Low rent? Drugs? Hooking up with the owner? The article says there was at least one other adult "renting a room."
Wolf/dogs can be dangerous because they retain a considerable amount of their wild instincts. Yes, they can be very lovable, too.
One day a mother wolf/dog and her pup escaped a wolf sanctuary which was about 10 miles away from where I lived. We were caring for our landlord’s turkeys, chickens and ducks until he could pick them up. The Turkeys were Royal palms, a very expensive breed. They were extremely friendly and docile, free range in our yard.
My son who was about 10 years old was out playing in the yard when mom wolf showed up to teach he child to hunt. She made the pup hide behind a hill as she scouted out the birds. I signaled to my child to hide in the hay stack.
When mom attacked the turkey, impulsively I stepped out onto the porch to yell at her to stop. It distracted her sufficiently to let go of the turkey..it got away. But she crouched to spring toward me. As I stood frozen, I heard my husband whis0er “don’t move.” The rifel barrel rested on my shoulder, the animal sprung into the air, and dropped 5 feet away from me, dead. One shot with a .22 long mag. hollowpoint.
We called the sheriff, and he notified the owner who showed up hours later. In the meantime, the pupcame along and checked out his mother. The pup was friendly. He had more dog in him than his mother, and asked in doggy way for comfort. We let him in the house.
The mother was HUGE! She was nearly 6 feet long from nose to rump, andstooda good three feet tall from paw to shoulder. She was all white. Absolutely beautiful animal.
The owner was upset when he learned she was dead and busted into the usual people don’t understand wolf-dogs yadda yadda. That is till he saw the pup snuggled up on the couch with me, and we explained the circumstances. There wasn’t much he could say after that.
I can assure you that mama didn’t spring at me for a hug and a pat. She was going for my throat. Her feet alone were nearly the size of China coffee cup saucers.
Thankfully she didn’t spot my child hidden in the hay stack.
100% true story, my own first hand account.