Top Ten Dog Breeds that are Closest to Wolves 

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Good info.

I've owned German Shepherd/wolf mix I kept 2 of the litter of 11, they were very smart, loving & protective! I have always loved wolves.. I am mainly a German Shepherd person, but I love wolves.

All the spitz dogs from the various sled dogs to Pomeranians and the super intelligent American Eskimos (an offshoot of the German Spitz, they were very popular circus acts in the late 19th/early 20th centuries because of their trainability). But you missed one of the most ancient breeds, attested by their appearances in Paleolithic north Asian rock carvings, the beautiful Samoyed. They aided their tribal owners at hunting and reindeer herding as well as pulling sleds and guarding the camps into the 20th century. Reindeer herding may even precede the development of sleds. They do depart in a couple of ways from wild wolves. They are very cheerful and love people. Their very thick double coat adapted them to life in northern Siberia, an ancient and modern habitat for wolves.

Akita!

You forgot the Basenji. Probably the closest of all.

We have a dog that is about 1/3 Husky. His mom was Beagle and his dad was Husky and Lab. And, MANY years ago, we had a dog that was part wolf and part German shepherd. I say THIS ALL now BEFORE I EVEN HAVE WATCHED THIS video. I am sure that after seeing this video, I will be surprised to see that CERTAIN DOGS ARE actually closely related to wolves. But, the dog that we once had that was part wolf and german shepherd, he was a sweet dog with people. But, he was NOT great to be with small animals. But, he was a really great dog. I wish that back when we had him that DOGGY DNA TESTS existed. And, actually NOW, I want to get a doggy DNA test, so that I can test our OTHER dog. I THINK that she MIGHT have some "PITTY" in her. She is NOT 100% Pitty, BUT, she is a POSSIBLE part pitty gal. She is adorable as can be. It would just be a real PLUS to be able to know what breeds that my dogs are.

Chauchau was for meat.... That someone told me long time ago.

According to the YOutube all those Malmutts and Huskies can actually talk. :)

I am here AFTER watching this video. And, I have to say that MOST of the dogs shown here are NOT from the USA (America) and although people in the USA DO own these dogs, these dog breeds are not native to the USA. I have personally seen MANY people that own Huskies, and they make MANY videos of those Huskies TALKING. SO, just bear in mind that these Americans that have adopted HUSKY pooches, AND, those pooches seem to be HAPPY. Our family has a 1/3 Husky pooch, but, he doesn't "talk" very much. I have mentioned HIS STORY below here. But, anyway, ALL he NEEDS is his 2 cookies, his meaty chew snack and his 1 RAWHIDE chewy. and, he will be fine. Besides just HIM, we have our "pinker stinker". And, so, I am HOPING that we can all get those pets credit as far as us all seeing that some of these pets are worthy of credit as being great pets.

I owed 2 pekes, there is no way those creatures are that close to the wolf!

I see that by "closer", you mean "older". You don't mean "genetically closer".

All dogs are related to wolves, but some here sure do NOT seem very closely related to them. Mostly the small ones with brachycephalic noses.

Pekinese