if youve never physically been in the presence of like, a real live wolf, and you probably wont get the chance to, heres some stuff about them you should know
a wolf’s fur is so unbelievably thick that you can get like, your whole hand into it while petting. and then you can keep going
wolves are a lot bigger than you think they are. think about how big you think a wolf is then just like double that
they dont really smell like dog but they DO smell and youre not going to be able to figure out if its a good smell or not
a wolf really wants to lick the inside of your mouth. he will not stop trying to lick the inside of your mouth at any cost, and generally speaking you need to press your lips together kind of tightly when he approaches your face so that he doesnt worm his damn tongue in there to give you what he thinks is an appropriate greeting
a wolf doesnt really want to look at you while you pet him but he wants you to pet him. hes embarrassed
if a grown ass wolf decides to lay down on you, you just have to deal with it and thats your life now
young wolves, much like young dogs, are overwhelmingly goofy and stupid. a teenage wolf will see your very fragile, very human shoulder and go “i can probably step on that with my full weight” and then he will do it
letting a wolf eat out of your hand is actually not remotely frightening, and youll want to do it all day
Lots of people already know the reason why Dalmatian dogs are associated with fire engines. (Honestly, it’s a weird association, if you think about it.) Dalmatian dogs were bred for over two centuries to encourage their horse-following tendencies. At least anecdotally, their purpose was to follow horse-drawn coaches, calmly and consistently, for miles upon miles, without interfering or bothering the horses. This developed to an association with horse-drawn fire engines. Various sources claim that Dalmatians were so widely adapted by firefighters because they kept the horses calm during fires; or maybe they protected the horses and equipment from interference; or maybe they ran on ahead of the fire engine to clear a path.
I extra-like this gif (and proposed backstory) because it seems to imply that modern Dalmatian dogs still have an affinity for horses and will follow them.
My land lady is a 90lb 88 year old woman with 5 full grown Rottweiler boys. They sit around her when she gardens and watch her like the secret service. If you show up to pay rent they all stand up and stand between you and her.
It’s intimidating to have 5 pony size boys all staring at you until she stands up realizes it’a you and walks to you.
My favorite part is she wades through them like swamp water saying in her cute old voice ‘move’ ‘move please’ and each one she nudges to move wags his whole body at her touch and stumbles out of the way like he’s been knocked over by a truck. It gives me life paying my rent.
