Is it possible to hand raise a wolf?

Question

Is it possible to pick the nicest puppy of the litter then make them breed with another nice puppy wolf then after 100 years or so..... you will have a new dog breed that is very nice?
Im just asking if that is how we got dogs? Is this how we got dogs?

Answer 1

I personally own one we bought him from somewhere in Oklahoma and had him flown here. He was 8 weeks old and he likes to cause trouble, stealing food, eating trash, but he is them most shy, timid non aggressive dog we have out of 5. He plays fetch and is very loyal to us!!! He would never hurt a fly.

Answer 2

Dogs today come in all shapes and sizes, but scientists believe they evolved from just a handful of wolves tamed by humans living in or near China less than 15,000 years ago.

Their findings, reported in the journal Science, point to the existence of probably three founding females - the so-called "Eves" of the dog world.

They conclude that intensive breeding by humans over the last 500 years - not different genetic origins - is responsible for the dramatic differences in appearance among modern dogs.

One team studied Old World dogs to try to pin down their origins, previously thought to be in the Middle East.

The other team studied dogs of the New World and found they are not New World dogs at all, but also have their origins in East Asia.

Carles Vila, of Uppsala University, Sweden, one of the team studying the New World dogs: "We found that dogs originating in the Old World arrived to the New World with immigrating humans. "Thus, even before the development of trade as we know it now, humans had to be exchanging dogs." He added that exactly how or why humans domesticated dogs was not known, but the speed at which they seem to have multiplied and diversified indicates they played an important role in human life. "I can imagine that if dogs were, for example, improving the quality of hunting, that would be a very great advantage for humans. It could even have made the colonisation of the New World easier. "There must have been something advantageous about those dogs that made them extremely successful and allowed them to spread all over the world."

Peter Savolainen, of the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, led the study of Old World dogs, analysing DNA samples taken from dogs in Asia, Europe, Africa and arctic America. 'Bit of a surprise' - His team found that, though most dogs shared a common gene pool, genetic diversity was highest in East Asia, suggesting that dogs have been domesticated there the longest. "Most earlier guesses have focused on the Middle East as the place of origin for dogs, based on the few known facts - a small amount of archaeological evidence from the region, and the fact that several other animals were domesticated there," he says. The researchers studied gene sequences from the dogs' mitochondrial DNA, which is inherited directly from the mother. The findings indicated that the major present-day dog populations at some point had a common origin from a single gene pool.

Matthew Binns, head of genetics at the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket, UK, said the findings were significant. "For the first time, there's relatively convincing evidence actually pinpointing the date at which the dog was domesticated and also the location of that domestication, which is a bit of a surprise. "People have previously thought that a lot of species were domesticated in the Middle East and this data clearly shows domestication took place in East Asia." He added: "It looks as if 95% of current dogs come from just three original founding females and I guess these are the Eves of the dog world."

Answer 3

Yes, that is how dogs became domesticated, but to attempt to do that ith a wolf, even a wolf that seems like it is really nice is very dangerous not to mention illegal. Wolves are still wild animals and they live on their own terms, so I wouldn't request doing it.

Answer 4

Supposedly all dogs are desended from wolves, but current wolves are still wild, and I knew personally of one neighbor who had a half-wolf, who turned on him (I have a pit bull) I'm not making this up. Wolves are still wild animals.

Answer 5

yes lots of people do it all the time but not for/as pets. you hand raise a wolf to return to the wild and you have to have a job application and a permit.

Answer 6

Thats pretty much how it works. i think the domestic dog we know came from red wolves in the old world. they were all bred for different characteristics such as temperment or looks or size and thats how we got all the different breeds we have today. thats how they domesticate all kinds of different animals.

Answer 7

Yes it is possible, But they are never trust worthy as adults.
They have to many wild instincts and can and will turn on those they love best. I would not recommend they be confined to any home.

Answer 8

wolf is a wild animal and not meant to a pet

Answer 9

yea but illegal