vickles

OMG, Jonny, leave it to you to bring up about mounting......

We named the dog Junior. He was suppose to be a junior to our malamute/wolf. The name for him was Fang but we got to calling him Monster Pup as he had to be the biggest dog I had ever seen.

I'm thinking about getting another one as its gotten hard for him to play with the shih tzu's. He has to lay down and paw at them. He is very thoughtful on not to hurt them.

I'm sorry Jonny!! I wasn't saying I was against the electric fence idea. It might work. I was just making a comment that the wolf/malamute I had, it wouldn't have done nothing for him.

Hey Ron, I had to use the alpha techique again today. I hadn't done it for a long time. My wolf/shepard seemed a lot more calm the rest of the day and evening. We are thinking about getting a couple of pig troughs as we can't keep him watered when he is outside (we have him outside most of the day and bring him in at different times for socialization. We also have him inside at night.). He loves to chew and spill the water on purpose.

Hey Ron, I'm wondering if there is any way you can post a pic of him? I would really love to see him. It sounds like he looked a lot like mine did. Thanks!!!!!!

Electric shock never did any good for my big wolf dog. In fact I think he may have enjoyed it except of course when he got hit by lightening. :( :(

I lost a lot of money when he decided to chew on the cord of my deep freezer that was out on the back porch. He must have had one powerful shock, but it didn't deter him. If you have a zoo near by it might be helpful to ask them if you can get a lion or tiger's urine. What you do is spread it around your yard line to mark the territory. I never have done this but have been told it really works. I'm thinking that their waste would work too as it would be easier to get than urine.

I'm so glad Ron that you are going to work with your wolf dog. I don't recommend anyone breeding these kind of animals as its not fair to them but if they are already there they can be a lot of work and fun. Word Wolf had really good advice. Read up on everything you can get your hands on about wolves. You will learn a great deal on how to handle him and how they are in wolf packs for you and your family. Really, to him your his family and you and your family are part of the pack.

I'm still amazed on how beautiful these animals are and have learned to respect and love them. A lot of whats been said about these animals (not here but out in the world) is because we grew up thinking about the big bad wolf, like Little Red Riding Hood, etc. So, a lot of people are afraid of them and if people don't understand them, they tend to be afraid of the unknown. Human nature, I guess.

I've often wondered why in the Bible they use the wolf as an example (wolf in sheep's clothing) as being bad. I wonder if that is man's interpretation of that and put in there.

My dog that was killed by lightening last year was a malamute/wolf cross. Beautiful, beautiful dog.

First of all wolves and wolf hybrids are pups a lot longer than you would think. They stay a pup for at the very least 2 years. If he is male I highly suggest that you have him neutered. These kinds of dogs are very hard to train but well worth it once they get older.

I don't know about the killing fresh meat. Mine never did that. In fact he would lay and watch all the animals. Most of the time wolves are very shy and very pack oriented.

As far as the alpha thing you need to let him know that you are the alpha. How you do this is by taking him by the neck (not rough but with a strong hand) and flip him around where he is laying and his tummy is on the upside. It will need to be more than once because he may try again. The reason you do this is that since you are part of the pack in his eyes you need to let him know like they do in regular packs. They will bite the other's neck and flip them to the ground. Malmamute and wolf are a very hard combination but very very beautiful and since they are so very very big they can be kind of scarey. Don't ever let him see the fear. Then he begins to be the alpha.

I agree, he really needs to be fed a lot more. That may be the reason of killing for fresh meat. As someone said before this kind of combination, they tend to get bored very easy. I suggest getting super big bones or something for him to chew on. Mine loved plastic buckets. We never could use them in the yard for water as he would immediately play with it.

As I said, it will be well worth your effort to use these and other's ideas. When he gets older you will definitely see the difference. Its a matter of waiting.

Right now, I have a 93% timber wolf with the rest being german shepard along with my shih zhus. I wouldn't trade any of them for anything. They are all wonderful!!!!

There are also support groups online for people like us that have these beautiful animals. Its great to learn and get the support from everyone. If you would like to get one of the groups addy let me know and I will give it to you.

And so am I. Prayers and well wishes for you both. Felix I really am praying that everything is going well for you!!!!! There is not a day that passes that I'm not thinking of you!!!

