Look at what my neighbors friend has! Meet Meo!

[chickened]

The most impressive wolves I have ever seen are the tundra wolves the one I am referring to are the ones that chase the caribou way north. They are huge and impressive to watch take down a 400 pound caribou. If you ever have seen them up close in their environment you would feel the way I do about captive ones. The ones the government turned loose in the western states are beautiful animals but are more scavengers on the roadway as a large percentage of them are seen along the interstates feeding on roadkill because they have driven wintering wildlife onto private land where the do not want wolves with the exception of the national parks of course and those according to a PBS special I watched are dying of Parvo and Distemper.

 

[laughingdog]

i may have to retract my statement on it being pure bred, as thinking back, we used to have blocky/stocky wolves when they were bred or inbred accidentally to much, or on purpose, for building up numbers, for sale, or release (which of course legally you cannot release imbred wolves, as it screws them up somehow, though sure it happens in wild, so maybe i need more education on this?). also they will be bred out or in, for tameness and not by natural selection, as in captivity the natural body is not needed in confined spaces, and not kept intrinsic to them, and also the next step will show slight bobbing of ears, curling and puffing at tip of tail, spotting color at tail, ears and toes, then more barking (yes wolves can bark, but more of a yip and even then its a strain, and was encouraged long ago and easily bred into sadly). on the fox thing, like i was saying about the breeding aspects, leads to dogs from foxes, as shown by breeders by accident, and on purpose by famous arctic study were breeding for tameness has same results. on the parvo.. id like a link and to learn alot more on that, as fascinating but horribly tragic sounding, stupid people not caring for dogs and cats (as research shows cats carry similar diseases and pass on to racoons, who in tern can pass on to dogs, wolves and other canines)! i dont think anything looks wrong with the wolfie, he is stunning, just thought was adult or other, due to stature, that was all, didnt mean to seem to start mud slinging.

 

[sweeterdeeter42]

Just because it is on a chain in the picture does not mean it is chained 24/7. If someone had a picture of a dog on a leash does that mean that it is on a leash 24/7? And it obviously has a collar with the tethers attached, not a chain around its neck. Some people on this site are so judgmental and rude. Live and let live and don't judge unless you know all of the facts and dont jump to conclusions. I am not particularly supportive of keeping wild animals as pets as I have seen the shows about that kind of thing going very badly, but the OP is not the owner, and was just posting something that they thought was neat and people are making very rude comments. This is supposed to be a forum for people to come to for help and advice and to share things without worrying about super rude people commenting on their posts. If you are not meaning to be rude, please think about the way your comment sounds before you post. And if you are meaning to be rude, keep it to your self and move on. This site wouldnt work very well if people become afraid to post because of rude people. Many forums have bad reputations because of this, let's not let BYC become one of them.

 

[ChickenWisperer]

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I didn't read all the posts, but I didn't see anyone saying that it would constantly be on one. But for the wolf to be on one at all for a portion of its life is cruel. They were not mean to be chained, owned, or kept; they're wild. That doesn't mean they are intentionally abusing the wolf, but if you were born to walk hundreds of miles, to hunt, survive - would you find it fair to ever be stuck inside a house, or on a chain? I think that's the point people are getting at.

I didn't see anyone being rude... stating the truth isn't being rude. Expressing your opinions about a subject as what I've seen here isn't rude. I didn't see anyone calling the OP names, or pointing fingers at her/him (sorry, I don't know what you are

). A lot of things are misconstrued over the internet - and even if I find my post fine, you could very easily take offense to it. I might read a post, and think it's hunky dory - but another person comes along and is offended, etc

 

[Garden Gal]

This was from the op's first post:

"As long as he stays on his cable over across the street he's fine."

To me, this said the wolf/hybrid was always being chained. Also, in one of the pictures you can see a hoop or metal ring attached to the cable, not a normal part of a regular leash.

In no way was I trying to be mean or judgemental to the OP, and tried to make that clear in my response to her.

But with that said, when any of us posts anything on a public forum, I don't think it is reasonable to expect not to EVER hear a comment which might be not what we expected or anticipated. Everyone has an opinion and some topics, such as wolf hybrids and any dog being chained out, might elicite a passionate response from all who care about animals - as does the OP.

 

[sweeterdeeter42]

Im not the only one saying that some of these comments are rude, several others including the OP have. I do not think dogs should be tied out all of the time, but turning an innocent thread into an animal rights argument isnt helping anything, either. No one expects there to not be any difference in opinion or thoughts that contradict our on our posts, but several pages of it is a little much. There were many posts offering advice and stories, but there were many rude posts as well.
Also, a few of the response posts did indeed say "all of the time" regarding the wolf being chained. The OP stated that the wolf was only visiting at the place where it was on the tether, and is staying at a place with room for it to run and is going to have a permanent home with acres for it to run with the perimeter properly secured. It does not sound like the man who owns the wolf has gone into this without a plan, although IMO he should have had the permanent home with the proper enclosure before he got the wolf. Members of my family had wolves for 20+ years in a large fenced in enclosure without any problems. Not that I would suggest it. But people do it, and to each their own.

 

[QH Girl]

Beautiful wolf. My neig,hbor has owned a timber wolf cross for about 8 years. Most amazingly sweet animal and never caused a moment of trouble until...... my neighbor decided he was lonely and got a young female alaskan husky to keep him company. The puppy immediately went to work on the fence, the shed, the back of the house, and anything else she could get into. He's still a very sweet dog - the owners have them fenced in a 3-acre area, but that husky caused them a ton of trouble.

 

[mtngrl812]

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As with most animals, it is the owner that has created the problem, not the animal. I've know dogs of all breeds that have been wonderful and those that have been horrible, due to the owner!! Wolves can be great, if treated as a pack member, and shown the boundaries, like all dogs need to know. Horses are the same way, like they say "There are no problem horses, only problem people."
That is a beautiful wolf, and the howling would have been magical to hear. I wish them the best of luck finding a place Meo will have room to run and play and grow to his fullest. It is not often we get to meet a pure wolf, you got luck

I hope he does find a place for Meo to be off a chain, I have know all kinds of dogs that become aggressive when left chained all the time, cute little mutt dogs to Shepherds.

 

[Chicky Tocks]

Such a beautiful animal. I don't have any experience with a wolf. I don't think I've ever even met a hybrid..outside of my weinerschnappers that think they've got the genetic...
But for me a little scary. The first thought that came to my mind was that chimp that ripped the face off of the woman's visiting friend.

This I believe is why it's a very special person who takes on the task of loving and training an animal such as this. Most especially one that's 100%.