I feel like you haven’t seen a wolf up close. A wild wolf, full grown, will tear you apart and make a xylophone from your bones. Wolves are pack hunters only because their dealing with uptiered prey that is often much larger than them, and for territorial reasons.
I have. I’ve also driven home people like you. “Are you afraid of dogs” he says. I say I don’t fear any dogs. He laughs, cockily. He’s thinking I haven’t seen mastiffs. I have. I’ve also trained with some. (I wouldn’t say I have trained a mastiff, because I have given one their complete training, but I’ve done training with them, even attack dogs.)
Exactly. Wolves are pack hunters. You don’t really need to fear a lone one. And even if it is aggressive, as long as you stand your ground, it’s not that likely that it would attack. Basic canine behaviour. They’re coursing predators. If you turn your back and start running, even a lone wolf might get overwhelmed by their predatory instinct and attack you, and at that point, yeah, you’ll likely more or less done.
But if it’s a lone wolf, even if it’s hungry, and you stand your ground, open your jacket, have no fear and yell and growl, it’s more than likely it’ll just slink off.
uptiered prey that is often much larger than them, and for territorial reasons.
What on Earth are you saying? That if they weren’t forced to, dogs would be cats? Wolves are very sociable animals and often only survive in the harsh winters they are because of that.
I would be more afraid of a wolf pack obviously than a single hog, but we don’t really get wolf packs here. We only get the odd loner wolves who then due to lack of a pack sometimes end up attacking domesticated animals on the outskirts of town.
Anyways back to the guy who thought his dogs were really scary; it was a good long ride, like 90km, so a nice fare, and the I had a cigarette at his yard, because he wanted to see mt reaction to his dogs.
They’re weren’t actually the most sociable mastiff, pretty rude, the older bitch even snapping at me a bit. But again, I’ve been with animals since I was a kid and I know how to behave with them.
They came out and sniffed me out and did not want pets. That’s it. Not a huge story.
With a wolf we’d skip the sniffing upclose part probably. Although I wouldn’t avoid it if it was that close and seemed curious. (Is it stupid? Very much so. Do I know I would still do it? Yeah.)
Like the story shows, I’m also a taxidriver, and am much more afraid of picking up drunks than I would be meeting a lone wolf on a walk.
They’re completely different animals ofc, but a lot of people are afraid of horses due their sheer size. I wasn’t even 10 when I was riding and taking care of absolutely huge stallions. Their hooves were larger than my face, and I went into a small stall after riding them, a stall they could barely turn around in, and lifted their hooves to my lap and scratched them clean with pick and a brush. One time one bit me when I was tightening it’s belly buckle. (idk the correct term in English I haven’t ridden in years so dk proper English terminology). Like just a little “hey boy” bite, not a real “throwing that asshole across the room” bite. Which they could’ve done, as I was like at most a bit taller than the level or their genitals.
So yeah just because you might be scared doesn’t mean everyone is
I feel like you haven’t seen a wolf up close. A wild wolf, full grown, will tear you apart and make a xylophone from your bones. Wolves are pack hunters only because their dealing with uptiered prey that is often much larger than them, and for territorial reasons.
I have. I’ve also driven home people like you. “Are you afraid of dogs” he says. I say I don’t fear any dogs. He laughs, cockily. He’s thinking I haven’t seen mastiffs. I have. I’ve also trained with some. (I wouldn’t say I have trained a mastiff, because I have given one their complete training, but I’ve done training with them, even attack dogs.)
Exactly. Wolves are pack hunters. You don’t really need to fear a lone one. And even if it is aggressive, as long as you stand your ground, it’s not that likely that it would attack. Basic canine behaviour. They’re coursing predators. If you turn your back and start running, even a lone wolf might get overwhelmed by their predatory instinct and attack you, and at that point, yeah, you’ll likely more or less done.
But if it’s a lone wolf, even if it’s hungry, and you stand your ground, open your jacket, have no fear and yell and growl, it’s more than likely it’ll just slink off.
What on Earth are you saying? That if they weren’t forced to, dogs would be cats? Wolves are very sociable animals and often only survive in the harsh winters they are because of that.
I would be more afraid of a wolf pack obviously than a single hog, but we don’t really get wolf packs here. We only get the odd loner wolves who then due to lack of a pack sometimes end up attacking domesticated animals on the outskirts of town.
Anyways back to the guy who thought his dogs were really scary; it was a good long ride, like 90km, so a nice fare, and the I had a cigarette at his yard, because he wanted to see mt reaction to his dogs.
They’re weren’t actually the most sociable mastiff, pretty rude, the older bitch even snapping at me a bit. But again, I’ve been with animals since I was a kid and I know how to behave with them.
They came out and sniffed me out and did not want pets. That’s it. Not a huge story.
With a wolf we’d skip the sniffing upclose part probably. Although I wouldn’t avoid it if it was that close and seemed curious. (Is it stupid? Very much so. Do I know I would still do it? Yeah.)
Like the story shows, I’m also a taxidriver, and am much more afraid of picking up drunks than I would be meeting a lone wolf on a walk.
They’re completely different animals ofc, but a lot of people are afraid of horses due their sheer size. I wasn’t even 10 when I was riding and taking care of absolutely huge stallions. Their hooves were larger than my face, and I went into a small stall after riding them, a stall they could barely turn around in, and lifted their hooves to my lap and scratched them clean with pick and a brush. One time one bit me when I was tightening it’s belly buckle. (idk the correct term in English I haven’t ridden in years so dk proper English terminology). Like just a little “hey boy” bite, not a real “throwing that asshole across the room” bite. Which they could’ve done, as I was like at most a bit taller than the level or their genitals.
So yeah just because you might be scared doesn’t mean everyone is