Wolves in people’s houses

[DarthPaula]

Those of you with big dogs, do you ever look them in the eye and think “you’re a wolf”?

My big boy won’t go to bed without his special blanket and is scared of his own farts.

Well I sometimes look at my cats and think they're tigers! 😂 They're actually really small but sometimes they act like tigers 🐅

Yes. Especially huskies.. I mean wolves. I mean huskies. Shudder..

My boy just farted and got up, looked backwards, and walked away in disgust. With himself.

We have a wolfdog. So yeah, I sometimes do think it.

No. If I had a more wolf-like dog I might, I suppose. My big pointer who we sadly lost in October wasn't remotely wolfish. I always like gundogs best, and they have very unwolfy faces.

No but I do think, when I'm looking at her lovingly, "you'd eat me in a heartbeat wouldn't you if I died and no one came to feed you?"

My hens are definitely dinosaurs. They know it, too. It's partly why I love them.

There's a wolf down the road; she's a husky cross and remarkably gorgeous, but also looks like she could rip your throat out if she fancied it.

My choccy labs love to play tug with a blanket, taking one end each and tugging, twisting and shaking, whilst growling. I thought it was a cute game…till they did it with a squirrel one day, ripped it in half and ate half each. So yes, I’m aware their behaviours are based on those of wild animals.

I often think that’s not a dog that’s a wolf if friends post photos of husky dogs or Akitas

A bit off topic but mine will fart away quite happily but if I dare to fart anywhere except the bathroom, she's most indignant.

My late DSis used to say that dogs came in two categories, apprentice wolves and apprentice rats... she was not keen on either group.

I've had labradors for the past 40 years, usually 2 at a time.
In all that time I've had 3 who, I am quite sure, would have survived in the wild. They regularly caught, and ate rabbits, scavenged, in bins and hedgerows and two of them actually caught decent sized fish during a dip in a river.
And before the pile on starts, I did NOT 'allow' them to mooch in bins, but when you've walked them on lead for a mile into woodland, you really don't expect them to hare off to the bins in the carpark once off lead🙂
My other 5 labs were lazy buggers who were never, ever related to wolves, more likely descended from hamsters🤣

Nope.

We had a husky for over a decade... Not like other ddogs..
Me and dh actually went walking with wolves. 98%wolf.. Learnt a lot.

Mostly the difference seemed to be they didn't seek l out affection from humans. Unlike most ddogs.

I would tell the guinea-pigs they were teeny tiny capybaras (see attached photos for reference ) but their closest relative was a porcupine which completely blew their tiny rodent minds and left them whingeing for dandelions to get over the shock .

The cats are Mini Panthers and descended from Bastet the Egyptian Cat Goddess , so they don't need to be told anything .

Yes but other people’s dogs

I look into my cat’s eyes and say, your cousin is a tiger.

No, wolves are pretty intelligent my dog is a doofus. I do think my cat shares very many mannerisms with big cats. I can definitely the link there more so than the dog and wolves.

I tell my cats they’re lions/ tigers all the time.

No more than I look at my husband and think well hello there, homo heidelbergensis

Oh you are so lucky I wish I had a big house and grounds and could have a wolf dog.

I have now! Brilliant 🤩

If you don’t mind, can you describe what it’s like having a wolf dog - how do they compare to regular dogs? What breeds have you had before?

I had one who loved to be out in the snow and she’d go ahead of us, leading ‘her pack’, loping exactly like a wolf.

You could sense this was a state of dog bliss for her.

i sometimes look at my little dog and think that. He looks like a little wolf cub.