 Legend's lineage is old and goes directly back to Northern Born wild relatives. Both legend and Eco were born in Canada as were all their relatives.
Legend is a very mellow, sweet wolf, aptly named as a puppy as Buddha baby and bup bup. Legend always seems to be smiling. He is amazingly healthy, and even takes his hot dog treats gently, like a true gentleman, very delicately. (Quite the opposite from many wolves) He has blessed my life in ways I could never repay, and have yet to come upon a more gentle sweet wolf.
However I also wish to impress upon the public that legend is still no dog, and cannot be raised like a dog in the house, nor in ways we train and treat our domestic dogs. Doing so will backfire on the caretaker(s), in a very negative manner both for the animal, and the human(s).
Wolves even captive ones are still wild, and are NOT pets. A Wolf Adventure does not endorse them being kept as such. A Wolf even in captivity need to be allowed to be what they are ...wolves.
The facility needs to be prepared for the costly containment requirements, (zoo facilities have) have vets willing to work with wolves, as well as understand ALL the psychological, physical, Nutritional needs of such intense and high maintenance animals.
Arctics are never born white, they are born darker and phase out whiter as they age.
Wolf pups grow up to be large powerful animals and must be respected for what, and who they are as individuals. I get asked a lot why wolf pups need to be pulled from mom so young, there are a variety of pros and cons to this, the pros are legend is more safely handleable throughout his life having been socialized to humans, at the same time great care must be taken for him to also be socialized to his own species so he does not over bond to humans either.
 Wolves that are bottle-fed from before their eyes open will have a lot less stress in captive situations which helps alleviate pacing seen in so many zoo animals of past. Once old enough approx 4 -41/2 months they are placed with older adult wolves, or with another well socialized trained canine (dog ) for a while longer to be that much more social as adults.
Cons of being pulled away from mom and other wolf adults, are not being reared by their own kind early on, as they naturally would be in the wild. Young pups can be a little more aggressive (nippy) during their normal puppy stages, as they are not taught as well by humans (puppy manners) as they are by their own kind when left with them. To help make up for this, we use other well trained and social dogs to give the fast growing wolf pup the necessities only another canine can offer.
Wolf pups absorb (look to) the best and the worst of their environments, so if they are placed with spooky/skittish adults they will tend to also mimic such behaviors.
Wolf pups left with mom, like domestic pups are for 6-8 weeks, even if the dam is a social female, will tend to be fearful and extremely shy of all humans this is genetically passed onto pups for survival in the wild, but in captive situations fearfulness can turn to aggression and this is potentially unsafe.
Wolf pups absorb (look to) the best and the worst of their environments, so if they are placed with spooky acting/skittish adults they will tend to also mimic such behaviors.
Wolf pups left with mom, like domestic dog pups are for 6-8 weeks, even if the dam is a social female, will tend to be fearful and extremely shy of all humans. This strong trait is genetically passed onto pups for survival in the wild, but in captive situations fearfulness can turn to aggression and this is potentially unsafe.
Many facilities are starting to realize keeping wild animals..wild, in captive situations can be a stressfully painful experience for the animals.
Though somewhat *tamed* enough to be safer and handleable (not domestic) some other professional colleagues may argue the usage of this word, wolves that are hand raised and human bonded can never be returned to the wild, they serve a function in helping their own kind, as what people can see and learn about up close and in person they also wish to protect in surrounding natural habitat.
If You are a youth. or adult wishing to know more about Arctic wolves or Arctic wildlife in general the following links are awesome check am out!
- Dr Mech leading arctic wolf authority - www.davemech.org
- Awesome all about the arctic and arctic wildlife - www.athropolis.com/links/animals.htm
- All about arctic wolf /links - www.arctic-wolves.com/arctic-wolves-habitat.htm
- Wolf and more wolf links - 42explore.com/wolves.htm
- Wonderclub/ArcticWolves - wonderclub.com/Wildlife/mammals/ArcticWolf.htm
- All About Arctic Wildlife by Sask Schools - www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/arctic/Awildlife.html
- Everything Arctic - www.arctic.noaa.gov
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