Wolves in people’s houses

[DarthPaula]

Those of you with big dogs, do you ever look them in the eye and think “you’re a wolf”?

He's family

But plasticine wolves will never die out!

lol, no. My large dogs defo have teeth, fangs, the lot, lol. As do my other dogs. Too bloody muppet-like to be wolves though

😂Gods no.

I look at mine and think 'what a bunch of losers.'

But I look at little dogs, like Daschunds and Chihuahuas, and I can 100% see wolf in them. Vicious.

My big dog is an amazing scavenger but could never catch himself dinner and is a big softie.

I have a big wolfy rescue dog Heinz 57 (GSD x various wolfdogs). To the untrained eye she looks like a total unit. The reality is she regularly takes a pummelling from my wirey whippet who is a third of her size and weight!

Yes. Especially stretched out as the haunches bit protrudes and look ruff like. Very big dog.

Yes but I do it with my small dog more.

My big dog is a wolf/bear/lion they are a huge lump of muscle and power.
They eat huge bones and raw meat.

My little dog is skin and bones and would fall over in a slight breeze.
A bit of water dripped in their food bowl and they didn’t eat their food.

I question my small dog all of the time about how they would cope in the wild and how their wolf ancestors would be looking down on them.

Funnily enough, it’s actually my big, strong dog that’s a big baby and would not survive one night without kisses and cuddles, whilst my little dog would probably fight a lion if it was in front of her.

Nope.

Bear also.

Mine are bears.

Yes to all of this!! 😂😂

My dogs need good night kisses and a heat pad when it’s chilly.
Their ancestors slept on the cod floor outside and had to fight to survive every day.

And my cat would have killed me by now easily.
I always say how I’d have to have my cat PTS if it was the size of a dog but it’s just accepted that I get scratched or randomly bit just for fun.

To everyone who thinks their dog couldn’t kill, sheep farmers would disagree with you.

Nope, but I do look at my Dorkie and think "You are a bin-rat".

Yup. Just before DP shoves a packet of sage & onion up its arse.

My giant dog cries when he gets leftover pizza and can’t figure out how to tear it up to eat it. He must be extremely distantly descended from wolves 😂.

https://bbc-video-uk.fandom.com/wiki/Dogs_-_The_Wolf_in_Your_Living_Room

Don't know if this programme is still available anywhere but remember it as being great and that our domestic dogs are almost all wolf DNA.

How do you manage to have interbreeding and no direct descent? Were none of the offspring viable, or something?

What kind of dog is this.

No? But DH did once see a pug, then shook his head and said, “What we’ve done to the wolf is absolutely shameful,” which was fair since the pug was snorfling at high volume.

I look like a watermelon.

Mines more like a horse

No but I do look at at woodlouse and say 'hello dinosaur!'.

My goldie seems to be quite far removed from wolves... especially when he makes me hold his paw because he is scared of something.

Lived with dogs all my life, mostly mongrels. My last dog was a rescue street dog, an adorable wee soul.
Our wolfdog was a rehome, she was raised with a family so she was used to kids and also lived with cats.
She's very pack driven, she likes to know where everyone is and doesn't like the pack being split up for too long. She is so sleek compared to other dogs, she can come upstairs and be right behind you and you won't know until you turn around. She is incredible with the kids, she is so gentle and patient with them. Very protective of them.
She has come a long way since we rehomed her, one downside for me is not being able to walk her off lead. Recall is not something they care to remember when out in the wild.
Oh and the hair, no one prepared me for the hair.

My chicken thinks she is a dinosaur - she has already murdered her three friends - she does NOT need a confidence boost.
😂

You'd have to ask the genealogists. I'm not an expert, but as far as I know there are lots of variables such as introgression, steribility/survivalism and, as you say, issues with viability due to things such as chromosomal incompatibly. It's a complex area.