George, you are not old!!!! Ok, so you can barely walk or remember things. Everything is going to gravity. Thats the fun of living in the twilight years.....

My words of wisdom here is.....you make what you want out of life. If you think this is it and nothing will be happy again then so be it.

I know I started a relationship later in life and I don't really believe in "love" like the romance novels but I do beleive that you can have a best friend and companion. And I have to say that not everything is about good sex either. Or beauty. As we get older who cares if someone is good looking or not? (well, I wouldn't want someone that slobbers all over the place though either....hehe) Its whats on the inside of that person that is so important.

When I divorced and was alone for a couple of years I hated to be by myself. I tried everything to have people around me. And always felt like the fifth wheel, until I started really getting to know me for me. What did I want out of this life? Then I started enjoying being by myself. And that is when I met Bob. The most kind and generous person I know. We were just friends at first. Never thought it would turn to love. But it was a growing love. I don't think I would have appreciated him if I didn't have that growing and alone time.

Take it as a learning time. But, George it can get better!!!!!

me too every day

Me too, am praying and thinking of you each and every day!!! Truly, my heart and prayers are with and for you both!!!!

Since I'm now living in Colorado I thought I would bring this to the top. Interesting to see who would be in this area.

Love this 60-70 degree weather. I'm so glad to be out of Minnesota.....

Dearest Dot,

Please know that I'm praying for you and thinking of you. If you want you are more than welcome to e-mail me. You were there for me when I had a scare and other things and know that I am there for you too.

Wow Jim, that is pretty great!!! I love that show. Too bad he wasn't all that interested. It would have been great to hear more about him. But I guess it goes along with show biz.

I'm thinking if you emailed me your address, you might just find a box of them on your doorstep one day before Christmas. :)

Abi,

You better be careful about what you say, you may have an enormous amount of e-mails with their addresses here.....

Thankful for being alive and healthy and surrounded by a family.

Vickles: What's up with the avatar? That's almost as scary as Excie's last month.

Oh John, my feelings are so hurt.....lmao

I'm thankful for my pretty little house, Bob, my children and at last to find out what happiness is all about in my fifties..... :o I'm very thankful to find that happiness and pray that others do also.

I used to think it was about what I had. I had to have a beautiful big house and lots of money but now I find its about love, family, a roof over our heads and food to eat. What more could we want?

aaawwww shucks you guys Hello are you there?

Shell How could you start Christmas before Thanksgiving?

Lets have a toast!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to you Paw and all the others out there!!!!

Hey Paw, what happened to the pretty background that you did at Thanksgiving before?

Happy Birthday Jon!!!!

Hope you have a great birthday and many years to come.

My heart is with you all as you go through this process. I am glad to hear that Felix is has different routes to go and that the alternative seems to be the best fit. I have heard of good results from doing this.

Love you, Felix and praying for you daily!!!

Hey Tom,

I'm actually getting a tan all over if you know what I mean...

I still love it here. It is ssssoooo beautiful!!!!! And warm!!!!!!!

My ID still hasn't shown up. UGH... Thank goodness for mothers. She is sending me my birth certificate to start all over.

Thanks!!!

Its so breath taking beautiful here. I've never seen the skies so blue. They say its because of the altitude. The weather has been in the seventies. I noticed that Minnesota had snow today..... So glad I'm not there. Ha!!

The people are very friendly. I think I'm starting to enjoy the job. Lots of politics going on but hey what office job is there without it?

We love our new house. We bought it site unseen. We had a friend look at it before we bought it. We totally made the right decision.

Ok now about getting married. I was suppose to get married November 15th. But guess what? I lost all my ID on the trip. I have no idea what happened to it. So now we will have to wait until I can get some proper ID. Now after all this time of waiting for him to propose and I don't have ID. I just don't get it. LOL

I'm trying to add a pic so we shall se how this turns out. This is my wolf dog after he ran away on the trip. As you can see he was pretty tired.

Well you know Froggy, he comes first in my life. He is very good to me and I couldn't leave him behind. He sat on my right shoulder the whole time....

oh who cares what people are saying about Joyce Meyers. She is wonderful and very healing. I'm so glad Dot that you were able to attend. Please share more of what went on and what she taught on. Would love to know as would some of the others.