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So, that's an interesting assessment. Our Malamute, Bixby, is often the sheriff with the wolves. He knows the rules of the house and enforces them aggressively. He's also a huge tattletale. Lol In a situation like the one in this video, he understands that it's not his job to intercede. He has confidence that I'll either work it out or get eaten. Either way, it's not his problem.

Lol

​@@OliverTheWolfGuy He will rule eventually he is smarter and is hanging back as the baby..

​​@@OliverTheWolfGuy I am in Australia and am about to get the licence to hold these, BUT I only need 1 to begin classes for disabled, Can you please offer a Suitable centre to Contact for a great cub

A had a great Dane walk upto me a couple of months back and it was like a pony

Funnily enough, wolves used to be bigger before the industrial age. Smaller and more skittish wolves survived and bigger and more violent wolves were hunted to near gene extinction.

They're practically as large as grizzlies and those suckers are huge!

@@Konig141 This is a joke right?

​@@cdogthehedgehog6923 The same happened to 🐅 tigers in India.

Of this, there is no doubt. Part of the protocol we prefer to use when adding another animal to our household is to acquire them very early, generally when they're still on the bottle, so we achieve a particularly strong bond. It is essential that our animals trust us completely in order for us to accomplish our objectives.

@@OliverTheWolfGuy So right! No slacking on the pups 🐶

Shes the domimanat animal..I prefer to have a dominant female then a male

You nicknamed my daughter after the Loch Ness Monster??!?!!?!!?

That’s exactly what’s going on right? I’ve seen twilight.

LOL YOU'RE TOO FUNNY I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING! 😂

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....just not a restraining order in the familiar sense. EVERYONE E V E R Y W H E R E will need to file a restraining order just wherever this man goes with his lady "owner:" 'You see my man; I see you looking at my man. _NOW YOU _*_D E D D ! !_* 🤣🤣🤣

She loves me more than my mom does. So, there's that.

@@OliverTheWolfGuy Jesus, man. You alright?

Must be vegan wolves 🐺 🥦 😅

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Hilarious!!!😂

She always picks me. I'm her human through and through. My wife will tell anyone that asks that this wolf loves me more than she does, more than even my mother does. There is no love like the love of a wolf. They are some of the most highly sentient emotional creatures on earth.

​@@OliverTheWolfGuyagreed. I want to pet one so badly but we have next to none in the UK and I'm not travelling abroad bc of how I am, I couldn't cope.

​@@OliverTheWolfGuy she is the alfa female.. So you are her male... the rest should keep distance as long as she is near you.. Well in her mind...

@@mereyemsuzanne8635, I wrote about this topic on Quora. Here's the link www.quora.com/How-does-Oliver-Starrs-wife-discipline-a-wolf-if-shes-not-alpha-female/answer/Oliver-Starr?ch=17&oid=5109444&share=7f004b16&srid=hda&target_type=answer

@@OliverTheWolfGuy thank youuuuuuuu very much

That’s a bit of a misconception actually. Wolves are incredibly skittish and naturally avoidant of new people/things, they’re definitely not guard dogs; if an intruder did come, the wolves would most likely keep a wide distance 😅

@@QB_L My wolfhybred 80%+ ran off trespassers/attempted burglars all the time and even bit one as he was running away. I would assume if they actually got in the house and he found them they would be dead.

@@QB_L it really depends upon the personality of the animal and the nature of the interaction. I've had wolves respond very aggressively to unfamiliar people that they didn't trust, whereas other wolves made themselves scarce. However, my fencing, cameras, no trespassing signage, and seeing large animals on the other side of the fence are all pretty significant deterrents to trespassers or thieves.

​@QB L My hubby, my brothers, and uncle have all been hunted by wolf packs as they were hunting for deer, elk, and moose throughout their hunting careers. And I love wolves, but I have heard some scary stories! This guy's a badass to be able to live with a pack!

@@OliverTheWolfGuy hungry wolf ~> you dead Well fed wolf inside a home ~> runs away.

Real talk, he was tasting him

This is f'ing vile.

@@zeraora2607 how it is vile, a wolf accepting you is an amazing thing.

