The other people who work here at Wolf seem to be doing the same thing, emitting healing love. That energy goes into the labors of love we perform for the wolves. On Saturday, the meat sorting day, while doing that messy, bloody, smelly chore, I ask myself, “Why am I doing this??” Then, I know the answer. Love. Every chore at Wolf is a labor of love.

This is a good thing. As each of us do these labors of love, we send all this energy to the Universe, where it is multiplied and sent back into the world. This is that healing spirit that will counteract the spirit of meanness of those who do atrocities to the innocent.

As I handle the donation money while preparing it for deposit, I am deeply moved by the givers, who even in these financial hard times, find it in their hearts to remember Wolf. Their sacrifice dissolves my cynicism. These caring people are seeding the Universe with compassion. They are the backbone that keeps Wolf on its feet.

In closing, I would say that my experience at Wolf has been a spiritual journey that has given me a glimpse of the good, bad and the ugly. I am hoping that someday, the bad and the ugly will be replaced with the contribution of the good that is being done here at Wolf.

Sky & Lakota Come Home

Every cloud has a silver lining, so the saying goes, and as cliché as it sounds, this holds true in even the hardest times. With the unexpected passing of both Shaman and Gina at the end of September, we suddenly found ourselves two animals under the county imposed limit. While we still grieved our losses we now had enough space to bring Lakota and Sky home.

It was not hard to come to the decision that they needed to return to Wolf as soon as possible. It was arranged for the boys to return home that Saturday, but there were many things that still needed to be done at the Sanctuary before that could take place. Most importantly, where would everyone go?

Sky and Lakota unfortunately do not get along and both Hammer and Isabeau were now without companions. With both Sky and Lakota being nearly the same age, it was decided that Sky would be better at keeping up with Isabeau, who had grown distant and subdued since Shaman’s passing.

Unfortunately, we were not as confident Hammer and Lakota would get along and we didn’t have an extra enclosure for Lakota. Finally we came to the conclusion Lakota would get Hammer’s enclosure to himself in hopes that he would be content with human love, attention and regular visits into the house for goodies until Wolf is able to rescue a companion. Hammer would be introduced to two other animals who had been rescued with him from Wisconsin back in 2006.

At the Sanctuary, the morning had been spent preparing for Sky and Lakota’s arrival that afternoon. With everything ready and all of the volunteers gone, Wolf was ready when Steve and the Dennison’s arrived. Lakota was eager to be home. With Chris and Susan for company he immediately began to explore his new enclosure and quickly settled in. Then it was Sky’s turn. We wanted to give Sky a chance to calm down and see his new enclosure before being forced to deal with Isabeau. With her locked on the deck, we carried Sky into the backyard. As soon as the kennel door opened Sky was off and up the mountain. Surprisingly, it didn’t take long before Sky was coming up to Chris and Susan for scratches and we felt we could introduce Isabeau. Armed with perfume and radios, volunteers were staged throughout the habitat and Isabeau was allowed in. To everyone’s surprise she was very respectful and polite with Sky, content to simply follow him around for a while before going off to do her own thing.