When did people start breeding and domesticating wolves?
All dogs are descended from wolves, so you could say that wolves were domesticated 12,000 to 15,000 years ago. But the current wolf hybrids like Lobo are from breeding that started in Nome, Alaska, about 100 years ago. Many sled dogs in Alaska are hybrid — many huskies are hybrid. They are good dogs for snow rescue. I got Lobo from an Indian-reservation tribe in Oregon. He has a lot of wolf in him. How big will Lobo grow to be? Right now, he weighs about 80 pounds. He’s going to grow much bigger than this, maybe up to 150 pounds. Wolf hybrids generally grow to be 100 pounds or more. Does a wolf hybrid behave in ways that are different from dogs? Oh, yes! In many, many ways. I do not recommend to the regular person that they own a wolf hybrid, for many, many reasons. For example, training is very hard, very difficult, with a wolf hybrid. You have to stay with them 24 hours a day. This is why: A dog mom stays with her pups for two to three months, but wolf moms and dads stay with their
