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Cal of the Wild

Ep. 389: Houndations - Understanding Canine Genetics and How They Shape Our Relationship with Our Dogs

Cal of the Wild

MeatEater

Education, Sports, Wilderness

4.89.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

This week, Tony takes a deep dive into dog genetics to explain not only how they affect aesthetics, but also all sorts of positive and negative behaviors we might not fully attribute to their bloodlines.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:04.2

Steve Rinella here.

0:05.5

The American West with Dan Flores is a new podcast production on the Meat Eater Podcast Network.

0:12.4

It's hosted by author and historian Dan Flores, who happens to be mine and our own Dr.

0:19.5

Randall's former professor.

0:22.5

By focusing on deep time, wild animals, native peoples in the West's unique environments,

0:30.4

Flores will challenge your understanding of the American West,

0:34.3

and he will help to explain why it is the way it is today.

0:39.2

I count Dan Flores as a friend.

0:41.4

We do not agree on everything, but he has had a massive impact on my understanding of American

0:49.4

history.

0:50.6

And I invite you to get challenged by him in the same way that I have.

0:57.5

Catch the premiere of the American West with Dan Flores on Tuesday, May 6th on the Meat Eater podcast network.

1:05.9

Subscribe to the American West with Dan Flores on Apple, Spotify, IHeart, or wherever you get your

1:12.3

podcast. Listen to Dan and it will stretch your brain all out. And I mean that in a very good way.

1:22.4

Hey, everyone. Welcome to the Foundations podcast. I'm your host Tony Peterson. And today's episode is

1:26.8

all about understanding genetics and why that matters to our relationship with our dogs with so many different and unexpected ways.

1:36.8

You know, some topics in the dog world, and I guess I should say in the world in general, are often talked about, but, you you know kind of rarely fully understood or even

1:46.4

partially understood honestly there are a lot of memes out there about you know how people become

1:51.2

sudden experts at whatever hot topic their political parties interested in or their political

1:56.3

rivals are focused on and it's sort of true we love to pretend we know what's going on because it's

2:02.0

more fun than being like, well, I don't have a freaking clue. And where am I going with this?

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