Pets

My wife has always been attracted to the death-row dogs at the shelter and she's brought a few home.

Civilizing them is always hard work.

All our dogs, over many years, have been shelter dogs.

The husky in this dog is probably the only reason she's not dangerous.

Our 3/4 husky loved all humans, he was a cuddle monster in spite of the the very rough circumstances of his upbringing, but he wasn't dog-like in his other behaviors, not at all.

"Eager to please humans" was simply not his nature. He lived with us on his own terms. He could not be scolded, he could not be bribed with treats.

If he decided to poop in the living room, he'd poop in the living room.

One of the reasons we don't have carpet.

Yeah, sure, I'm the sort who'd be living with wolves... somewhere back in the Pleistocene.

Let wolves be wolves.