Why some folks hunt wolves.

[Taurkon]

I have a Tornjak as well. Beautiful dog, loves everyone on the farm. Anything outside the fence, stays outside the fence.
C.

If you don't mind me asking, where do you live and where did you source your Tornjak? The breeder(s) around Calgary have done significant harm to the Tornjak breed with some borderline unethical breeding. One of our 9 yr old pups came from a litter of 9 and after 2 years, only 4 were still alive. We were fortunate, but that was after 5K vet bills twice in his first 2 years.

That said, I'd not hesitate to get another and we have a friend in the US that has been breeding them responsibly for the last 4 or 5 years.

 

[hoytcanon]

No I see it as an efficient apex predator killing off competition on his property, its actually quite remarkable to catch it on film ....nothing to do with love and defense.

Would it be ok to have an emotional response if it had been a child?

If that had been my Springer, a dog that I have spent hundreds of hours training and hunting with, I would have gone on the warpath... that plot line is the basis of many excellent classic western novels and movies...

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Would it be ok to have an emotional response if it had been a child?

If that had been my Springer, a dog that I have spent hundreds of hours training and hunting with, I would have gone on the warpath... that plot line is the basis of many excellent classic western novels and movies...

Mostly myths, the latest Call of the Wild sounds like a fairy tale.

Grizz

 

[Sniper_485]

Nature being nature, not bad, not good, just is. If you have pets, don’t leave them outside or exposed in a way that makes them vulnerable.

Patrick

Thats fine in theory but I've got dogs to keep critters off the yard as much as be a pet. They need to be outside at night to sound off if something is in the yard that doesn't belong.

 

[C-7.62x51]

If you don't mind me asking, where do you live and where did you source your Tornjak? The breeder(s) around Calgary have done significant harm to the Tornjak breed with some borderline unethical breeding. One of our 9 yr old pups came from a litter of 9 and after 2 years, only 4 were still alive. We were fortunate, but that was after 5K vet bills twice in his first 2 years.

That said, I'd not hesitate to get another and we have a friend in the US that has been breeding them responsibly for the last 4 or 5 years.

We live a couple km from Stave Lake, in BC. 10 acre farm carved out of the surrounding mountainous crown land.

We adopted our Tornjak when he was 10 months from a city dweller in Delta (not an appropriate environment for this breed as you well know I'm sure). He was sourced from a breeder in Alberta. Many of his siblibgs have had physical and behavioural issues. We are in contact with several other littermate owners. We believe the breeders were not good.

We have been blessed with ours. He did require some behavioural training initially. I spent a lot of time building trust with him on remote mountainous excursions as well as rural socializing. He was born with rolled in upper lids that were ulcerating his eyes when he blinked. He required pretty minor surgery to correct that. Cost us about $500. He's seven years old now and so far no further medical issues. One of his brothers on the island is having renal failure currently so we're always vigilant. Tornjaks need a low protein diet, I'm not sure if that was a factor in his kidneys shutting down or not.

I would not hesitate to get a Tornjak again. Our plan is to get a small pack of them when we cycle through our current pack (5 dogs on the farm right now).

C.

 

[phinton81]

Thats fine in theory but I've got dogs to keep critters off the yard as much as be a pet. They need to be outside at night to sound off if something is in the yard that doesn't belong.

Is your yard fenced? Have you taken some measure to ensure that your dogs aren’t completely exposed and/or vulnerable to a potential threat? I get that dogs are very beneficial to property owners, my only point being is that most of the pets eaten by predators were left outside without protection, anywhere to go or anybody watching them.

Predators are going to do what they do if we provide the circumstances for them to do it, shouldn’t come as a surprise...

Patrick

 

[DVXDUDE]

Wolfs kill competition. The pack will take on any intruder in their territory. I'm sure these wolves just seen the dogs as other "wolves" that are trespassing.

You can say it's just wolves being wolves, But they all would die if that was my dog, Because well the wolves dont know it yet, But I'm Alpha where my pack lives haha.

 

[rkm456]

No I see it as an efficient apex predator killing off competition on his property, its actually quite remarkable to catch it on film ....nothing to do with love and defense.