@YouInMyEye Can confirm. Downstairs, in my personal shrine, I have a clump of fur that used to belong to a wolf named Coulombe.
Coulombe was a bully, took all the food, bit puppies, and forced everyone to do things his way - even hoarding food until it was bad and nobody got to eat it.
One day his daughters and sons and nieces and nephews and brothers and sisters overcame their love and fear and killed him, and then one of the proper wolves became the patriarch instead.
The end.
Any chance that was a wolf dog?
@LnzyHou @YouInMyEye No, he was a wolf.
Interesting.
Never saw the behavior you describe in wolves. I worked in a federally licensed wolf sanctuary with 50+ rescued wolves over the years. Even wolves who had been badly abused by man.
This is Shaman who was 7’ on his hind legs.
@LnzyHou
Not the central part of the thread but I think that the fact that you got to work with wolves is awesome and I am jealous. When visiting one wolf sanctuary in TX, we got to meet some of the ambassador animals. We had a lot of coaching on how we were only to sit motionless on the benches at the edge of this patio where they brought out a couple of them. Tracker was one quarter dog and three quarters wolf. He chose to come up to me.
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Pure wolves were less aggressive than wolf dogs. I avoided going in their enclosures especially if they had been abused.
Shaman grabbed my camera & destroyed it. Protocol was earrings off, fingers closed into fists. No eye contact. Never turn your back to them. They were amazing gifts in my life.
The ultimate act of acceptance was letting them lick your mouth.
@LnzyHou @publickovacs @YouInMyEye Was Shaman a large, fluffy white wolf from Colorado?
He ate my bandage, and some of my hair!
@LnzyHou
The carer said I was allowed to touch him. He was on a rope as thick as my wrists. I held out a hand, he laid he face in it, nudged it with his snout. Everyone was dead silent. I slid off the bench, knelt in front of him and waited to see what he would do. He put his beautiful head on my shoulder and licked my cheek. My apotheosis. But I was already a licensed evaluator of therapy animals and could read canine body language.
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