Daisy- The Wolf That Thinks She's a Dog...

Posted by jennifer on October 25, 2006 in Mission Wolf.

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Wow. What a day... Yesterday I tried to take a short cut up here and it turned out to be a long cut instead. What should have taken three hours turned into six. I didn't arrive last night until almost 9 p.m. I had to pitch my tent, feed my dogs, etc. Oh yea- I forgot to mention that I brought my three German Shepherds along this trip. I'm interested in observing if they will learn to howl from the wolves and their interaction with a wolf fence to fence. If you take three domestic dogs of various age and sex who have never been around wolves before, what will happen? Today we put my dogs in an enclosure next to Daisy- the wolf that thinks she's a dog. They had never seen a wolf before and as curious as they were, daisy was as well. When she showed her teeth to them, the dogs responded by barking. As the day went on and they got to know each other, Daisy took a clear likning to Elvis- my young intact male. She definetly wanted to play with him and was so happy to have a few dogs around her. Would she do better with a dog as a paired up partner than a wolf? Maybe so. As you may remember when I left last time, we moved Daisy next to Merlin in his enclosure. Daisy was flirting through the fence and this frustrated Merlin. After a while, he broke through the guillotine and tried to mount her. She didn't like that and gave him a good bite under his eye which turned into an infection. She wants so badly to be social but doesn't seem to know the proper protocal. She's very submissive to humans.
Last night my dogs heard the wolves howl for the first time. They weren't sure what it was and they looked perplexed. Elvis whinned a little but as far as being vocal, that was about it.
Well, I have a massive headache so I'm going to retire early...
Good night & be well,
Jennifer

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