if you're talking about a single wolf being plucked from the wild and introduced into your home, bad idea, even if it's a pup when you catch it. You're probably looking at at least 30 generations of selective breeding for temperament before you would have a creature that was not simply a wild feral beast roaming about your house waiting for you to fall asleep so it could eat you. There has been an experiment in russia with silver foxeswhere they sought to see how quickly they could be domesticated, whichran over for 40 generations and produced some fairly good results.
Some people will try to tell you yes, some will give you a flat no. I owe you and the animal that I love a better explanation.
The short answer is no, but it is a little more complicated than that. The reason wolf sanctuaries are often so full (especially private run ones) is because people have attempted to domesticate a wolf and couldn't handle it and either gave them up willingly, abandoned them or had them retrieved by some authority form.
Wolves are not vicious creatures, at all. But if they are cooped up in a house or in a small yard, they will become destructive. And if you corner them, they may try to defend themselves. They are wild animals with primal tendencies that cannot be wringed out of them, even if you "domesticate" several generations of them.
You CAN have a wolfDOG as a pet, which has a small enough wolf blood quantum and at least three generations of domestication and breeding for selection of "pet" traits.
But please, for the sake of the animal, do not try to raise a pure wolf pup as a dog.
Dogs are the domesticated result of a wolf. If you are interested get a dog that retains some of a wolf's physical features.
Foxes are actually in the process of domestication, as some peoples want to replicate what happened with wolf domestication. I suggest you look into that...
Domesticated wolves are called dogs. You can get them in a number of places.
Wolves are not pets. You can tame them to an extent, but they will still be wild.
Wolf dogs are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get. Especially because lots of breeders will lie about the percentage of their wolf content. They could totally tame and dog-like, or they could end up being unpredictable and wild.
A domesticated wolf would essentially be a dog (there would probably be a slight difference), that's where dogs came from. But you can have a wolf as a pet, most states require a special permits or licenses to own one, typically a breeders license/permit, However some states do not require one.
They could possibly be tamed if they were to be raised properly by people from a very young age, but I would totally advise against this. Wolves are wild animals. I know that dogs and cats were once wild as well, but they are not wild anymore. Also, if you look into why they came to be with us in the first place, some of the explanations for this would have actually benefitted them as well.
Wolves deserve to either be in the hands of those who have studied them for years and are able to handle and care for them properly, such as those who care for them professionally in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries, or, better still, out in the wild.
These animals are large, wild carnivores that generally live in packs and can be very dominant. They also prefer to be able to roam in their natural habitats or in realistic replicas of them. If you were to try to keep a wolf as a pet without the proper knowledge, money, equipment and land needed in order to handle and care for them properly, the result could be tragic for both you and your wolf friend.
If you want a wolf get a wolf hybrid, thats what i want :) they look exactly like wolves. However they are quite hard to handle because they are part wolf and need a HUGE amount of exercise and socialisation as puppies. You should google about Wolf hybrids so that you get a better understanding of them and how to care for them properly. google image them and see how much they look like wolves ;) Also i advise you to research wolf behavior, how they socilise with each other and how they communicate go onto youtube and watch 'A man amongst wolves shaun ellis' he lives with a pack of wolves and it is very interesting to watch and you will learn a lot about wolves :)
Wolves are wild animals. They can't be truly tamed or domesticated at all. They have well known for turning on their owners and killing them. Same for wolf dogs. They are well known for attacking their owners since they are unpredictable
Wolves are indeed diffucult to tame.If you want one you want to have a way of saying im the leader of the pack not you.You also dont want to leave them by thmselves longer than 3 days or it will establish it self as leader thats not good at all if I were you I would get a young wolf do your research or get a hybrid wolf and other breed.