​@@MrOrcshaman and give you death after that

AND humans typically do NOT love like animals do. Typically there is always a selfish agenda in the background that prevents humans from fully committing their entire self in sacrifice for love. It is sad. Animals only want to be loved.

We all want to be loved and paid attention to. We want our caretakers to spend time with us. Love is everything !

Nope. Humans have Animal emotions…animals were here 1st

It's hard to train a wolf to do anything. They're way smarter than dog. Dog brain stops developing around 2 months. At this point both wolf and dog brains are somewhat equal, but henceforth, the wolf brain keep growing. You have better luck training a cat. lol

@@willek1335 it's not that they aren't trainable. They can learn to do almost anything. The problem is motivating them to do some thing they already know how to do. I like to say they're my teammates, not my inmates. There's also a saying that I appreciate. Lions may be the king of the beasts, but you don't find wolves in the circus.

​@@OliverTheWolfGuy I love that saying. Be safe while interacting with them. New sub here, but please don't let me see you get hurt. I've seen what one ordinary house cat can do, so I cannot imagine what those wolves could do.

@@inquisitivesoutherntara6997, we are always mindful of the possibility of injuries. I do get nipped from time to time, but the only serious injury I've ever sustained was from an animal I did not raise from birth. You might find it surprising, but wolves rarely injure their family members. Their aggression is generally reserved for unfamiliar wolves or, in my case, other dogs.

When you are literally loved to death 😨

@@magnificentmuttley154 I often tell people she loves me so much, she'd eat me before she'd share me.

@@OliverTheWolfGuy If I ever have a panther or a puma for a friend someday, then I can honestly say "Right on. You & me both, man" 😸🐯🐺🎱🤕 😸💦 !

You can read my account but how I fell in love with wolves and came to work with them here: www.quora.com/How-did-Oliver-Starr-get-a-wolf/answer/Oliver-Starr?ch=17&oid=9453429&share=bfe15ce4&srid=hda&target_type=answer

@@OliverTheWolfGuy Thank you! XOXO wolves

Uh, I got a pretty GOOD PERCEPTION when HE STOOD UP!! LOL

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This is a fairly adequate logic 🤣 I agree

Alpha wolves don't exist. The researcher who published the report that coined the term later discovered his error and has spent decades trying to correct the record but people latched onto the idea of an "alpha male"

@@gloatinglizard1, some don’t believe there is a hierarchy. That’s their choice. Wolves are a pack and there is a hierarchy whether some believe or not. You go right ahead and believe what you want. It’s your choice, but there are conflicting evidence as to who is or is not correct in this. This adds to the confusion. Opinions vary.

The white animal is an Arctic wolf. www.worldwildlife.org/species/arctic-wolf

@@OliverTheWolfGuy DAMN. It must have been a husky I don't think a wolf would be friendly enough to walk up to me and pet it

​@@andrewsmithers2049 Sounds like a White Husky or a Swiss Shepherd. those breeds look like arctic wolves.

Well, I haven't been in the obituary section yet and I've had wolves for 35 years. I suppose someday someone might eat me, but not these guys. Honestly, I think I have more to fear from my wife!😅

@@OliverTheWolfGuy I stand corrected! I am just a animal lover who would give anything to pet those beautiful animals.

Mouth-licking is how wolves greet & how they express affection. You cannot build trust with them, & be accepted as Pack, without pushing past the ick-factor & just letting them do it. If you don't, you're basically spurning their handshake; it hurts their feelings - + it will shut down bonding early on, + creates distance in the relationship if one is already established. All lupine behaviouralists will tell you the same. He's interacting with her with the skill of an extremely experienced wolf expert. It's gross. I never could, myself. But for a wolf handler, it's the cost of doing business.

so disgusting animals lick their genitals i would never let an animal lick my mouth

That's a thing that is required in order to bond with them & be accepted by the pack. Every professional wolf handler has been forced to get over the natural human desire to turn away from those wolfie French kisses, bc it's an interaction that is fundamental to their social system, & shutting it down reads as _a rejection_ of emotional imprint by the animals. Which basically shoots any budding connection in the foot. You can afford to politely rebuff an individual domestic dog that is trying to lick your mouth, as they are already fixated on you & also are in a submissive dynamic. You can't do the same with a socially-complex pack of wild animals for whom that contact is their version of a handshake, if you want to ever earn their affection, or even just their trust. Hope this helps! 😄

Wolves want to lick your teeth when they're greeting you. Rejecting such an advance would be very rude.

