I have an 8 week old female wolf hybrid pup (Arctic, Timber wolf, Malamute, Aussie Shepherd, Husky mix). She’s doing really great right now with housebreaking and I’m in the process of teaching her that my other older dog is NOT her chew toy (he won’t take up for himself…). She’s not all that hyper right now, likes to play but sleeps most of the time. I know she’ll need lots of exercise when she gets older and was wondering if she might make a good hunting dog. I was thinking of using her as a tracker for when I bow hunt or to dig out groundhogs. Her family has a lot of workers in it; dad is a full Aussie Shepherd who works a cattle farm, grandmother was lead dog in 2 Iditarod races, and her mother also works cattle. I want to make sure she has plenty to do as she gets older so I don’t have aggression problems with her. This is my first wolf dog and I’m just trying to get some ideas on how to keep her occupied once the wolf in her starts to kick in.
She has been sleeping in the bed with me and my other dog, but since I’m having trouble with her harassing him, she’s going in her kennel at night until she learns better. She was one of the more submissive pups out of the litter.
Crossing Loki’s (my pup) mom with an Aussie wasn’t intentional; her mom’s owner was going to breed the mother with an Arctic wolf, the Shepherd just got there first. Loki’s mother is really more of a pet than anything… she sleeps inside most nights.
I was thinking of training Loki to track blood trails in case I shot a deer and couldn’t find it on my own. She might make a good rabbit dog too… but I’d need to teach her to not eat the rabbit after she got it.
Thanks in advance to those who are actually trying to help me out; people on the Pets forum just tell me that i’m a gullible twit for getting this dog and that she’s basically not worth the dirt she walks on. Some people would rather be ignorant than try and understand something.

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