ruckus1837 asked:
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.
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.
Tags: Housebreaking, Malamute, Wolf
The most important advice i could give you is making sure you establish dominance so your dog will follow and respect you. I had an Akita which couldn’t be a show dog because she was long haired. If you give them plenty of love and a lot of space (property) they find enough things to occupy themselves with and let you know when they want attention. obviously you have to demand their attention and maintain discipline.
prepare yourself for slobbery fluffy wakeups early in the morning
I think that from the breeds mentioned she might not make the greatest hunter in the world, but you can train any dog to hunt. I would suggest that you make up your mind about what you want her to hunt. For a lead dog in an event as big as the Iditarod, I have no idea why someone would mix her blood, that is foolish.
Your going to have to realize that your the alfa, not she. Soon as you know this, then she will know it too. The problem is that if your going to use her as a hunting dog during bow season, she isn’t going to sit still and her scent will scare any deer near away. If you plan on leaving her at home then it might be different.
She will need lots of exercise, you can try giving her a toy that is a little larger, and just because she is biting your other dog doesn’t necessarily mean that she is being mean. That is how dogs play. Try starting her off with walking on a leash.
Above all else show her that you love her, and that your the boss. No questions asked.
Good luck
Im going through this same thing right now with my Girlfriends dog. She has an 8 month old malamute and the thing drives me nuts. It is way to aggressive towards other dogs. Its constantly challanging me for dominence, and it adds a new layer of fur to the carpet daily. As a last ditch resort to try to get along with this dog. I brought her out bird training with my pointer. She attacked my pointer and refused to give up the bird. Over the past 3 months, ive continued working with her and with lots of physical punishment, she is starting to come in line. With the aggression issue, we started feeding the two dogs next to eachother at the same time and beat the hell out her when she would snap at the other one. For bird training, she was not interested in the birds themselves but every dog has a nose and loves food, so I started putting some pheasant scent on her treats and eventually started hiding them in the weeds and then worked her up to following a scent trail 50 yards through a field. She jumped four birds last week for me. She refused to retrieve them but finding them is the hard part so at least she did that. Thick coated breeds like these dogs over heat pretty quick in warmer weather so they should only be used for cooler weather ( Im sure you know that.) For the blood trailing, do the same thing i did to train the dog to find birds. Start putting a few drops of deer blood in her food or on any treats you give her (make sure you let her smell it before she eats it.) Now, just like you were dragging estrous scent, dip a scent drag in some fresh deer blood and drag it through the woods, slowly increasing the distance from start to treat. Good luck man, I know you love your dog but if you can train a dog that is this genetically close to a wolf, your good.