Willow Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 What really annoys me is when someone wants me to breed one of my huskies with their wolf / wolf-hybrid! haha Ditto!! Last year at a race I was watching teams go out at the start chute and I overheard a spectator say "Look at those coyotes run!!" lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Yeah we get that all the time with Kodi! We got fed up saying no she's a husky so now we say yes she's a wolf and she eats children lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistyrayn Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 i had it happen the other day.. site i was working on i was chatting to a guy who has a Malamute.. and his boss was standing there .. showing a picture on my phone of my 3 girls the guy's boss.. remarked "they are not dogs there bloody wolves".,.. hmmm like i havn't heard that one so many times before.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikaani&Aiyana Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Lol!! I always get asked by young lads if they are wolves and I simply say 'yeah course they are' just to see their faces! It brightens my day & keeps the kids away from my dogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemary Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 The other day Micah was standing in a certain position, her head held in a certain way, and I thought, 'OMG, she looks like a wolf' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueWolf Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 SolitaryHowl, every time I see your sig I somehow see this picture: Almost the same pose Although you can see really good a difference in structure. Speaking of which, I think I should actual print out a paper to let people who think they're a wolf compare huskies with wolves This is a wolf: And this is a husky: This is a wolf: And this is a husky: This is a wolf: And this is a husky: It is THAT simple! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyse Posted February 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Haha - yeah. But I'm glad to see I'm not alone in this. People really need to be educated... Don't get me wrong, I love wolves and they're probably my favourite animal, but there are lots of behaviour and physical differences between a husky and a wolf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darc-Brittany Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 I'm not going to lie, sometimes it's hard to tell if the colors are really similar to a wolf's. In films huskies are usually portrayed as wolves because who wants to train a wolf that could potentially turn? But yeah, the obvious ones are just silly. It's like walking up to someone with a great dane and asking if it's a pomeranian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyse Posted February 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 True; and for those wolves they usually use wolfdog hybrids too. Except in rare cases, like the movie Blood and Chocolate, where they use actual wolves. I know because I have the DVD with the director's commentary. And, actually, I read somewhere that Suka's colour combination is called 'Wolf Grey' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darc-Brittany Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Hybrids are scary ;__; But so cool! That one on youtube of it growling while the guy was petting it... I thought for sure it was gonna rip his head off. Nightmares much!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyse Posted February 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Yeah - haha! I've done a lot of research on wolf hybrids. They are a lot harder to train than a dog (a lot more stubborn than a husky, too!), are more dangerous (not sure whether to be a dog or a wolf) and have an extremely high prey drive. (Higher than huskies? You cannot train wolfdog hybrids to not chase after animals.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darc-Brittany Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Yeah, and for all those reasons I don't think people should be allowed to own them unless it's a very very small amount of wolf. There's a person here that owns a timber wolf/husky (I think, never saw it up close) but that thing is HUGE!! I saw it out of the corner of my eye one day as I was driving (heard people all talking about it, it's 13 years old.. 14 now), it stood at the person's waist... I'll take my curly tailed siberian over a hybrid any day <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bksheppard Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Lol when we are at the dog park a lot of people think Koda is either part wolf or a german shepherd. The other day a woman was there and she saw Silas and was like "oh my gosh, it's an albino german shepherd!" I laughed so hard I started crying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aMartyrsHeart Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 I have a timberwolf/husky. He's awesome, easily trained, great temperment, and he looks like a full blooded husky. He is big though, I think he's going to be bigger than the average husky. GOod thing he's a big teddy bear. PArtially due to being properly trained and socialized. He doesn't even chase the squirrels in the yard, he runs from them. