Is a gray wolf cub as easy to tame as...?

Question

Would a gray wolf cub be as easy to tame as a say... dog that was just a puppy two weeks ago? (not that I would be stupid enough to tame a wolf in the first place, just wondering.)

Answer 1

My friend's grandparents have an Alaskan timber wolf that they've had since it was a puppy. Apparently they're not too difficult to train, but they can revert back to their wild tendencies if they're put under too much stress or feel threatened. So wolves don't take punishment very well. You have to be very careful when training them because if they learn something wrong, it's very difficult to change them.

Answer 2

Grey Wolf Cubs

Answer 3

I do not know where you are from but where I am it is illegal to have a wild animal such as a wolf as a pet. They are wild animals and while they possess strong intelligence as far it goes they also possess some very strong instincts.

And for anyone who might think they are just like a dog and can be domesticated think of this. Have you ever watched your dog getting ready for a sleep as they go in circles and circles before lying down. They are nesting an instinct they got from the wolf a long time ago.

Leave wild life alone.

Answer 4

Nope a wolf is a wild animal, unlike our domestic dog breeds those wee guys have a built in sense of how to live, wolves live in packs for a reason and they need to socialise with members of they're own species (very social animals wolfies) when they are baying at the moon do you know they are actually bonding as a group, and there is one nanny wolf to look after the cubs...they are also one of the very few animals that communicate with facial expressions. They also, just like swans mate for life, one alpha male, one alpha female in a pack of say 10 and they are the only ones allowed to breed, hence the small wolf population each pack only turns out one or two litters of cubs a year...anyway enough of my rant, basically it's a nope, wolves are wild and they are born with a need to be free, you cage one and it'll turn on you...
ttfn ;o)

Answer 5

Wolf puppies are so darling and cute. It is easy to see why people are tempted to take one home to train as a pet.The people who work with wolves and wolf refuges strongly encourage people NOT to keep wolves as pets. You may be fortunate to get one with a mellow "doggy" nature, but they can revert at any time unexpectedly. Why take the chance, especially if you have kids or live in a populated area?
I have been told that once a wolf pup has been raised with humans, he/ she can never be returned to the wild. In our state if a wolf or wolf hybrid is not a successful pet and are turned into the animal shelter, the animals are destroyed... they are not adoptable.

Of course, we have all heard stories about wolves who become pets, but it takes a rare wolf and a rare owner with just the right situation for that to be successful.

Answer 6

Is a pure wolf or a high percentage wolf dog. A pure wolf would be a extremely difficult animal to train. A wolf dog, if socialized young with people and other animals can be a wonderful companion.

Answer 7

HOnestly no wild animal can ever REALLY be tamed to be completely domestic....you can establish a relationship w them & they can be trused to a certain extent but the possibility of revering back to instinct is ALWAYS a VERY huge risk. simple actions such as running can trigger a hunting/killing instinct & its over just like that, the animal may not have inteneded to attack its faithfull human but instinct is WAY stronger than friendship in an animals world....and as per theease of training Ive been told taht wolves & wolf hybrids are not that much harder to train than a domestic dog but they tend to retain a lot of their natural ways & can be very destructive...you just alwasy have to keep in mind that no matter how it appears it is still a wild animal & always will be

Answer 8

You can take the animal out of the wild, but you can't take the wild out of the animal.To anyone who wants a wolf for a pet, don't do it!They belong in the woods with their own kind.

Answer 9

i believe that any animal that is wild should stay wild and will always have that wild instinct

Answer 10

depends how yong it is