Do you have any wolf stories you'd like to share?

When I lived in Iowa my boyfriend brought back a wolf hybrid pup to me. She was the best friend and most loyal animal I have ever had the privilege of knowing. Her mother was german shepherd and father a timber wolf from Idaho. She was smart...hardly had to train her at all. She was instinctively protective...standing between me and the door if she sensed I was nervous about who was at the door. My boyfriend knew better than to raise his voice to me or the kids too. ;) She'd eyeball him and her hair would go up around her neck. Yet she would let the grandbabies crawl all over her and lick their faces and sniff their butts. lol She and my tom cat would chase each other round the house....but if I said something like...quit or stop...she'd immediately sit. She knew she wasn't allowed on the furniture...but one night I came in from work..about 10p and she was kicked back in the recliner...lol...sitting like she owned it - as a human sits. I said..just what do you think you are you doing? She dropped her front legs to the floor and left her butt on the chair...and I said...laughing....not good enough...and she slid her butt to the floor. All the while she appeared to be grinning. When I moved away...she had to stay in Iowa. I didn't have a place that would allow pets let alone a hybrid as large as her. The dog catcher shot her...while she was in the submissive posture out in the front yard. My son watched him do it from his car coming up the street. I cried when he called. Wolves are very intelligent creatures and capable of great loyalty to family. Leyla was family.

i have heard that wolves never attack humans but i've seen them at a distance and have to admit i was a bit scared

I haven't had any encounters, not face to face alone with one. We don't have wolves here, coyotes maybe but I have never seen one. You are lucky the wolf didn't take that as a challenge lol.

Wow! That was a close call! And to your credit good, quick thinking! We don't have wolves here. The closest call I can remember is being surrounded by a goup of angry house dogs trying to protect their territory as a friend and I were passing by.

I doubt she wanted to attack you at all. She was probably as scared as you are, thinking that you might attack she started with the defense. But yeah, good thinking on letting out a good rawr, that gave her the opportunity to escape

I personally have not had any up close encounters, but I have heard many howling just before dark while out deer hunting, many miles from civilization. While eerie, it is an awesome sound. I do know of a friend who does some trapping during the winter months in Canada, and he said he was chased by a pack of wolves once on his snowmobile. He had rounded a bend on a frozen lake and came upon a fresh kill. He figured the wolves were just protecting their food. The scariest encounter I've had though was coming upon a black bear. The curiosity got the best of him and he started to walk towards me. Instead of running, I started jumping up and down and yelling at the bear, who then took off in the other direction. I was told never to run from a black bear because they can chase you like a dog would.