Is there a wolf in your dog?

There’s no doubt about it – all dogs are descended from wolves.   It used to be thought that jackals and coytotes were also ancestors of our pet dogs but recent DNA sequencing has proved thst this isn’t so.   All dogs come from wolves – it’s not just Alsatians and the larger breeds, even the tiny Chihuahua and Yorkshire terriers are descended from the wild grey wolf.  Selective breeding by humans is responsible for the shape, size and temperament of the dogs we know today.  Howling at the moon?  So that’s why…