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ADMIN NOTE:Hi everyone! Tonight we have the one and only Nicole Wilde. Nicole is joining usto chat about her new book 'Hit by a flying wolf' So please welcome Nicole and if you have anyquestions then just post them here. Nicole Wilde, CPDT-KA, is the author of nine books includingHelp for Your Fearful Dog, So You Want to be a Dog Trainer, Don't Leave Me! and her latest, Hitby a Flying Wolf. She lectures worldwide on canine behavior, is an "Ask the Expert" columnist forModern Dog magazine, and co-stars in the DVD "Train Your Dog: The Positive Gentle Method".

Nicole is on the Advisory Board of the Companion Animal Sciences Institute, a professionalmember of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT), and a popular speaker at theorganization's annual conferences. She donates her time photographing rescue dogs to improvetheir chances of adoption. To view Nicole's books, seminar DVDs, and "Wilde About Dogs" blog,visitwww.nicolewilde.com. You can connect with Nicole on Facebook @NicoleWildeAuthor and on Twitter @NicoleWilde.

Nicole Wilde Books and DVDs for Dog Trainers and Dog Loverswww.nicolewilde.com 

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Denise O'Moore Hi Nicole - thank you for joining us as we appreciate your schedule must be very hectic!

Can I just start by asking you what was it like to write such a personal piece as Hit by a flying wolf?

Nicole Wilde Hi Denise, hi all!

Louise Jones Pawsitive DogTraining Hi Nicole

Nicole Wilde To tell you the truth, this is definitely the most personal book I have written...

Janel Biglin Welcome Nicole!

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Louise Jones Pawsitive DogTraining Can't wait to read it....paid on Friday so I'll be getting the

ebook version then!

nJason Currie Hi Nicole thanks for sharing your time with us !!!

nNicole Wilde …and I wasn't 100% comfortable writing it! My other books as some of you might know are

all about canine training and behavior. This one is more stories about my own life with rescue dogs, working with

the wolf rescue, and with the wolves I ended up taking home from the rescue to live with us...

So in a way, it was a bit uncomfortable. There is a lot in there about Sierra and Bodhi and their behavior issues,

some of which (especially with Bodhi) were very challenging. And you know when you're revealing how you work

with these things, your emotional state, etc. you're really putting yourself out there for judgement! But in the end I

decided that if it all might help someone else, then it's all good.

Denise O'Moore You divided the book into two sections - dogs and wolves. Can I ask you about the dog

section first? If you had to go through it all again - between the leash reactive, sond phobic, destructive and sep

anx dogs - would you?

Nicole Wilde Although I probably could have left out the part about the ghost in the bungalow I rented in

the Hollywood Hills. <G>

Denise O'Moore lol makes for interesting reading...I will be asking you about the art student from Stocholm later

Christina V Loveland-Dupuis That's actually a good thing. I think of all the people I work with, and

the challenges I've had with my personal dogs and knowing somebody else went through the same struggles and

learning experience is invaluable. I think of what I learned and what I could have done differently. So I'm looking

forward to reading your experiences.

Mike Hurley What will someone new and just now learning about dog training get out of this book? oris there another book you'd recommend for someone like me?

Jason Currie Nicole Wilde did u ever get scared taking a wolf into your home ? Where there differences

in how u related to a wolf as opposed to dog ?

Nicole Wilde Whoa, sorry guys, my screen is not seeing the comments as they come in, had to refresh. I

am refreshed now.

Denise, as for your question about whether I'd go through it all again with regard to the dogs, the leash reactivity,

sound phobias, etc….well, it wasn't any fun, I won't lie, but I think that it all taught me an awful lot that I wouldn't

have learned just through working with client's dogs. So I suppose I would do it all again, because in the end, it

all went toward helping other dogs.

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Kevin Duggan Nicole- Is it true that wolves do not sniff each others bums? Instead the smell each

others mouths?

Nicole Wilde What Christina V Loveland-Dupuis said is another reason I wrote the book...

…I wanted dog owners and even trainers to know that they're not alone in all the trials and tribulations they're

going through. Even a professional trainer can feel frustrated and overwhelmed. But hanging in there is so

important--although admittedly there are dogs who are not the right fit for a home.

Jason asked about whether I ever got scared taking a wolf into my home and what the differences are relating to

the dogs and wolves…great question…to answer the first part... 

