if you like.  This will be our poor attempt to give some idea what it is like to live with wolves and high % wolf dogs. 

We have mostly dealt with higher content animals so our opinions are, naturally, colored to some extent but we feel this page may help with the lower and mid content animals as well. 

If you are looking for a dog who will be content to sit on the couch and eat popcorn and watch the Saturday night movies with you and is always ready to "stay, sit, roll over and play dead", you might want to look for another breed of dog. These aren't among their long suits. They are independent, willful, destructive escape artists. 

Wolves and wolfdogs are wonderful companions for those who are willing and able to spend the time and effort to learn and do what they need on a daily basis and have the facilities to offer them the room and security the require.

These are extremely sensitive animals. Their early interaction with humans is paramount to their development and integration within the family and pack. For this reason, please be sure your breeder bottle feeds the pups and spends time socializing them from an early age.

This is only a small part of what it takes to successfully raise a social wolf pup. Even then there are no guarantees.

Chato (top, "98" % wolf) is comfortable with family members but is absolutely terrified of strangers.

MiCante Nu (center, "98" % wolf) is *very* loving with family but is aloof with strangers.

Shadow (bottom, 50% wolf) was 4 weeks old before we were able to get her out of the den her mother (AKC reg. Malamute) had dug and had her in. She took some time to socialize but she is, today, a very loving and outgoing little girl with her new family but will have nothing to do with strangers.

When you bring your new baby home, please remember, this is a baby. He/she will need constant attention, care and supervision. If you have a demanding career, (i.e. traveling, long hours at the office, loads of work that must be finished at home) please don't try to bring a new wolfdog pup into your life at this time. You and the pup will both suffer and in the long run, the association probably won't be a satisfactory one for either of you and may lead to the animal having to be placed elsewhere as he/she gets older.