Wolves can jump 35 feet, and here is a wolf dog who successfully leapt out of her pen--twice. Even though she's really loving toward humans, and she's very dog-like, she's very wolf like too when you look into her eyes, don't you think?
Why would she not be home with a family? I had a standard poodle once, given to me by a woman whose health was failing. I already had a standard poodle, so took in Angelina too. The name means Angel, although she was far from it. Totally loving, yes, but she had so many faults, one of the biggest--digging out and running.
After the two incidents with the wolf dog, it made me think of how impossible it would be for someone to keep the animal confined in a normal yard with normal fencing. Obviously, even the higher than normal double fencing didn't keep this wolf-dog inside her pen!
So even if the wolf dog is totally good natured, there can be other problems with keeping them.
Here I am petting the wolf dog who had happily just come back from a walk, and she was very thirsty! They kept feeding her ice chips when I thought she needed a nice bowl of water. For the hot climate here, they had misters in each of the pens.
Have a super Saturday! I'm off to work! :)
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
11 comments:
WOW!! That's some Wolf Dog. Did you see poor ZooMan Thompson when you were there? He just can't keep his Wolves or Dog's in the Pens. LOL!!! He's probably a very nice guy. There's got to be a very nice female Wolf somewhere that really wants to stay with him.
Hmmm, you might have just given me an idea, Donna! LOL :)
LOL!!!
Really? I get ideas when I think about Zooman Thompson too. And They're not all repeatable. LOL:)
Too funny, Donna!!! I've had fans write that they wanted to see more of him. But I wasn't sure if they wanted to see more of him as in MORE of him or just more of him. LOL!
LOL!!! Terry, I'm sure I'm one of those fans asking for a Story about him. I just see possibilities with that Nutcase.
LOL, well, I'll have to think about that! :) I can see a story where he's caught one too many wolves....and that's his undoing!
Yep, He's gone just way too far.
You guys are too funny! It sounds like you've cooked up an idea for another story...it would be fun to read. I've always liked my heroes with a nutso/odd side to them---the ability to be a bit goofy is endearing in a man, don't you think??
I've had a dog/coyote cross, and a dog/dingo cross, and couldn't have kept either of them fenced in---I even TRIED, with the dingo cross, and it was hopeless!!! The only answer with the 1/2 coyote was to let her run free, and she stayed with us because we'd raised her, fed her, and let her have her freedom. Of course, we were then living on a tiny old mining claim in the middle of a National Forest, in the 1960's, and even our herd of 30-some goats ran wild in the forest, only coming 'home' twice a day to be milked and fed! Those were the days, and that was certainly the best life---but I'm too old to want to work that hard anymore!
Oh, yeah, Suzy, I sooo agree! It's a lot of fun to go with a character who already has somewhat of a fun past in a book or two, and then run with it. Yep, distinct possibility!
How interesting about your "dogs"! Even when they're pure bred "fancy" dogs, they can be way too wild. I can see that letting them run free would be the only way to go. And food would bring them home. How interesting about your wild early days. Hmmm...maybe werewolf roots, hmm? :)
Well, Terry, I certainly knew some people who COULD have been werewolves, or were-somethings!! I once lived on an isolated bit of heaven (also in that Nat'l Forest) where I went almost 3 months without seeing another adult human being. My then-3-year-old daughter was with me. By the time people came up to find out whether I was still there, I actually ran & hid when I first saw them---quickly came out and greeted them then, and was welcomed back into the arms of humankind! I had gotten to feel a lot like an animal, and was quite content---we had food, and could haul enough water for ourselves and the tiny garden---and the goats gave us milk and cheese, and I could have shot a deer or butchered a goat if I'd wanted to, but we had enough to eat without that.
I can really relate to the feelings that you have attributed to werewolves, when they feel their 'animal sides' come out in them. I actually think it's important for people to stay in touch with the animal inside us all---that is what we actually ARE, at basis--is animals.
oh, wow, Suzy, how utterly fascinating! :) I loved how you actually made your own goat cheese and milked the goats! I think in this day and age, so many would perish if they had to live on the wild side and didn't have their cell phones and internet and microwave meals, etc, etc!
I so agree about keeping in touch with our animal side. It's like keeping in touch with the child within--the curiosity and innocence and enjoying the small things in life that as we grow older we sometimes lose sight of. :)
And I'm thrilled you can relate to my werewolves who retain their animal instincts as they live their dual lives. It's fun showing both sides as they use them to live both as a wolf and a human. Thanks so much for sharing! Just fascinating!
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