Name (required):

  Expression ^{(Optional mood/title along with your name) Examples: (happy, sad, The Joyful, etc.) help)}

  E-mail address (optional):

* Type your message here:
>>>I have an 11 yr. old and am very interested in buying >>>or adopting a wolfdog as a pet. I was told by Candy >>>Kitchen Wolf Rescue that I probably do not want to >>>have one as a pet, but as a companion. I would like >>>another opinion and more information. I had planned >>>to allow my animal to live inside the house and was >>>told that very often they cannot be housebroken and >>>that they walk on every surface.?. HELP >> >>Hello, I am a volunteer at a Wolf preserve and have >>experience with both Scoialized and wild wolves. My >>advice to you is don't even think about it.Fact: you >>cannot breed out wolf behavior by just crossing them >>with a dog. Fact: 9 out of 10 wolf dog hybrids end up >>dead by the age of 2, because once they hit sexual >>maturity at 24 months, the wolf behavir starts to show >>in them, and they will generaly try to establish their >>place in the pack hiearchy.. I don't want to make it >>sound like they are vicious, but most people dont know >>enough about wolf behavior to be able to handle this >>properly. > >As far as recommending or not recommending a wolf-dog, >all I can say is be prepared. My once large yard has >been sectioned off for HIM (my beautiful male wolf-dog >Coda). He came to us because he took to my 7 yr old >boy and would not get off his lap. Highly intelligent >he said o boy im going home with these people and have >a good life. Now let me say he eats everything (I >mean everything) that doesnt eat him first. Couch, >Underwear, toys, shoes, etc. He does not have a dog >house he has an old camper. He WILL attack any >strange dog that shows any aggression. Best advice is >if you really want a wolf-dog make sure he/she has a >companion of comparable size (mine has a female dog) >of opposite sex, that is very submissive and much >older and is already obedience trained. You will find >it easier when that dog dominates the pup to show >him/her the ropes. And yes i must stress the older >dog must be allowed to dominate. What you preceive as >fighting is only pecking order. With that said please >never hit your wolf-dog, never chain it, never ever >leave it alone with children. Remember this is a >child (that is how we view him) and must be treated as >that. Be firm, gentle, consistant, and prepared.

Notice: Copies of your message may remain on this and other systems on internet. Please be respectful.