…I can't say I got scared, because I did know these animals from the rescue. But, as you'll see if you read the

book, there WAS an incident not long after I took them home that had to do with wolves and their testingbehavior, and the back of my knee! Two words: puncture wounds!

As far as what the differences are in relating to dogs and wolves...

Denise O'Moore One word...Phantom!

Nicole Wilde …that would be a book in itself, but I will say you need to use your body and voice

differently around wolves, as they are very sensitive animals. They start le easily and react easily.

Kelli Parker Nicole Wilde I'm a trainer who recently started to focus on dogs with aggression (dog-

dog) (dog-people) I've read several books & studied under a trainer who work with these cases but it wasn't her

specialty how would your book assist me?

Nicole Wilde And their energy is very different than dogs, i t's somehow more focused and still.

Denise O'Moore Nicole do you think that you will be writing your next book on the differences between both?

Susan Ferry AtPawsitive Hey Nicole, <g>

Would it be safe to say Nicole, that the wolf is more reactive or aware of human body movement and language

than a domesticated dog in your experience?

Nicole Wilde I believe 2 people who are trainers (or newer trainers) have asked how the book would

assist them. Although it's not specifically a train the trainer book (see my website www.nicolwilde.com 

for a bunch of those), the parts where I had to solve behavior problems would definitely be interesting to trainers

and I believe helpful as well. 

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 Nicole Wilde LOL Denise, please let's not even think about the next book yet!

Susan, exactly, wolves tend to have hair trigger reflexes. For example, in all the years I taught group classes...

…I was never bitten except by a large wolfdog, and it was when I was putting a Gentle Leader head halter on

him.

Susan Ferry AtPawsitive VERY interesting. What was the trigger, the front approach, over the head,

choices taken away... all the above and more?

and did the wolfdog know you?

Jemma Whitford apologies for being so late!

Nicole Wilde Honest Susan, I'm not sure. I'm very slow and careful when applying head halters. The dog

did not know me. He might have had issues with pretty much everyone at first, although we did end up becoming

friendly. His owners drove 3 hours each way each Saturday to bring him to class, so I really wanted him to

succeed.

Christine Holmes Spriggs Bennett wow, 3 hours--that's a dedicated owner!

Nicole Wilde I think part of the issue is that a lot of trainers won't accept wolfdogs into their classes, plus

they knew I knew wolfdogs.

Donna Noce Hi Nicole, Are there any good behavior indicators that would make you think a dog is

part wolf? I know a lot of people like to call dogs that have husky or malamute in them "part wolf", but they act

pretty doglike.

Nicole Wilde Oh! Before I forget, I wanted to give you guys a discount code so you can get 10% off the

book. It's HBAFW10 and the link ishttp://www.nicolewilde.com/store/hit-by-a-flying-wolf/  

It will work for hard copy or ebook, but only until midnight tonight (I believe PST). 

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Have you ever had to save a wolf from a rattlesnake?

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Kelli Parker That makes sense, considering wolfdogs aren't "illegal" in many areas. One of the

workers at the store where I train has a wolfdog is considering getting another one (I'm located in VA)

Susan Ferry AtPawsitive What prompted you to use the GL on the wolfdog?

Mike Hurley Maybe stupid question... but is wolfdog a recent cross between dog and wolf or more of

a particular dog breed or line?

Nicole Wilde Donna, great question, and I agree that many people think they have a wolfdog when they

have a dog. My Living with Wolfdogs book goes over specifics, but there are some physical differences to look

for...

…wolves have smaller, furred ears, not giant GSD type ones, for example. The teeth are another difference, of

course, but I don't want to give specifics because you can't really tell by one or two things, it's really looking at the

whole dog. And it's hard just from photos sometimes, video is much better.

Denise O'Moore Thanks Nicole! Thats great Before everyone runs away with Wolf issues can I just ask

you about SoCo, Mojo, Sierra and Bodhi? Each had there own problem and you worked through it - Can you tell

us how you dealt with each one?

Nicole Wilde Mike, not a stupid question at all. A wolfdog can be a cross between a wolf and dog, or a

wolf and wolfdog, or 2 wolfdogs…it basically means there is some wolf content. There is no "breed standard" for

wolfdogs (unless you talk about Czech wolfdogs or that type of thing).

