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”?

Only when she's howling. I look at my cat and I see a lion. He's vicious 😄

I think you have proved my point right there. Dogs are dirty and owners such as yourself are dirtier 🤣. You should be living outside with the dog

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Sorry, I should have clarified,dogs are descendants from Pleistocene wolves which are extinct. Yes the other wolves are still very much alive

Beautiful 😍

Love the dog pics on this thread

I don’t have a dog but I do sometimes give my goldfish a long hard stare and tell him he’s a piranha. It’s mainly to give his self-esteem a
boost, he’s not actually a piranha.

Your post doesn’t make sense, it’s a complete non sequitur, which does actually prove my point.

Love seeing dogs everywhere. Mind you, more than 1 in 3 households in the UK own a dog and that number is growing Where we live I would say about 90% of households have a dog -it’s great - so you might want to steer clear of the south west. 🐶🐾🐕

No but I do look at my cat and think you're a lion.

Me to! Chickens are the best pets and love hugs

I’ve lived with Alsatians, and absolutely enjoyed the wolf like-ness of them. After all, Romulus and Remus, Jungle book…

Pet cats though, look all cute and cuddly though and pretend they have nothing to do with tigers. And then gently tread/paw you all over with their claws.

yes, I’m a dog person.

Could you do a AMA about your Wolfdog?

No but my friend who adopted a Romanian street ‘dog’ does and you can probably guess why

Gently?
Is your cat broken?

Yep. Not every day but yesterday most definitely.
the day started stupidly early with a muntjac in the garden so there starts the spooky wolf like howl.
later on a walk he decided to befriend a lovely therapy dog while we spoke to the owner. DH stupidly decided to say ‘hello’ to said dog followed by about ten seconds of fur flying, from both parties.
I just thank god that he was on a long line so was quickly pulled into control.
At That moment I could appreciate that he’s more beast than pet at times!!!
I must say this was an isolated incident thankfully.
also to add our dog goes manic with his zoomies under a full moon, ranging from impressions of horses to full werewolf mode when he points his snout to the sky and howls to the moon.

Sometimes, he's a mostly black border collie woth pointy ears rather than flopped. If he was twice his size, he'd definitely look like a black wolf.
Other dogs definitely seem to think so, he's v soft but lots of dogs react badly to him, I think, to them, he does resemble a wolf and they have an innate reaction to that.

My old female ddog reacted similarly to German Shepherds.
Not him in pic but v similar

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One of mine's a Border Collie - an outdoorsy, energetic, intelligent, all-weather, up-for-anything breed you might think.
Mine just came flying in the back door, eyes rolling and all a-tremble because he got caught by a gust of wind 🙄
When it rains he'll only go outside if i go first 😄

Wolves are not extinct.

The wolves in question are. They are the wolves that are the common ancestors of both dogs and modern wolves.

The other poster is correct. Modern dog and modern wolf are descended from a common ancestor who is very much extinct.

Whilst they have diverged from the same branch - what makes a dog a dog is the opposite of what makes a wolf a wolf, so whilst genetically they are close enough to interbreed, behaviourally they are a very long way apart even if you ignore the physiological differences.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gxew4v94wo

This is interesting and only about 12 miles from where I live. Horrible evil man he is.

No. 🙄

By the way, I know someone who had an actual, confirmed high content wolfdog. Rescued, by special license, and she lived in the middle of nowhere with a massive outdoor run for him. She loved him, but was the first to say he was a shit pet and a worse protection dog (wolves don't protect humans. They sense danger, they bolt. Only dogs that have been bred to protect humans do that). He didn't even look particularly intimidating - he was lean and rangy and medium sized not big and muscular. He never fully house trained, and may or may not come inside, depending on how he felt. But he existed, so someone had to look after him, and not many people have the appropriate setup.

Most of of us (all those who aren't African) are descended from Neanderthals - we have about one or two percent Neanderthal DNA. Neanderthals interbred with homo sapiens.

Thanks for the lesson - you read nothing of this thread then.