Quote Originally Posted by Twisterdog View Post

It always just infuriates me to hear people say, "Ooooh, I love wolves. They are so cool. I can relate to wolves, they are my favorite animal. I want to own one." What?? If you love, admire and respect a wild animal, what in the world would you want to take one from its natural environment, cage it, and try to make it into a domestic animal? We already have a domestic canine ... it's called a dog.
I completely agree. I LOVE wolves...they have been my favorite animal since I was a young child. I used to dream of having a wolf as a pet. But I realized that wolves are wild animals and its not right to try to make them into a pet, they are better off in their natural environment. I do not agree with anyone breeding wolves or wolf-hybrids for pets, so no I do no think that or any other breeder is reputable. There are a few people (like Glacier) that are capable of handling a wolf-hybrid, but your average person is not, and that is generally who are aquiring these animals...people that have no idea how to handle them.

Honestly I have met several wolf hybrids and they all have been wonderful animals, but they all were owned by people who know how to handle them. I've (obviously) gone with siberian huskies as they are more like wolves than most dogs. I still wonder about having a wolf hybrid one day...but it would only be if I had a lot of land and time to work with one, and it would be a rescued one that was in need of a home...I would not support anyone breeding them.

I don't know if its legal here or not, but I see wolf-hybrids advertised in the classifieds all the time. They sell to anyone who will pay the price they are asking. I've groomed a few low content wolf-hybrids too.