Leon Coombs Do you think working with wolves has given you a greater understanding of dog

behaviour.

Nicole Wilde LOL Denise, probably not in a short chat! But I will tell you a bit…Mojo was my soul dog,

and he was "dog obnoxious"--not really aggressive, but a bully type. I'm sure you all know what I mean. Lots of

bluster.

This was a very long time ago and Mojo was what you would call my "cross-over" dog, meaning back then I

didn't know any better, and was helping out another trainer who used choke chains and pretty serious

corrections.

Susan Ferry AtPawsitive Nicole, have you see the studies done in New York City where they are

referring to coyote-dog hybrids as coy-wolves rather than coy-dogs? Thoughts on this label?

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Una O'Neill Furlong Nicole Wilde you said the dog part of the book was about your rescue dogs. I

have been working at a rescue for the past few months. Do you feel that rescue dogs have quicker reactions to

non rescue dogs? And if so do you think it takes a dog long to change to quicker reactivity once in the kennel.

Kim Kurylo Is there any different training methods that should be used on feral dogs? I foster a feral

border collie and he seems very wolf l ike to me and I am thinking that is how he survived on his own in the wild

for 1.5 yrs.

Nicole Wilde Sierra had separation anxiety--she'd been in the shelter 4 times before we adopted her! The

"Don't Leave Me!" book was NOT something I intended to write, but because of realizing just how difficult it is to

live with a dog with that issue, I did.

Then there's Bodhi….*sigh* How much time do we have? <G> 

I think you might have to read the book for that one.

Denise O'Moore Bazooka joe! How did you deal with the destruction?

Nicole Wilde LOL Denise at the moment I discovered the destruction I believe my gentle, positive attitude

went south...

Jason Currie  lots for you Nicole ,:)

Christine Holmes Spriggs Bennett it sounds like each of your dogs brought a whole other issue for you

to deal with--fate!

Nicole Wilde but the interesting part about Bodhi's destruction--and you know since you read the book

Denise just how bad it was--was really due to insecurity, not because he was a "bad" dog. Thank goodness I

realized that, because I can only imagine what someone who didn't get it would have done to him.

Yes, Bodhi's original name was Bazooka. What does THAT tell you.

Kim Kurylo, the Help for Your Fearful Dog book would definitely help you out with working with feral dogs.

Mike Hurley Would "Help for your Fearful Dog" apply to 8 month who barks and yips at strangers

circling them back and forth.... I have a special case with him, he's a Ches Bay and Shepard mix.

Una O'Neill Furlong Regarding our current wolf dogs, Was the breeding of wolf and dog an accidentor did mankind get involved in this?

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 Nicole Wilde Mike Hurley yes, absolutely. The behavior sounds as though he's fear-reactive. Most of what

people term "aggression" is actually fear-based (although there are flat-out aggressive dogs out there).

I'm sorry you guys if I'm missing any questions, trying to keep up here!

Christine, yes, each dog brought their own issue for sure. The Universe's way of keeping us humble. <g>

Christine Holmes Spriggs Bennett Sep anx is an area that I tend to stay away from as it's too emotional

for me after having a dog years ago that had a terrible issue with it...how long did it take you to help Sierra work

through this?

Jason Currie Nicole about sierras separation anxiety can you tell us abit about how you where able to

help her ?

Denise O'Moore ADMIN NOTE: Hi guys - yes it's me the evil one that reminds all of the time! Nicoles

book is written in two parts so if you have any dog related questions please ask them now as we will be moving

to part two shortly.

MeeAe Jervinsky how do you determine if a dog is "flat-out" aggressive and do you believe

sanctuary is their only option (if they are lucky enough to get that)?

Jemma Whitford if there was one piece of advice you could give on handling a fearful/aggressive

dogs when it is in rescue what would it be?

Nicole Wilde Christine, Sierra had what I would call a moderate case, and it definitely took a good couple

of months to work through it. I wanted to get her issues under control before getting a second dog, although

sometimes getting a second dog does just stop it right then and there. Jemma I love that question!...

…My one piece of advice would be not to force the dog or try to dominate him, but to go at his pace. Be patient

and compassionate. Baby steps.

