# My daughter captures a wolf with her foot **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 26, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578 "2008-10-26T00:35:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/1 "2008-10-26T00:35:25Z")
Driving home from work the other day, I was conversing with the Mrs. She informed me that she’d spotted a big white dog roaming our rural neighborhood. It was dragging about 15 feet of chain behind it. When approached by the Mrs. it ran off. Neighbors soon reported they’d seen it too; it had been eating the garbage in the garage up by one of the nearby homes. Duly informed of this new presence in the neighborhood, I hung up and drove home. Upon pulling into the driveway, I beheld my youngest daughter standing there, holding a chain with a _huge_ white canine at the other end. She reported to me that she’d arrived home, noted the animal strolling by, and put her foot on its chain, bringing it up short. It had a collar, but no tag. It appeared a bit grubby, but not injured or starving. It had its tail between its legs, but finally did approach us, acting very submissive in the process. It happily dined on cat food we supplied it. A neighbor dog strolled by to investigate. This dog, a brown lab, is not a tiny dog. But he was dwarfed by our visitor. He also intimidated the hell out of our visitor too, with much cowering, tail between the legs, and other submissive posturing. Even so, I began to think: This visitor is not all dog. Calling around a bit, another neighbor reported that it sounded like the dog that had gotten loose and attacked his wife a few years ago! He drove down, and confirmed that indeed this creature was the same one who had given his spouse such a frenzied **carnal** embrace that he had to intervene physically to break it up! :eek: The owner was summoned, who quickly took charge of the animal. It was then that she informed us her pet was 15/16ths wolf! My daughter is quite proud to have subdued a specimen of canis lupis, single-footedly. 🆒 I’m grateful she wasn’t lunch. Or the new Mrs. Wolf. :dubious: The local humane society has been made aware of the situation. Further bulletins will appear as events warrant. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/2 "2008-10-26T00:39:19Z")
Yeah, wolves look particularly larger in real life than they do on the TV set. I wouldn’t be too worried that something unfortunate would have happened, but certainly wolves shouldn’t be kept as any other regular pet. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/3 "2008-10-26T00:44:34Z")
At least the girl didn’t say, ‘Crikey! He’s a beaut! I’ll just go stick my thumb up his bum!’ ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/4 "2008-10-26T00:49:51Z")
15/16 wolf? How does that even work? Four generations back, a dog snuck into somebody’s wolf farm? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/5 "2008-10-26T00:57:45Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > It happily dined on cat food we supplied it. They have a lot of that in some Asian countries. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/6 "2008-10-26T01:02:58Z")
No pictures? I know it’s not a cat thread, but I am ticked! I want pics of cute wolfey! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/7 "2008-10-26T01:59:53Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > No pictures? I know it’s not a cat thread, but I am ticked! I want pics of cute wolfey! Sadly, the owner came and spirited the wolf away before I was smart enough to grab the camera. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/8 "2008-10-26T02:17:37Z")
Does anyone know the name of the _South Park_ episode I referenced? It’s one from before Steve Irwin died. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/9 "2008-10-26T02:18:26Z")
> [@](#): > > this creature was the same one who had given his spouse such a frenzied carnal embrace that he had to intervene physically to break it up! :eek: :eek: indeed. It’s merely annoying if a schnauzer tries to hump your leg, OTOH **this** … he must have his memory of the event intensified by the passage of time, is what I suppose. > [@](#): > > The owner was summoned, who quickly took charge of the animal. It was then that she informed us her pet was 15/16ths wolf! > > My daughter is quite proud to have subdued a specimen of canis lupis, single-footedly. 🆒 > > I’m grateful she wasn’t lunch. Or the new Mrs. Wolf. Seems this wolf has spent its lifetime in a manner well below the station of a noble predator, and has been cowed into lapdoghood, to judge from the interactions with others (and the chain). Lucky for everyone else, I guess, but now I do wonder about his welfare… Oh, and you realize your daughter’s H’ween costume for this year has **got** to be \*Badass \*Red Riding Hood…😉 ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/10 "2008-10-26T02:22:30Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Sadly, the owner came and spirited the wolf away before I was smart enough to grab the camera. Well that’s ok. I wasn’t seriously ticked, but next time I expect you to be ready 😉 ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/11 "2008-10-26T02:37:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Does anyone know the name of the _South Park_ episode I referenced? It’s one from before Steve Irwin died. It was the last episode of season 2, about the guy from 1996 who was frozen, only to be revived in the present (which was January 1999 when that episode was made). It’s called “Prehistoric Ice Man.” And man, if I came home and found my daughter holding a giant wolf-dog’s leash, I think I’d forbid her from ever stepping outside again! That must have made your heart skip a beat or three, **Qadgop**! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/12 "2008-10-26T02:48:21Z")
