Well, I definitely got some flames shot my way. One thing that cracked me up a little bit, was people trying to make me feel bad or embarrassed about living in S Cali. Sorry, I quite happy to live a literal stone's throw from the pacific. The landscape is beautiful, the weather is beautiful, and the women are even more beautiful than both put together. Our gun laws suck, but I do vote religiously, and try to change that. At the same time, I know plenty of gun fans (even nuts) around here.
Besides that, I think I was clear, and my comments were misconstrued. I think this woman did the right thing, by shooting these wolves, if they threatened her. My girlfriends brother in law has had a problem with a pack of dogs in his neighborhood (domesticated house-dogs that pack up and get vicious? no way!). I told him he should arm himself. Any animal that attacks a human being, should be taken out, or taken care of. It's the later posts, acting as if wolves were vicious animals just waiting to kill people. All of you have read plenty of propaganda about guns, and how dangerous they are. You know better, so why the double standard when it is something you know nothing about? You fear an animal you have no experience with. I have a lot of experience with them. Don't believe the sensational crap!
All dogs can be wild. All wolves can be wild. If they are domestic, and heavily socialized, they are safe (most of the time, depends on the dog). Thing about wolves is, they are confident animals, and guess what? family oriented. Dogs like pitts and rotts are very skiddish, and therefore often bite out of fear. Wolves are not fearful around their 'pack' (me and my family). They don't do tricks, and they like to sleep outside, but are the tamest dogs I have ever met. One of my wolves, I used to do taming trick. I held a piece of steak in my fingers, let her put my hand in her mouth, and made her stay still till I said ok. She would then use her tongue to dislodge the raw meat. Yes, some people would cringe a bit (this was a big dog, with really big teeth) bit she never so much as knicked me. Wolves only hunt with their teeth, they fight with their paws, which no other dogs but hybrids do. When other dogs have come after my wolves, my girls would bat them down with their paws, every time others lunged, and then pinned them. They were very effective. My wolves only bit 2 things, rodents and chickens, but they ate them afterwards, and I cannot well blame them for eating a chicken while grilling up some hot wings!
Really, wolves are similar to dogs, if anything they are safer. They keep their cool, where as many freak out if things are out of the ordinary.
Yes, I was offended about people who have never lived with a wolf, start preaching about how wolves are.
Even in the wild, there has NEVER been a proven wolf attack in North America. EVER! hell even deer attack people every so often. I've even had geese attack me at the local park!There was one case in canada a few months ago. I talked to many people in the area. They did not believe wolves were responsible, they blamed packs of wild dogs (from surrounding communities) that had threatened many people in the area for a long time. There was one article that said it might have been wolves, that was it. A few others said it was a bear. Nobody knows.
I have loved every dog I have owned, dearly, but the wolves were the magic animals. They had a spirit like no dog ever could.
One other great plus, wolves don't bark, only kind of grumble or howl. No complaints from the neighbors! They are a true FAMILY member. Labs and such are nice, always happy to see you, and always at your feet, they are a fun. Working dogs, great help, and also great companions, but a wolf, is a family member in a larger way. I'm probably also a bit biased right now, since I just recently put down the best dog I ever had, who was a beautiful female grey wolf named Denali. I miss her, and have never met a dog like her, and I've had a lot of them.
