Quote Originally Posted by tasoschatz View Post
I think canine species evolve/adapt quicker than anthropoids, that is all. I recently saw on tv about a russian program of domesticating foxes. Within 20 years of selecting for breeding the better temperament animals they created fully domesticated foxes, but the interesting is other characteristics that occured. New colors and color patterns similar to dogs, tail wigling while they are happy etc, completely new for foxes never seen before habits. The only thing they still seem to retain is their urge to hide food all over the places.
Makes you wonder about animal adaptation, doesn't it?


I'm very familiar with that study. Yes, dogs evolve very fast, like many other mammals. Not quite like the fruit fly, but fast. I agree with the article, however, with OUR breed, I bet the genes are different, the reason for that is that we are selectively breeding performing dogs. The amount of nutrients and protein that are needed to perform What we ask them to do is enormous. That being said, we are actively changing the sets of genes by selectively breeding the dogs that perform Well, the dog that eats meat in a keep. To play devils advocate, the opposite would be true if someone decided to work a dog with just fruits and grains... not going to happen. So although that article is 100% true, I don't think that it really pertains to our breed.