While watching the canine-centered action-adventure "The Call of the Wild" (in theaters Friday), we couldn't help but wonder: Why is the star dog Buck a lumbering St. Bernard mix and instead of ...

And this was important because Buck is “The Call of the Wild” protagonist: a joyous, domesticated dog, who gets physically abused and spiritually broken in the Yukon until he bonds with John ...

It's 1897, and the Alaska gold rush is in full swing. Buck, an enormous domestic dog, is kidnapped from his home in California and sold to pull sleds in the Yukon. He adapts to his new ...