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All the dog breeds in the world today are descended from wolves. As a totem animal, the wolf is known as a teacher totem. Wolf is allied with Sirus, the Dog Star, and it is said in many cultures, that our ancestors and teachers came from there. This is agreed upon by Australian Aborigines, and the Dogon tribe of Africa, as well as certain Native American tribes.

Wolf is allied to the moon and lunar energies, teaching us to respect our emotions and unconscious urges. Like humans, wolves live in a communal structure. The pack has a strict hierarchy, with the alpha male and female leading the pack. The beta wolves do not breed, but instead care for the pups of the alpha male and female. At the bottom of the hierarchy is the Omega wolf, the scapegoat, who is bullied, and who often goes without when food is scarce.

Wolves have developed many ways to communicate through a mixture of body postures, facial expression and tail stances as well as through vocal means -- yelps, whines, growls. and howls, but they rarely bark like a dog does. The communal nature of Wolf's culture and hunting helps us to learn to cooperate to achieve a goal. Wolf people make good "team players" and are fiercely loyal to those they consider part of their pack.

There were once more than thirty species of wolves, today there are only three: the artic wolf, the gray wolf, and the red wolf. With the exception of Alaska, Minnesota, and Canada, where wolves are abundant, and Montana and Idaho, where wolves are only considered "threatened", wolves are an endangered species throughout North America.