My Decker was about 9-10 weeks old when we finally discovered him and trapped him. He was at least semi-feral but as wild as he seemed to me I think he was just right out feral. I thank the vet tech who worked with him when we had him neutered. My plan was to neuter him and release him back out into the yard with his feral momma (we had her spayed at the same time) but Whitney the vet tech worked with him while he was coming out of sedation and got him used to being touched. From that point I was able to work with him, along with the help of his sibling Moxie we had found weeks earlier, and now two years later he's a sweet guy. He's still timid and scares easily but he does love his petting. It just breaks my heart to think he would have probably been put down if I had taken him to the shelter.