Indeed she is! Her nickname is Princess Bitchypants. But I love her more than anything and she feels the same way about me. Even my wife says Aqutaq loves me more than my mother does. 😆

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Thanks. She's a spicy one.

When I have one, I'm going to name it Krystal.

A female arctic wolf.

Umm.. No. Aqutaq is a genetically pure Arctic wolf descending from Axel Heiberg and Ellesmere Island. Check out Kingdom of the White Wolf for her free living relatives.

@@OliverTheWolfGuy bro i am saying his pet wolf are not pure wolf because Pure wolfs are leagal to pet in public or home

​@@user-ke8ys6eq4y I'm a 501c3 non-profit. I have a degree in carnivore ethology specializing in wolf behavior, and I have been hands-on with the species for 37 years. Wolves are never pets. Dogs are pets. Our animals live in a large natural habitat situated in the wildland interface of a mountain community. I've been doing a long-term experiment of having my home within our habitat to see how that manifests in my relationship with the animals in our program.

Thank you, I will

It's interesting you say that because she's related to the animal actor that plays Ghost. They're actually cousins.

Any large carnivore has the potential to be dangerous. But in general, wolves are quite timid when it comes to people and avoid them almost at all cost.

Umm... I've been working with wolves for almost four decades. I have a degree in wolf biology. I raised both these wolves from days old. It's cute you think you know something I don't.

Wolves are the original dog. They're the mofo OGs of dogs. 😆

@Oliver Starr I understand, I wa being sarcastic. Thanks brah, peace.

Aqutaq is a a she.

Mine too!

Well, I've had this animal for 11 1/2 years, and I've had wolves for more than 35, and they haven't ripped me apart yet.

@@OliverTheWolfGuy of course it never happens until it happens.. seriously

@@michaelhalstead7532 There are plenty of myths about wolves that are untrue. Wolves rarely attack family members. In my case, I'm familiar with their capabilities, know their behaviors, and respect them. We acknowledge the risk when working with exotic animals. For me, it's worth it.

Because that's how wolves greet one another and if you were a professional animal handler, and you want to have the best relationship with your animals possible, you engage with them on their terms.

They also do this to convey lower social ranking and they lick each other’s genitals and privates so should you engage on there level there also??

If you find seeing someone's animals lick them on the face maybe watch other videos instead? Just a thought.

Well I agree but other than that I like watching the wolves interact with a human being. I find them fascinating especially in the wild. I watched a video once where the alpha wolf hunted down a young elk and wondered why they were after this particular one especially since this particular elk was in the water when the wolf attacked it. This was in Yellowstone where it happened and later a group of rangers found the skull of this elk and figured out it had a defect in its jaw. There was absolutely no way to see this defect but the wolves did. Then it made sense when you factor in how the eco system works and it’s fascinating to learn about these incredible animals.

, Not even a little. I bottle raised these animals. I've known them their whole lives. I'm very familiar with their behavior and I'm not the least bit intimidated. If I was intimidated I would've made mistakes which would have got me attacked in this situation.

I've worked with wolves for over 35 years. It's what I studied in college. I've written hundreds of articles about wolves, wolf behavior, and how to handle captive exotic animals. You're awfully judgemental for somebody that hasn't even bothered to check my background.

Better than most humans. 😆

In the wrong hands, she would definitely be dangerous. But as an experienced handler I've known her from almost the day she was born and I understand her personality. Her bitchiness is a feature not a bug. 😆 I've always preferred the most intense animals and her intensity is 10 of 10.

Any dog can be dangerous if you really piss it off. However, knowing your animals gives you the ability to not make those mistakes.

@@OliverTheWolfGuy Yes, I agree. And I was mainly kidding but that was my first thought anyway. 😁