The First Breed of the Dog

Wolf!The first dog domesticated by a man was a wolf….This friendship by a man and a dog is oldest in the history.The wolf was known as a Gray wolf.

Gray wolf
History	:The gray wolf was known as the canidae family.The canidae family was a biological family of canivores,omnivores family.
Height	:26-32 inches tall at the shoulder
Length	:4.5-6.5 feet
Weight	:55-130lbs.Males are typically heavier than females.
Lifespan	:7-8 years old in the wild.But some lived up to 10 aswell.
Diet	:The Gray wolf mostly feeds on large hoofed animals. Example: 1. Deer 2. Moose 3. Caribeau 4. Beaver 5. Rabbits 6. Other small prey.

Popluation

There are estimated that there are 7,000 to 11,000 wolves in Alaska and more than 5,000 in lower 48 states.Around the world there are an estimation 200,000 in 57 countries compared to 2 million in the earlier times.

Behavior

Wolves live,hunt in packs of 4-7 animals on average.Packs include:mother,father wolves,called the Alphas,their cubs and sevearal other young cubs.The alpha female and male are the pack leaders that track anhunt prey.They also choose the den sites.The wolves devlop strong relationships between each other.The often demostrate deep affection for their family and may even sacrifice themselves to protect their family.

Wolves have complex communication for communicating each other.From barks and whines to growls and howls. They do not howl at the moon.They do howl more when its lighter at the night.Which occurs when there is a full moon.








Threats

The most common danger for the wolf is the conflict with humans for killing livestock of wolves.The wolf predetation is fairly common.Wolves that prey to save themselves are often killed for protection.

The behavioral of the dog

The domestic dog has a exhibit intelligacence.Dogs are capable of learning number of things.
1. Classical
2. Operant
3. Conditioning
4. Observation

Puppies learn quickily than adult dogs.This performance from dogs is not needed to those tasks for the dogs bred to perform.This lead many problems to the human society.Example:Prisioners use them for digging holes in the ground so they can escape from the prision.

Dogs behavior is affected by genitic factors and enviormental factors.Domestic dogs inherited loads of features from the wolves(ancestors).The gray wolves is a socialable animal that has been inherited in the dogs structure.

Dog make contacts from growling.A specific growl is made for protecting its food.Dog growl can be specified to their size.

Compared to wolves.The dogs size skull is 20% less than wolves skull.30% smaller brains.Dogs require fewer calories than wolves.The skin of the domestic dogs tends to be thicker than the wolves.The paws of the of the dogs are half of the size of the wolves.

All about dogs

Dogs are the first animals to be domesticated. They are a form of a gray wolves about 15,000 years ago and a canivore.The word ‘dog’ means a male in the canine species.The word’bitch’is used for a female of the canine species.They have been widely used for:

1. Working
2. Hunting
3. Pulling loads
4. Protection
5. Military
6. Companionship


Over the 15,000 years the span of the dog has dominated the earth.The impact of the society has given a nickname to the dogs as ‘mans best friend’in the world.In 2001 there were estimated to be 400 million of dogs in the world.

Through selective breeding by humans,The dog has devloped into hundreds of varied of breeds of dogs.The colours varies from white into black,and browns from light tan.This forms into breeds. In a wide variation of patterns,coats can be short,long,wool like,straight,curly or smooth.A dog shed their coat every now and then.

The behavioral of dogs has made a huge impact in the human life.Its ability of playfullness,to fit in the human households and social situatians.This enabled to become one of the most successful species on the planet today.