Harry Frank

Back in 1980, Harry Frank from the University of Michigan-Flint, described how a wolf that could not be trained to sit on command learned to manipulate a complicated door catch simply by watching another wolf open it. But trained dogs couldn't master the catch even after years of seeing the door open and close. Frank concluded that through domestication dogs become obedient and trainable while losing some cognitive abilities such as problem solving.
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cognitive abilities, not reduced them as Frank believes. By selecting

From Harry Frank Editor of " Wolves in Captivity" and Professor of Psychology Michigan State University at Flint, MI

We have lost a charming, mischievous, outrageous, delightful, and creative colleague. The time I spent with him hopping around N. Europe in his tiny Cessna 150 was one of the great adventures of my life.

Harry Frank of the University of Michigan and his colleagues used four captive wolf pups in some interesting experiments.
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6 Harry Frank also tested four dog puppies in the same experiments.

A study published in 1985 by Harry Frank, a psychologist at the University of Michigan at Flint showed that wolves could unlock a complicated gate mechanism after watching a human do it once, while dogs remained stumped, even after considerable exposure.