Pride

sex: female
born: 04 July 2000~
birth place: Wisconsin

given sanctuary: 01 June 2006

 

Pride's Story

No one knows how old she is, or what she has been through in her life. That information went with her previous owner when she died unexpectedly in May of 2006. But Pride was not alone. There were twenty additional wolf-dogs living on 6 foot chains in intolerable conditions. Life had never been easy for them, no vet care, inadequate food and no clean water. Then the owner was ill for several weeks before her passing. As the days passed, the water ran out, there was no food and the animals situation deteriorated even further.

This was all taking place in rural Wisconsin. Finally, a friend of Jaime's’ arrived to check on her when he couldn’t reach her by phone. What he found was horrendous. His friend was near death. The wolf dogs were dehydrated and malnourished, and several of them were also close to dying. The small Wisconsin town rushed emergency service to help Jamie, but was ill-equipped to handle the rescue of that many animals. So, the Golden Valley Animal Humane Society from a neighboring town in Minnesota was asked to help with the wolf-dogs. One of the animals, Sosity, died from starvation. Trekker and Lance were so ill from dehydration and malnutrition, it became necessary for the Humane Society to euthanize them. In addition to all this horror, Happy, the youngest of the wolf-dogs, was missing.

Wolf received a call from the AHS asking if we could take the wolf-dogs, and the WideAwake Rescue began. Pride was one of eighteen who made the long trip to Colorado from Minnesota in the largest rescue ever accomplished to save wolf-dogs. Unfortunately, due to AHS, even rescue would be a horrible experience for the animals. During the catch-up, the transport people found it necessary to use a catch pole noose on them. We can only imagine the terror and pain they experienced. Wolf was also told that the animals would be transported in an air-conditioned trailer and a veterinary technician would accompany them in case an emergency. However, none of this occurred. The animals arrived jammed in a horse trailer so tightly, not even water could be given to them.

Furious about the way these animals had been treated on their trip, Wolf Volunteers immediately started to unload the animals and place them safely in their new home. Pride and the others never again have to worry about food, water, or being on a chain. They have room, trees, each other, and a comfortable place to live.

Pride was originally paired with Jack and Mucqua at Wolf . Unfortunately, they were too much for the blind Mucqua, so Jack and Pride were moved to WideAwake. They enjoyed each others company, and steadily began gaining some much needed weight with a proper diet. Sadly, Jack became ill in December of 2006, and was rushed to CSU Vet Hospital. After a short illness, he passed away from vena caval syndrome caused by a heavy burden of heartworms. Pride was then left alone and grieving his loss.

For over a year after her rescue, Pride remained very fearful of humans. But her dedicated caretakers continued to give her excellent nurturing daily. She slowly became interested in all the human attention the animals in an adjoining enclosure were receiving. One day, she shocked us all when she walked up to the fence and sniffed the hand of a volunteer. Her confidence began increasing until, finally, she approached the fence and allowed her favorite human to scratch her. This became a daily ritual, and Pride thoroughly enjoyed her afternoon belly rub. Ever so slowly, she began coming closer to people inside the enclosure.

In February of 2008, a female at Wolf named Akyra passed away, leaving her male companion, Kai, alone. We respected Kai’s grieving period before moving Pride in as his new companion. Everyone was ecstatic for Pride to finally have a companion and reside in a full sized enclosure at the main facility. She was given an exam and vaccinations before being released into her new home. The exam found her to now be free of heartworms! Pride ran straight to the top of the enclosure, briefly stopping to sniff and wag tails with Kai. After a few weeks of settling in, she now seems to be enjoying her new home and mate. She has a ball running the fence line and play fighting with a young male in the next enclosure. Pride is slowly becoming more comfortable with her new caretakers, especially when they bring goodies to Kai. We are confident with time she will learn to trust us as well, and maybe even allow her precious belly rubs again.

 

 

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