I volunteered at a Wolf Sanctuary in Southern Colorado called Mission:Wolf. It is a wonderful place where volunteers live and care for forty one wolf and wolf-dog hybrids and educate the public about wolf preservation. The wolves at Mission: Wolf were all born in captivity and can therefore never be released, but they have a beautiful place to spend their days here. We did a lot of socializing of wolves and hybrids. The hybrids were getting socialized in order to be adopted into families and the wolves were socialized in order to be used in educational programs at schools across the US. One of the incredible privileges of working at Mission:Wolf was being able to have one-on-one time with wolves. The way to greet wolves is to crouch to their level and bare your teeth. That way they can lick inside your mouth and get to know you, as you can see I am getting this treatment in the top pic. It was of course scary but exhilarating and definitely a once in a lifetime experience. The guy in the other pic is the director of Mission: Wolf, Kent. For more info. go to www.missionwolf.com. I highly recommend visiting, as you can see it's a beautiful place!!

The lighter of these is a hybrid.