Living with Wolfdogs
Hendrix 24.06.2005 - 24.02.2017 Hendrix was 'the' dog, a dog in a million and the dog that changed our world. He was our first dog, we were young (ish) and had no idea what we were doing. It didn't seem to matter though, Hendrix knew exactly how to be the …
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Back at the end of June we attended the first 'Pack Walk' in aid of Wolfdog Rescue. The walk took place in at Wimbleball Lake which is in the Southwest of the UK. It was a great place to meet as it had on site camping facilities (with no limit to the number of dogs …
I have been wanting to blog about Zephyr's progress on a weekly basis, however I just don't seem to have had a spare minute so this might be a bit of a long one! We met Zephyr on Saturday 22nd June at the Wolfdog Rescue Pack Walk that we attended with Tuchena. We had already …
Tuchena is a 'Wolfdog', (predominantly Czechoslovakian wolfdog, but there is also a bit of Saarloos in her too). The Czechoslovakian wolfdog is relatively new in the scheme of things, having been first bred in 1955 by crossing a Carpathian (not Timber) wolf with a German Shepherd with the aim of creating a dog with the obedience of a …
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For the last 24 hours the news has been full of reports of the death of a 15 year old girl; Jade Lomas-Anderson, in Wigan. Jade was attacked by dogs whilst staying at a friend's house. Jade was apparently home alone with her friends dogs at the time of the incident. The reports also state that …
Due to the recent increase in popularity of wolf type dogs, the sad but inevitable has happened. They need rescuing. They are difficult dogs to own, not only do they require an enormous amount of time, energy and effort, but they also need a different level of understanding, commitment and socialisation to ensure you have …
Tuchena was due her booster vaccinations a couple of weeks ago. In the past when I have had to take the labradors for theirs, it hasn't really required more thought than phoning the vets, making an appointment and turning up with the vaccination record. With Tuchena however, we had to give this some thought. We could probably …
