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Old 05-25-2017, 09:41 AM   #46
whiteyorkie
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I didn't want to get into a loooong debate about taming & breeding (selectively),
but I believe it can be done with all canids. Of course wolves in the wild are way different than dogs. And why is that?


But so are other canids.


Having read about the Russian fox farm experiment, I can see how selective breeding & domestication can other ride the wild. Basically, environment wins other heredity.


No one has ever attempted such an experiment with wolves, only foxes. But the basis for a sound theory is there.


You take the most docile ones & keep breeding them to make fox or wolves that are more dog like - in only a few generations.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia...icated_Red_Fox


https://vimeo.com/22734940


Animal Domestication: Taming the Wild - Pictures, More From National Geographic Magazine


https://blogs.scientificamerican.com...domestication/
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