Sangre

Photo © 2009 - Tim Reed

Sangre is a large wolf-dog cross who first arrived at Mission:Wolf in 2007.  No one knows much about his past, but they do know that someone tried to keep him as a pet.  It’s believed that he was abused and possibly beaten as a result of his wolfy behavior.  The abuse led Sangre to become aggressive toward men.  When Sangre took his aggression out on his owner by biting hard, Sangre lost his home.

Mission:Wolf agreed to take in Sangre as a companion for one of their lonely single wolves.  Once he arrived, the staff soon realized that he was a misunderstood dog who had been labeled as a wolf-dog so the breeder could make more money.  Given Sangre’s doggy nature, the refuge staff tried to rehabilitate and train him to be a house dog.  This has successfully saved a few mislabeled dogs in the past, but Sanger had been abused for too long.  While he warmed up quickly to the female staff, Sangre constantly challenged the men.  He has been so negatively imprinted by men that he can never go live in a normal house setting.

Sangre now lives at the bottom of the Mission:Wolf driveway with another wolf-dog named Daisy.  They are a great match in that they are both very confused animals who don’t know how to act around humans or wolves.  Daisy has helped Sangre adjust to refuge life and is slowly teaching him not to bark at the staff when they walk past.