Should I be practible or sentimental?

Question

I love animals...all animals. I found a wolf/dog hybred that was starving and getting beaten up by other dogs. I made the other dogs go away and rescued this very ugly dog that was starving to death and injured.

I've had the dog three weeks now and she is fat, healthy and attached to me but...she is pregnant, is not house broken (still less than a year old) and stinks (she rolls in cow **** or dead animals she finds). She howls like a wolf and doesn't bark like a dog. I can't afford to keep her but the no kill shelter is full of dogs this Christmas season.

Practically, I should take her to an animal shelter. Sentimentally, I don't want to betray her trust in me. What would you do? Ugly, and I mean UGLY dog/wolf but obviously the runt of the litter. She is very pregnant and I can't afford to pay $50 to spay every stray dog I find in the area...I live in a very remote place and there are hundreds of homeless animals here. What should I do??? What would you do?

How can I tell if she has wolf in her? She howls, she stinks, she's ugly but maybe she isn't a wolf...she has stripes like a hyena...what do I have? She's smaller than a wolf and on the small side for a reservation dog too. Could she be a cayote mix? How can I tell? She acts very meek. I can feed her a bone and take the bone away later and she doesn't get mad. That's not wolf like behavior, is it? What kind of dog is this? I never saw a dog that looked like this in my life.

Answer 1

Wow, this is one of those situations you need to think over well.
There are a lot of communtities that do not allow wolf hybrids, so check with local laws.
Next, see if you can find a breed rescue that is near you that might be able to handle her.
It is possible the shelter may take her in since she is pregnant and it is a special circumstance.
Some of the ugliest dogs have the biggest heart, don't judge her by her looks, or worry about what others think. There are people tthat try to adopt ugly dogs because they like entering ugly dog contests.

You have shown her kindness by taking her in, but if you can't give her a good home then you need to contact all the shelters in a 100 mile radius until you find one that will take her. You will probably have to pay to get her into one, but it would be worth it.
They will also get her spayed after the puppies are born.

Good luck.

Answer 2

I wouldn't assume she's a wolf/dog. There are quite a few breeds of dog that howl instead of bark, and it's also very common for rescue dogs to not bark. And truthfully, depending on local laws, suggesting she's part wolf when she may not be could be an automatic ticket to euthanasia. It's probably a better gamble for her just to call her a regular old mongrel.

It's so hard to know what to do in a situation like that, and I've been in a few myself. Would you keep her if it weren't for the puppies? Or do you really want to get rid of her but feel sad and guilty about it? It's true that you can't save them all. If you truly can't afford to keep her, all you can do is try to find a home or else bite the bullet and take her in, knowing that you did what you could. What are the chances that you could keep her until after the holidays when the shelter starts to empty out a bit? Or perhaps reach out to a local or regional rescue organization who might be able to help place her if you agree to continue fostering her in the meantime? I realize that not all states and regions have well-supported rescue organizations, but it's worth looking into.

Good luck with her. It's very painful when you have to make a life or death decision with a creature who you've spent so much time nursing into health. I wish you the best.

Answer 3

Wolf hybrids are never going to trust you. You can't breed the wild out of a wolf. More than likely the shelter is not going to take the wolf.

I don't know where you live, but there is a society called Actors and Others for Animals that helps with the cost of the spay/neuter of adopted animals - whether or not this applies to a wolf is beyond me.

A wolf is not a dog, no matter how much 'dog' it has in it. It's not the same and never will be.

I would call the authorities and have them deal with the animal to the best of their abilities. You've done what you could, but to have a wolf pack on your property could prove dangerous if not fatal to you in the near future.

Answer 4

sounds like a coyote temperment. Maybe an odd mix, dingo, etc? but I would see about terminating the pregnancy (if she is as ugly as you say, I shudder to think of what the pups might look like.) really, I think it would be in the best interest of the dog, pups & you to try that. No? Keep her, maybe the shelter will have more room after her pups are born & whelped, then they can go there to find new homes? But get her fixed, as soon as the vet says its o.k after having puppies, & keep her! She clearly needs you, & you did a great thing by saving her, it must have happened the way it did for a reason. Keep her out of the cow poo, but definatly keep her, period!

Answer 5

LMFAO!!!!!

***NOT**** any sort of "hybrid"!!!
Just a fing MUTT/MONGREL dawg!!!
& you obviously wouldn't know "runt" from rabbit.

Don't dump it at any pound-if you can't keep it...KILL it! Better for everybody involved. No pain,no fear...just peace.