Lycanthropy 101

Clap for the Wolfman.

I don’t know how he keeps from snuggling the little guy.

You just freaked my beagle out!

[Whereas, here in the CatCave, Rikki doesn't give a $#!%. Go figure. - Ed.]

Ok you finally did it CO. I finally became one of those people who made my co-workers look at me funny because of my reaction to something I see on this site. OMG that was soooooooooooooo cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute! EEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Welcome to the club, GingerBean. You get used to it.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BABY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Extremely cute — and yes, how DOES that guy stop himself from cuddling that little puppy?? I’d be all up ons…

Ok, how do I get a job teaching little cubs to howl? I do a pretty mean wolf howl myself. Well, my dog likes it anyway.

This little guy is too cute. (and I agree the handler is pretty snorgable himself)

His hair was perfect!

Cutest baby howl EVAR! …and the guy is pretty yummy himself, if I do say so. In a Russell Crowe kind of way. *sigh*

Give that puppeh some beef chow mein!

Pups, not cubs.

If I heard that guy howlin’ around my kitchen door I think I WOULD let him in.

Can’t see the video until I get home tonight…

But the Warren Zevon reference made my day!!!

Warren Zevon?? HAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA

…OK, sorry. You’re probably joking. But Warren was making reference to the original Wolf Man, starring Claude Rains, Bela Lugosi, and of course Lon Chaney Jr.

Two of my cats were seriously unnerved by the adorable man’s howling. What’s wrong with Russell Crowe hair anyway?

And the pup had me squeeing.

Is it mean that I wanted little wolfie to bite the man? And I wanted to grab the little tongue. Wolfman annoys me, but the animals are oh so cute!

My cat just ran nervously for the window, looking around for whoever is calling the pack to the hunt.

Um, Theo, Pat Monohan was singing about his mom (she had recently passed away) in Drops of Jupiter.
[OK, that puts the lyrics in perspective. But have you watched the video? Eeesh - Ed.]

How do I know? His dad comes to my workplace & talks to me.
His son is far from in love with himself.
Just sayin’

That was so cool! When the baby starting howling I got a HUGE grin on my face. Howlerman seems like he’s got a way with the animules. What *IS* that animule, by the way? Black wolfcub? [YES!!! Owooooo... - Ed.]

I did not know that little wolfies came in all black… learn sumptin new at CO every day!

oh I thought it said “Club Howling”

[Hmm, I might join that one. - Ed.]

I was once lucky enough to attend a Sierra Club event with two “wolf ambassadors.” They lay as quietly as could be for the first part of the presentation (SO beautiful, BTW), but when thir handler invited us to howl at them, they LEAPED to their feet and howled their heads off. Unforgettable experience.

PS He’s the hairy, hairy gent who ran amok in Kent.

That was vivid, Theresa… but, sure, a little pooch puke & as far as I’m concerned, he’s earned the hair.

Theresa LOL – and I’ve heard on animal planet that is exactly why domestic dogs like to lick our faces. That’s a puppy behavior to stimulate the grown up to barf food for them. EW, RIGHT? ha ha.

PS — the dude’s Shaun Ellis. More video here.

I kept expecting Sexy Wolf Pack Leader to kiss the irresistable little pup at some point. Okay, he’s going to smooch him now. Okay…NOW. Now? Dammit, smooch him before the video ends…aw, man! Also, if I howl will he smooch me? ::hopes::

wow … if ever i hear that sound i’ll know to be terrified — in four or five years, that is

Whoa, qte combined with charming.. So, um, did anyone see where my brain just went?

ha, i knew all the women would go ga-ga over the guy. he did look mighty-rugged. and imagine him howling like that in your bedroom. eeeeeeeeeeeee and yes, the baby was really earnest. he was all, “i can do it, too!”

Ed, I will have to watch the video. I promise.

Um… I think I meant “seriously though” but I had wolfman on the brain.

That’s the guy that had the show Wolfman on Animal Planet for awhile, Living with the Wolfman actually. Until his girlfried split. He is not really that good looking trust me.