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyse Posted February 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 hahaa - well he must be a low-content wolfdog then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazdevil Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Ha ha ha ha ha that made me laugh so loud that I woke up a VERY zonked out dog and cat! I got accused, yes accused, of letting my wolf roam free today. I took Anya to a new park and after a while on her long lead I let her off, away from the enclosed children's park, right down the other end of the park we were, in fact. Her call back was brilliant today so we ventured a little further back to the top of the park, and just as I was about to cal her back to put her lead on (home time!) a mother and two girls came out of the park. The youngest must have been about 6 or 7. Anyway, Anya runs over to play as she had been playing with my friend's daughter the day before and the daughter was LOVING the jumps and lick and business. However, this little girl backed away and Anya left her, then ran off. I was calling her but she had decided that the time for being obedient was over and it was time to be a pest. I went over and apologised and tried to grab Anya's harness, but she bolted in a big circle again. "I'm really sorry about that. (to girl) Are you ok? She's a puppy and very playful" "You should keep her on a lead!!!" "Sorry?" "On a lead, I dunno why they let dangerous dogs in parks anyway." "what makes you think she's a dangerous dog?" "She tried to maul my little girl" "If you really think that I will give you my details and you can report me to the police" "It's not right, keeping half breeds and that, it makes them mad, my mum in law's got a dog that's a half breed, nasty temper" "Half breed? She -" (Anya now under control and back on her lead) "Yeah, huskies are dogs bred with wolves! Dangerous" "Right. Firstly, my girl is a pure breed. Secondly, she's a pure breed husky and saying that a husky is a dog crossed with a wolf is like saying a dalmatian is a dog crossed with a cow! I'm sorry that she jumped up, but you are quite wrong." "Well she shouldn't have jumped" "Yes, you are right, but how CLEVER of you to argue my point with EXACTLY THE SAME POINT that she shouldn't have jumped up!" nacrkubgxmcvknah.g v\'cx/ Goddamn people. I hate em all. I had someone like that before but it was her dog that was causing the commotion in the first place! Mind you her face was familiar?????????....................THAT'S where I'd seen her!! She was that Hyena on the telly the other night where they were doing an experiment regarding a dead elephant and all who ate it She was the spitting image of the one that had it's head & shoulders stuffed up it's A*** when it's innards blew back out! Silly cow! Demon looked at me as if to say "Can I kill it? Is it getting on your t**s Dad like it is mine?" OOOOOOOOOO!! How tempting............hmmmmmm! Ah-well! Rant's over, back to normality...Lol Ian & The Ingleby Krew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aMartyrsHeart Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 I'M going to guess Hoshi is about 1/8 timberwolf. He's not a high content. I know a man that owns 2 full blooded timberwolves though. He's braver than I am, that's for sure. He swears they're good natured, but just more destructive and noisy than his full blooded huskies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darc-Brittany Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Ugh, this topic reminds me of some idiot at the dog park. We don't get many huskies around here, you see one maybe every four-five months, you see a lot of mixes though. Funny how they were everywhere when I wanted one, as soon as I get one there's none... Anyways! So this guy was at the park with his dog (can't remember what it was) my dog and his dog were running around, playing. He turns to us and asks what our dog is, we say a siberian. He's like, "Oh, you sure it's not a mix with a coyote? It's so mangy and scrawny" I could have killed him. I'm from PEI, there's TONS of coyotes there, I know what they look like. My dad hunts them with his hound dogs in the winter, grrr. I find a lot of people around here have no idea what a purebred husky looks like because there's so many mixes >_< It's a pain in the butt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Ugh, this topic reminds me of some idiot at the dog park. We don't get many huskies around here, you see one maybe every four-five months, you see a lot of mixes though. Funny how they were everywhere when I wanted one, as soon as I get one there's none... Anyways! So this guy was at the park with his dog (can't remember what it was) my dog and his dog were running around, playing. He turns to us and asks what our dog is, we say a siberian. He's like, "Oh, you sure it's not a mix with a coyote? It's so mangy and scrawny" I could have killed him. I'm from PEI, there's TONS of coyotes there, I know what they look like. My dad hunts them with his hound dogs in the winter, grrr. I find a lot of people around here have no idea what a purebred husky looks like because there's so many mixes >_< It's a pain in the butt. could have!? i WOULD have killed him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyse Posted February 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Oh yeah - people are stupid. And stubborn. And they don't want to admit they're wrong. And I also hate people who tell you how to train your dog. Or tell you the obvious like 'he shouldn't be jumping up like that!'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malamutt Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Yep, we get wolf ALLOT incluing people screaming at me people really are thick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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