> [@chorpler](#): > > And man, if I came home and found my daughter holding a giant wolf-dog’s leash, I think I’d forbid her from ever stepping outside again! That must have made your heart skip a beat or three, **Qadgop**! Nah, we embrace nature here. Lots of wildlife encounters around the neighborhood! My daughter is now well-versed in wildlife. In addition to the wolf, other free creatures she’s encountered on our land include bald eagles, an aggressive flock of wild turkeys, mink, swans, coyotes, barn owls, skunk, raccoons, gully cats, and queen snakes! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/13 "2008-10-26T02:56:39Z")
> [@](#): > > 15/16 wolf? How does that even work? Four generations back, a dog snuck into somebody’s wolf farm? I believe in some areas it’s illegal to own a purebred wolf but you can own a dog/wolf hybrid. So 15/16 is as close as you can legally get to owning a “real” wolf. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/14 "2008-10-26T03:36:32Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > My daughter is quite proud to have subdued a specimen of canis lupis, single-footedly. I guess you’d look down upon someone who pointed out that domesticated dogs are _C. lupis_ too (_C. lupis familiaris_, in fact)? ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/15 "2008-10-26T09:51:43Z")
> [@Cerowyn](#): > > I guess you’d look down upon someone who pointed out that domesticated dogs are _C. lupis_ too (_C. lupis familiaris_, in fact)? I’m guessing you both are going to gaze upon me with ultimate disdain when I point out that the wolf is Canis lup_u_s? ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/16 "2008-10-26T10:04:01Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I believe in some areas it’s illegal to own a purebred wolf but you can own a dog/wolf hybrid. So 15/16 is as close as you can legally get to owning a “real” wolf. And what you essentially get is a wolf that isn’t afraid of people. Lovely. It’s incredibly irresponsible to own such a creature, and the fact that people create them on purpose for amusment or bragging rights makes me rather disgusted. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/17 "2008-10-26T13:35:53Z")
One purebred got out in my old neighborhood, near a creek which was called Wolf Run. So there was a wolf running again at Wolf Run. The alarm was sounded and everyone knew a wolf was out. Some kids found it, frightened and hungry, hiding behind the local Kroger store. They alerted the nearest adults, who alerted Animal Control, who recaptured the wolf without any trouble. I don’t know the exact fate of the wolf, but the owner was fined for some charge along the lines of “letting a dangerous animal run loose” Wolves and their hybrids are popuar pets here too. I almost stepped on one at an art gallery in Santa Fe. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/18 "2008-10-26T14:49:16Z")
> [@Lucretia](#): > > And what you essentially get is a wolf that isn’t afraid of people. Lovely. It’s incredibly irresponsible to own such a creature, and the fact that people create them on purpose for amusment or bragging rights makes me rather disgusted. :mad: Yeah–I’m not a big fan of the idea, either. Early humans spent a lot of time and energy breeding certain instincts out of wolves, and early wolves spent a lot of time and energy adapting to human society, so that humans could get doggy companionship and assistance, and dogs could get human companionship and brains on their side. It’s been one of the great success stories of symbiosis in our planet’s history. Folks who try to live alongside wolves are kind of missing the point of all that hard work. Wolves are amazing creatures, but they’re not tailor-made to live in human society. They can cause a bunch of problems here. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/19 "2008-10-26T15:07:52Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Nah, we embrace nature here. Lots of wildlife encounters around the neighborhood! My daughter is now well-versed in wildlife. In addition to the wolf, other free creatures she’s encountered on our land include bald eagles, an aggressive flock of wild turkeys, mink, swans, coyotes, barn owls, skunk, raccoons, gully cats, and queen snakes! 😉 Oh dear! Not the dreaded gully cats! Not the horrific _queen snakes_! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578/20 "2008-10-26T16:16:57Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > Oh dear! Not the dreaded gully cats! Not the horrific _queen snakes_! Bah to Linus! I like [Queen snakes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_snake) :). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-captures-a-wolf-with-her-foot/469578.md?page=2)