How to Socialize a Pet Wolf
Properly socializing a pet wolf requires both timing and experience with breeding and training. By ensuring that all of these procedures are met, and high standards are constantly maintained, there is a good chance that you will be able to own a healthy, relatively obedient animal. Read on to learn more.
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Things You'll Need
- Male and female human companions
- Other dogs
- Cotton swabs
- Proper fencing enclosure
Instructions
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Socialize a Pet Wolf
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Wean the wolf cub away from its mother as soon as possible, roughly 2 weeks after it is born. If you wait any longer than this, the wolf will start to be socialized by its mother, and will not respond as favorably to human training.
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Use a cotton swab to clean out the anal sac of the wolf cub in order to facilitate the emptying of the bowels. Usually the mother accomplishes this by licking until the cub is old enough to do this on its own.
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Expose the cub to other dogs in a carefully controlled atmosphere, ensuring the safety of the baby wolf at all times. This will teach the wolf to lose its fear of other dogs as it grows older, and to not depend completely on human contact once it becomes fully grown.
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Let both male and female humans have contact with the wolf cub to help socialize it properly. Wolves can smell the difference between the sexes, so this will help it to become familiar with both scents.
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Allow the wolf cub to approach you first, instead of the other way around. It also helps to have contact with the cub on familiar ground, such as its living quarters, instead of a new area it has not yet seen, in order to reduce the amount of fear and apprehension it might experience.
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Have the pet wolf cub get used to wearing a collar and a leash. Always shower praise on the cub for wearing these items, and never let it associate wearing a collar and a leash with any sort of punishment.
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Find out more about how to socialize a pet wolf on websites such as the Wolf Trust (see Resources below).
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Tips & Warnings
While weaning the wolf cub as soon as possible is crucial to the success of its socialization, it can be especially hard on its mother. Be prepared to spend extra attention to her at this time as well.