Yah, I used to want one too. But they won't be happy if you just have one (since they are pack animals). They can't be completely domesticated, and need a very large enclosure. Plus you need a permit. But you could always get a wolf dog (has to be less than 50% wolf to not have a permit)
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they have been, we call them dogs.
if you're talking about a single wolf being plucked from the wild and introduced into your home, bad idea, even if it's a pup when you catch it. You're probably looking at at least 30 generations of selective breeding for temperament before you would have a creature that was not simply a wild feral beast roaming about your house waiting for you to fall asleep so it could eat you. There has been an experiment in russia with silver foxeswhere they sought to see how quickly they could be domesticated, whichran over for 40 generations and produced some fairly good results.
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Some people will try to tell you yes, some will give you a flat no. I owe you and the animal that I love a better explanation.
The short answer is no, but it is a little more complicated than that. The reason wolf sanctuaries are often so full (especially private run ones) is because people have attempted to domesticate a wolf and couldn't handle it and either gave them up willingly, abandoned them or had them retrieved by some authority form.
Wolves are not vicious creatures, at all. But if they are cooped up in a house or in a small yard, they will become destructive. And if you corner them, they may try to defend themselves. They are wild animals with primal tendencies that cannot be wringed out of them, even if you "domesticate" several generations of them.
You CAN have a wolfDOG as a pet, which has a small enough wolf blood quantum and at least three generations of domestication and breeding for selection of "pet" traits.
But please, for the sake of the animal, do not try to raise a pure wolf pup as a dog.
Dogs are the domesticated result of a wolf. If you are interested get a dog that retains some of a wolf's physical features.
Foxes are actually in the process of domestication, as some peoples want to replicate what happened with wolf domestication. I suggest you look into that...
Domesticated wolves are called dogs. You can get them in a number of places.
Wolves are not pets. You can tame them to an extent, but they will still be wild.
Wolf dogs are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get. Especially because lots of breeders will lie about the percentage of their wolf content. They could totally tame and dog-like, or they could end up being unpredictable and wild.
A domesticated wolf would essentially be a dog (there would probably be a slight difference), that's where dogs came from. But you can have a wolf as a pet, most states require a special permits or licenses to own one, typically a breeders license/permit, However some states do not require one.
They could possibly be tamed if they were to be raised properly by people from a very young age, but I would totally advise against this. Wolves are wild animals. I know that dogs and cats were once wild as well, but they are not wild anymore. Also, if you look into why they came to be with us in the first place, some of the explanations for this would have actually benefitted them as well.
Wolves deserve to either be in the hands of those who have studied them for years and are able to handle and care for them properly, such as those who care for them professionally in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries, or, better still, out in the wild.
These animals are large, wild carnivores that generally live in packs and can be very dominant. They also prefer to be able to roam in their natural habitats or in realistic replicas of them. If you were to try to keep a wolf as a pet without the proper knowledge, money, equipment and land needed in order to handle and care for them properly, the result could be tragic for both you and your wolf friend.
If you want a wolf get a wolf hybrid, thats what i want :) they look exactly like wolves. However they are quite hard to handle because they are part wolf and need a HUGE amount of exercise and socialisation as puppies. You should google about Wolf hybrids so that you get a better understanding of them and how to care for them properly. google image them and see how much they look like wolves ;) Also i advise you to research wolf behavior, how they socilise with each other and how they communicate go onto youtube and watch 'A man amongst wolves shaun ellis' he lives with a pack of wolves and it is very interesting to watch and you will learn a lot about wolves :)
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Wolves are wild animals. They can't be truly tamed or domesticated at all. They have well known for turning on their owners and killing them. Same for wolf dogs. They are well known for attacking their owners since they are unpredictable
Wolves are indeed diffucult to tame.If you want one you want to have a way of saying im the leader of the pack not you.You also dont want to leave them by thmselves longer than 3 days or it will establish it self as leader thats not good at all if I were you I would get a young wolf do your research or get a hybrid wolf and other breed.
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Yah, I used to want one too. But they won't be happy if you just have one (since they are pack animals). They can't be completely domesticated, and need a very large enclosure. Plus you need a permit. But you could always get a wolf dog (has to be less than 50% wolf to not have a permit)