We have had two wolfdogs come and go in our lives. The first one's name was Salem. He was a beautiful (neutered) 3 year old 98% Timber. He had the golden wolf eyes that you do not see on a lot of the wolfdogs. Everyone thought he was pure wolf. He was a great companion, but unfortunately, like many wolfdogs he did not listen very well. He would run for the door every time someone would come in or out of the house and he was able to get outside on several occasions. As long as you had him on a leash outside he was very well mannered....but loose outside without a leash he was NOT coming back into the house or getting to let you catch him until he was ready. The last time he made it outside he was gone for several hours. We were scared to death that neighbors would see him, not know he was not an actual wolf and shoot him thinking he was dangerous (because he was not scared to approach a stranger). We ended up finding him another home for his own safety, but not before he got bored in our car when we ran into the store one day for a few minutes and he chewed every seatbelt in the car in half. That was back before you had to wear seatbelts in the backseat...was pretty hard to explain to people that they couldn't wear the seatbelt if they wanted to because our "wolf" had chewed them up. The OP said wolfdogs are not guard animals, but I truly believe that if anyone ever tried to hurt me Salem would have done anything he could have to protect me. He was very protective of me and we got really bonded. It broke my heart to have to rehome him and I still regret doing it, but I know had he ever gotten outside and anyone seen him it would have cost him his life. We tried to lock him in another room when we knew we were going outside but sometimes my grandparents would come over and forget to let us know they were there before opening the door. It just was not a good situation for him. I remember one timed he got out and I lured him back in with donuts
. That didn't always work though. We also tried to crate him to keep him from going out the door but he literally destroyed a wire crate in a matter of minutes one day and was able to get out. That was right after we got him and didn't trust him entirely yet. We came home to find a wolf in our bed. That was kinda scary. Of course he never showed any aggression (including food, you could take food out of his mouth) to us or any of our other animals.
I wish I still had pictures of him but they were on our old computer that crashed.
The second wolfdog that came into our lives was years later. She is a low content named Tundra. She was a lot more obedient then Salem. She was given to us when our owner had to move suddenly and knew we had owned a wolfdog in the past. She looked mostly husky and had blue eyes. She was a very pretty girl, but she did not do well with cats so we ended up finding her a good home with another friend of ours who had a wolfdog. She was still a puppy (6-7 months old) and so she ended up doing really well in her new home.
Salem did wake us up a few times with his howling. It was magnificent. Though it is pretty eerie to pull up to your house at night after dark and hear the distinct howl of a wolf so close by.
The OP is right when they say wolfdogs are companions and not pets.
I wish I still had pictures of him but they were on our old computer that crashed.
The second wolfdog that came into our lives was years later. She is a low content named Tundra. She was a lot more obedient then Salem. She was given to us when our owner had to move suddenly and knew we had owned a wolfdog in the past. She looked mostly husky and had blue eyes. She was a very pretty girl, but she did not do well with cats so we ended up finding her a good home with another friend of ours who had a wolfdog. She was still a puppy (6-7 months old) and so she ended up doing really well in her new home.
Salem did wake us up a few times with his howling. It was magnificent. Though it is pretty eerie to pull up to your house at night after dark and hear the distinct howl of a wolf so close by.
The OP is right when they say wolfdogs are companions and not pets.
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