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... Student responds to ad for 'free puppy' and...the cute pet turns out to be a WOLF
Dailymail.com ^ | 10/12/2016 | Miranda Bryant For

Posted on 10/13/2016 5:25:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin

He came across the creature after spotting a sign on a house in Tuscon, Arizona, offering the animal free-of-charge and decided to take him home.

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As his owner was a full-time college student and had a full-time job, Neo spent extended periods of time in the backyard - from which he would often dig under or jump over the fence to play with the dogs next-door.

'He built a higher fence to help contain him, but Neo chewed through it and continued to escape,' Cate Salansky of Wolf Connection told the animal website.

Despite being initially welcoming and allowing the wild animal into their house, the neighbors became increasingly suspicious of Neo's behavior.

Eventually, they decided to take him to the Humane Society of Southern Arizona who told them that the creature was not a normal dog.

Neo not only looked like a wolf but also demonstrated the behavior of the non-domesticated animal...

The organisation's former CEO Maureen O'Nell said she told them: 'You know that isn't a dog, right?'

The couple told her that they had been 'wondering'.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: wolf
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1 posted on 10/13/2016 5:25:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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My understanding is that wolves can certainly be domesticated, but all the worst traits of “wolf-like” breeds, such as being one-man dogs, rough, prone to property destruction, running away etc., are highly pronounced.


2 posted on 10/13/2016 5:31:49 AM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

ALSO the PAC mentality may cause attacks I would think.


3 posted on 10/13/2016 5:33:55 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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4 posted on 10/13/2016 5:35:21 AM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (choo choo)
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Untamed: After becoming suspicious of his uncharacteristic behavior for a dog, the neighbor decided to take him to a sanctuary who told them that Neo was in fact a wolf

Yeah, looks like a wolf to me.

5 posted on 10/13/2016 5:40:07 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Byron_the_Aussie

Thanx.

Always good to start morning with a laugh.


6 posted on 10/13/2016 5:41:06 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

Reminds me of a kitten I got once. We got rid of it when it got bigger than our Golden Retriever.

jk


7 posted on 10/13/2016 5:41:13 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

Leaving him alone & confined to the back yard all day certainly didn’t help to domesticate him.


8 posted on 10/13/2016 5:42:02 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Byron_the_Aussie

I would think anyone from British Columbia would know a raccoon.


9 posted on 10/13/2016 5:42:06 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: nuconvert

I wouldn’t suggest doing that to any dog, but you’re right, it especially didn’t help in this particular case.


10 posted on 10/13/2016 5:46:13 AM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
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To: BenLurkin

I had a kinsman who years ago raised some of the most beautiful dogs in the area, Everyone loved to come by and pet the dogs. Kind, friendly, sweet lovable dogs.

Then one day a local newspaper had an article about his pets and how they were half wolf.
Suddenly the town went into PANIC MODE and did not quit screaming about the “dangerous” WOLVES until he got rid of them.


11 posted on 10/13/2016 5:55:58 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (HANDGUNS; You don’t need it until you need it. And when you need it you NEED IT!”)
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To: Robert DeLong

Very beautiful animal, looks like he isn’t pure wolf but maybe crossed with a dog? Either way gorgeous but I would NEVER own one. You can find plenty of dogs that look similar to a wolf but are not. Sticking with my German Shepherds...lol.


12 posted on 10/13/2016 5:56:20 AM PDT by Gennie
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“would hide in the bathroom”

Funny, when my dog moved to Arizona he started doing this too. He’d go to a certain bathroom in the basement and push the doorstop out of the way to close the door, then he would stay in there, in the dark, for hours until someone noticed he wasn’t around and let him out. I just thought he liked taking naps on the cool tile in there, but maybe he had some wolf in him :)


13 posted on 10/13/2016 5:56:30 AM PDT by Boogieman
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"Who's a good boy!? Who's a good boy!?"

14 posted on 10/13/2016 5:57:26 AM PDT by Flick Lives (Voting Trump. It is not just a vote, it is a chance to burn down the rotten Uniparty.)
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To: Flick Lives

“On King, on you huskies!”


15 posted on 10/13/2016 6:01:13 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Oil the gun, eat the cannolis, take it to the mattress.)
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To: Mr. Douglas

Did it turn out to be a cougar? No, no double meanings or sarcasm, I’m jut curious.


16 posted on 10/13/2016 6:02:45 AM PDT by libstripper (oHillary is willing to risk her own life to protect her secretive nature. She would rather go to her)
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To: Gennie
So You Want a Pet Wolf? Here’s Why You Should Probably Reconsider

But there have been people who have been successful in raising them as domestic animals.

17 posted on 10/13/2016 6:05:04 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: libstripper

You missed the “jk” at the end. :-)


18 posted on 10/13/2016 6:22:46 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

Why do people get a dog if it’s going to spend its life confined to the backyard?


19 posted on 10/13/2016 6:24:27 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: BenLurkin
You can have the black & white puppy there in the middle.


20 posted on 10/13/2016 6:29:55 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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