Interesting article about the wolves. Kind of reminds me of a dog i had some years ago. The mother of my pup was from Japan living in a snowbank, the father was an elk hound, i think. It was the smartest dog i'd ever seen, about 70lb buff colored looked something like a small Akita. It didn't fawn over people but did pay a lot of attention to what was going on. An example, one day while visiting my in laws, they became concerned that he might bother the neighbors dog. So i went outside and said, "stay up on the deck" and he just ran over and jumped up to the deck and wandered around but didn't get off the deck. He would only listen to me and completely ignored other peoples commands, until i met my Wife. One day when we had just started dating, she had to go into work on a saturday at a place in south seattle, kind of isolated area so i told her to take my dog with her. I said to my dog, do what she says, she called him to the car and away they went to work. She said he did exactly what she said and was a real happy to have him there. Especially when her boss came into the office and met my dog face to face. She said my dog just stared at him and he asked if he bites and she said, only when i tell him to.