Nice guy, seems like he loves the pup. Best wolf pup ever, trying so haaaard owwooowoow to howwwwl. Eep.
I think after this clip was over, the man kissed the pup. He had to.

Well, if you look at a few more videos on this guy he’s trying to live as a wolf among the packs. He acts like one of them. Since wolves don’t kiss and cuddle their pups, I wouldn’t expect him to. The wolf equivalent of a kiss is licking, but that’s also a sign of submission, so I wouldn’t expect him to do that on camera. And that’s be a little weird anyway

My BF is nuts about wolves so we went to see this chap at the Zoo he works at in the Westcountry (SW England to the rest of you). He is… scarily awesome.

Mmm…The Wolfman is more than welcome to teach me how to howl. And I wouldn’t mind snorgling the little furry dude, either. Is the man teaching this wolf how to howl eventually going to release it to the wild, or is this from a zoo or sanctuary?

Poor, poor, pitiful me
These young pups won’t let me be
Lord have mercy on me….

(btw, when the puppeh started howling at about :40 I actually applauded)

“Hey! It’s Henry Fool!”

Ackshully, he reminds me of a somewhat smaller version of Hagrid…

Bebe wolf is too moishe! Reminded me of this bloke… who I’m sure regretted this at 3 AM. (eek do not know how to embed…)

nice clip

Shammick b’y! (= man who lives in Combe Martin, North Devon – a place known as Shammick to the locals)

I too am wondering: HOW can he just just smile at that little pup and NOT give him a SMOOCH on his widdle head? OMG that was too cute!!!!!!

When us humans howl at our dogs people, the dogs howl because our howling hurts their ears. Same goes when a dog hears a siren. Their ears are so much more sensitive to sound than ours are. (I’ve had three servicedogs and have been in training three weeks with them each time) That’s what we were told.

Awww, bebeh black wolf howl…

and TEENY TINY TONGUE!

Super cute! Cute chubby face howling! XD

This is cute too!

The husky next door has those mad howling skills too when his owner leaves him in the yard while he goes out (even in the boiling heat). So I’ve rung the dog warden.

The puppy’s cute too, he takes his time but when he gets there it’s pretty cute.

I was watching the video with three of our eleven dogs. When the howling started bedlam broke out. All three started barking and running around the house. Just imagine the noise if all eleven had been watching.

OMG, the widdle mouth shape when bebeh began to howl – Killed me ded i tell ya! And Berthaserv, I applauded when he howled too! Yes, yes liddle guy, you can do it, good boy, goooood boy!!!!!!! As far as the human, nice hair, and anyone who commits themselves to animals to benefit them is pretty darn great in my book.

Sunny the Wonder Dog woke out of a sound sleep and began freaking out when she heard the wolfman howling! She’s a black and tan coonhound, and had quite an impressive howl as a puppy herself. She only howls occasionally now, but it is still quite impressive.

this is a day late, but….

Theresa: he DOES regurgitate food into the mouths of the wolves he works with. this guy is amazingly dedicated to protecting wolves and researching their behavior in the most authentic way he can…by becoming part of the pack.

and is he really to be judged on his looks or hair or for rolling in wolf poo? i think this guy is a hero for the work he does. he has dedicated his life to changing our understanding of wolves, so that armchair wildlife defenders like all us CO fans have something snorgleworthy. so quit yer judgin and get back to squeeeeing, people! stat!

The proprietor of the political snarkoblog TBogg posts weekly about his bassets. He was regretting recently that his two present hounds, Beckham and Fenway, do not howl like the late and gentle Satchmo. It was suggested that playing the harmonica is a good howl-training technique. Of course, sometimes you just get a basset who plays the harmonica.

That is so amazingly cute! How could he not just snuggle that little thing! I just want to squeeze it!

I saw him on TV, the wolfman who actually lives with the pack. Most of us are more talk than action and I really kowtow to him for actually giving up material comforts to know more about the species!
And that baby howl, awwwwwwwwww!!!!!

what animal is that? a bear, a dog, a something…………….?