Denise O'Moore Me too - thanks Jemma that was one I was keeping till the end lol

Nicole Wilde MeeAe asked how you would determine whether a dog is flat out aggressive...

Jemma Whitford sorry!

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Kelli Parker Nicole Wilde in my current class there's an OES (Old English Sheep dog) that's reactive

with dogs walking toward him or entering the class, long story short he's easy to calm down with verbal correction

however, he explodes if a dog looks at him as well. He redirected & nipped me any suggestions?

Nicole Wilde …it's pretty obvious, as he's really trying to hurt people. I don't mean to be glib. The thing is,

people think that dogs who are barking, growling, showing teeth, etc. are aggressive. But if you think about it,

those are all signals to tell the silly human to back off. If the dog is doing those things, he doesn't WANT there to

be a conflict. He could just as easily be lunging and biting if he wanted to...

…Most sanctuaries or rescues don't want to take in a dog like that, since it's impossible to adopt him out. It's a

lifelong expense. So the owner can choose to manage extremely carefully (although really it's never 100%, and it

depends if there's kids, etc.), or euthanize. Or if they're very lucky, maybe make a large donation to a rescue and

pay for upkeep and they'll take him in.

Mike Hurley Thanks, I know you're scrambling, nice of you to do this for everyone. He's not

aggressive at all, almost playful when he does it but I don't want it to become an undesired behavior so we're

working on some things, I will check that out.

Christine Holmes Spriggs Bennett Nicole, is there any episode that stands out for you as being the

scariest moment in dealing with wolves?

Nicole Wilde Christine, to be honest I've had more scary moments dealing with dogs than I have wolves,

although that might be due to the number of aggressive dogs I've seen over the years as a trainer. My specialty

was dogs who are aggressive to people.

Denise O'Moore ADMIN NOTE: Hi again ...you have 25 mins left and we are going to start taking more

wolf related questions but please don't ask for advise on agression in either dogs or wolves as that is a seperate

topic that is very serious and requires alot of time to work through! Thanks

Jemma Whitford will you be going into any aggression stuff on your uk weekend in june? sorry but

i'm going and i totally love your books

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 Nicole Wilde Oh! And I'm to give the discount code again here and then at the end…it's HBAFW10 to

receive 10% off "Hit by a Flying Wolf" until midnight tonight at http://www.nicolewilde.com/store/hit-by-a-flying-

wolf/  

Hit by a Flying Wolf | Nicole Wilde Books and DVDs for Dog Trainers and Dog Lovers www.nicolewilde.com 

Have you ever had to save a wolf from a rattlesnake? Or rehabilitate a dog who eats furniture

and major appliances? Have you chased a stray wolf down suburban streets in the thick of a winter

storm?Nicole Wilde has done all of those things and more. As a profession... 

Jason Currie Nicole Wilde i heard a funny story that u met a art student from Stolkholm that thought he

would turn into a werewolf if he drunk wolfs milk ,, is that true ?

Nicole Wilde Jemma if you'd like, PM me privately about that later and I'll let you know.

Jason, the thing is that a lot of the wolf/wolfdog people tend to be a bit…eccentric. Not to say there aren't a lot of

nice, normal ones! But some are downright strange...

…at some point I began to save the weirdest emails I received from wolf folks over the years. One of them was

from an art student in Stockholm who was doing a project about werewolves...

…and he wanted to know whether I could get him any wolf's milk, because he'd read that's one way you can turn

into a werewolf, by drinking it! I would have thought it was a joke, but he'd addressed it to a bunch of legitimate

wolf facilities as well. Yikes.

I told him he might want to look for some silver bullets while he was at it, in case it worked.

Jemma Whitford i heard that the markings on a wolfs tail may darken (by the base of tail), depending

how fertile/status in pack of the wolf..i have no idea if it's true and it came from a wolf person in the uk. any

thoughts on that?

Nicole Wilde Okay, if you like my warped sense of humor, you will enjoy the book. If not, do NOT get it.

<g>

Denise O'Moore How did your neighbours react to you having Phantom, Sequoia and Heyoka in the

neighbourhood?

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Andrew Heggli Hi Nicole Is there any place where regular people can meet a wolf, or two? and, if

one encounters a wolf in the wild, what should one do (I know they are timid, but if you meet one by chance)?

