
dogs? Orphaned wolf puppies? (Do you call them puppies?)
Personally i wouldn't like to try taming an adult wolf...
Ashley