Have you ever looked at the family pooch and wondered how the wolf transformed into such a tame, short-snouted, floppy-eared beast? This story offers one possible origin, striving to take real archaeological evidence into account. Set in Eurasia ~25,000 BC, The First Dog follows one boy as he grapples with familial pressure, his love for his companion, and the perils of trying to survive in the Upper Palaeolithic.