Moondancer and Lakota


Moondancer


Moondancer and his daughter, Lakota, were part wolf and part malamute.  They were the result of 12 years worth of selective breeding to create the perfect wolf-dog cross – an animal that looks like a wolf and acts like a dog.  They both came to Mission:Wolf from New Jersey when their owner lost the lease on her land and needed to find them a temporary home.  However, their owner was never able to reclaim then, and they lived the rest of their lives at Mission: Wolf.

Changing circumstances (i.e.. losing the lease on land, losing a job or being transferred, starting a family, ect) are very common reasons that even relatively well-behaved wolf-dogs lose their homes.  Before you decide to bring a wolf-dog into your home, be absolutely positive that you can commit to caring for your animal for it’s entire life (possibly 20+ years).  It is difficult to see that far into the future, of course, but you can take a number of precautions:  buy your land outright, be willing to take a lower-paying job to stay in your wolf-friendly home, and set up a bank account or fund reserved solely for the animal’s care.

Lakota
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