Just saw a wolf in my yard!

[Emeraldgreen]

We have wolves on the island I live on in B.C. and I have never seen one until about an hour ago. I was upstairs and heard both my dogs barking in the way that means 'something' is in the yard. Even Finnigan was barking and he is half Basenji (barkless) which he almost never does so I knew it was something of great interest.
I raced to the window thinking it might be a bear and I saw a tall, beautiful wolf bound over to my dogs (who were in their large fenced in dog area).
They were all wagging their tails and sniffing noses through the fence.
I freaked out and ran down the stairs and yelled to my husband and we both were outside a few seconds later. The wolf took off.



I was so excited to see it but I was more nervous for my dogs because there is a pack of wolves in my area that has been attacking and killing dogs.
Two of my coworkers dogs have been attacked by wolves. One, just a few weeks ago and thankfully they were right there and managed to get their dog back, though she had about 800.00worth of surgery afterward. The other dog, Molly was being walked by my coworkers husband on a trail, just as they always did. Molly (a black lab cross) was making these yipping sounds as she liked to do. He said that he heard the pack of wolves up ahead on the trail making the same sounds back to Molly and knew that they were trying to draw her closer. He tried to stop Molly but she ran right to them. He tried everything he could, throwing sticks and rocks but it was a whole pack and he couldn't stop them. It was 3 hours later before he could carry Molly's body out of the woods.

This is Molly:


Another dog was killed a few months ago at the end of my street. He was a beagle and his owner had died a few months before that. He was being cared for by his mother and they saw the wolves take the beagle down in their yard. At least the dog and his owner are together now.

About a month ago a couple were walking their small terrier on a street a few miles from me and the wolves came right out and attacked the little dog who was on a leash! They were able to get the dog away and scare off the wolves but that dog also had surgery.

I don't think the wolves could jump the fence that keeps my dogs in but I was and am nervous when we bring our dogs into the house from their area. And my husband takes the boys for multiple walks a day around the property off leash but I think that's going to stop.

This wolf was truly beautiful. Tall and white/grey with bits of orange flashing. I won't soon forget it.

Thanks for reading!

[Taz_Zoee]

Oh my, I did get tears in my eyes reading the events that have taken place in your area.
I guess wolves do not attack people? That would have me traumatized for life if I ever saw a dog or any animal being attacked like that right in front of me.
I hope your doggies stay safe.

[Karen]

In general a healthy wild wolf will not attack or even approach a human.

I am glad your dogs were safe, and all that tail wagging may have convinced the wolf "we are friends!" But I am sure the fence had more to do with their safety!

[Emeraldgreen]

In general a healthy wild wolf will not attack or even approach a human.

I am glad your dogs were safe, and all that tail wagging may have convinced the wolf "we are friends!" But I am sure the fence had more to do with their safety!

Yes, it does seem to be the case that they are not interested in us humans. I sure am thankful for the fenced area we built for our dogs when we moved here. We got is set up for them even before we unpacked our boxes.
The cat enclosure was set up after that. We do have one cat, Sneakers who goes outside and always has but I need to start keeping her in. The wolves have also taken cats so we need to be wary of this as well.

E.T.A. I found a picture of Molly that my coworker printed off and gave to me a few months ago and scanned it and added it to the first post. She was 7 years old and very sweet.

[pomtzu]

That event must have been beautiful, yet freightening, at the same time. I think I would be paranoid about the dogs being outside after something like that. And those poor other not so lucky pooches - how tragic! Do you think now that you're seeing them, that it's due to an increased population, or maybe a dwindling food source?

[ramanth]

I think the wolf that attacked Glacier's dogs jumped a fence, so I would still be cautious.

I'm sure it was quite an experience! Glad the dogs are okay. So very sad that many in the area were not so lucky.