[jonmc12]

PBS NOVA's "Dog Tales" (2020) is a good watch and explains this behavior. https://www.pbs.org/video/dog-tales-vskr2y/

They demonstrate that a wolf can be domesticated, but will still keep its distance and act independently from the domesticating humans.

Surprisingly, domesticated wolves test higher than dogs on intelligence tests. The show attributes dog behavior to a genetic mutation from their wolf ancestry. A similar mutation occurs in humans at 1:10k frequency called Williams Syndrome. One feature in this mutation is a form of learning disability; another is friendliness.

[yencabulator]

I've seen a canine behavioral study that said wolves were better problem solvers because, given the same task of opening a box, dogs gave up and switched tactics to asking for help from a human.

[nicbou]

> One feature in this mutation is a form of learning disability; another is friendliness.

I really don't want a certain kind of people to ever hear this fact