06/23/2026
Did you know that herding drive is actually just a glitchy wolf instinct? 🐺
Customizing a dog breed is like being a genetic software engineer. A wild wolf relies on a strict sequence to survive:
Orient ➔ Eye ➔ Stalk ➔ Chase ➔ Grab-Bite ➔ Kill-Bite
To create herding dogs, humans amplified the first four steps (the pursuit and control) and completely deleted the final lethal steps. Your Mini Aussie is essentially a wolf frozen mid-hunt!Head over to our Substack to read the full breakdown of how this predatory sequence truncation works and why it still shows up in your living room.