Una O'Neill Furlong Is the current wolf dog a result of humans breeding wolf and dogs or was it an

accident?

Nicole Wilde Denise, hah! Our local animal control knew they were there (unofficially, as I was part of the

rescue). But the neighbors actually never knew they were there. We had the Fort Knox of an enclosure, and

privacy fence around it. If they howled, the neighbors probably thought we had Huskies. Of course...

…as you know from the book, that all changed when the horrific fire happened and we had to evacuate. 

Per Arnt Rasmussen Do you know the Wolf Experts in Scandinavia? Runar Næss, Julian Brossé &

Freddy Worm Christiansen? If you ever get to meet them You´ll appreciate it as they are friendly & very knowing

people too:)

Christine Holmes Spriggs Bennett I was very interested to learn about your relationship with Tia, of Pit

Bulls and Parolees!

Denise O'Moore I can't imagine what that was like

Even reading it was hard!

Jason Currie Might sound stupid Nicole but was it ever possible to walk down the road with one of your

wolfs ? or treat them like a dog going to parks and such ?

Nicole Wilde Andrew asked where regular people can meet a wolf…hard to say since I don't know where

you're located, but if you type in Google "wolf sanctuary" or something similar along with your city you might find

one. Some are open to the public. Wolf Park in Indiana is wonderful, although it's not hands-on with the wolves

for visitors. There is Spirit Wolf Sanctuary in New Mexico that's great too.

Stephanie Mericka Did your wolves interact differently with domesticated dogs vs. other wolf dogs? If

so, what behavior stood out to you the most?

Nicole Wilde Per I am familiar with Runar.

Andrew Heggli ok, thanks, I'm in Norway, but I'm sure we have something here

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 Nicole Wilde Jason not a stupid question at all. I was not allowed to take them out of the enclosure. It was

part of the stipulation of them being there. I want everyone to understand though that these were animals that

had nowhere else to go, it's not like I went out looking for wolves or wolfdogs to adopt…. 

…and we gave them the best life we could, lots of enrichment, attention, good nutrition, etc.

Denise O'Moore Actually Nicole - did Mojo ever meet the wolves you had at the time -Phantom and

Heyoka?

Nicole Wilde Stephanie, the wolves we had here never had interactions with the dogs. The wolves lived

in a large enclosure and the dogs lived in the house. Much better that way!

Mike Hurley What did you feed the wolves just out of curiosity?

Nicole Wilde Denise no, Mojo never did. Although he did get loose once and ran down to the enclosure

immediately, where he ran back and forth along the fence line barking like a fur covered idiot. LOL. There was a

perimeter fence between them. The wolves ran along back and forth with him but no one could get to anyone

else. I'm sure Mojo had a great time.

Stephanie Mericka If they had interacted, how do you think it would have went?

Nicole Wilde Mike, the wolves were raw fed. The main staple was chicken backs. We also fed marrow bones,

there was supplemental stuff too, veggies, yogurt, eggs, etc.

Stephanie, not well for Mojo. I don't even want to think about it.

Andrew, I think there's someone else from Norway here who asked if I knew Runar Ness, look for their

comments and PM them, they might know. Btw my mother is Norwegian! Tak!

Leon Coombs Do you consider a wolfdog a domestic dog or something other?

Jason Currie Nicole did you ever clicker train the wolves ? and if so what did you teach them ?

Denise O'Moore ADMIN NOTE: Hi guys as mentioned in intro Nicole has a busy schedule and we are

lucky to grab her attention for the past hour so can I please be the big bad wolf and ask you to finish all questions

as we have 5 mins left! Thank you so much for your participation and I will be posting all Nicoles links at end of

chat.

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 Jason Currie Nicole can i just confirm your book is available on Kindle ?

Susan Ferry AtPawsitive Thanks for being so generous with your time <g>

Nicole Wilde Jason yes, you can download the ebook from my website or if you prefer, from amazon.

Christine Holmes Spriggs Bennett I've already got my Kindle version--can't wait to read the rest of it!

Louise Jones Pawsitive DogTraining Just downloaded it now....can't wait!

Denise O'Moore ADMIN NOTE: Hi again...yep it's time to say GOODBYE to Nicole! Nicole Thank you so

much for answering all the questions! And I didn't even get a chance to ask what you had for breakfast! Anyway

thanks again - and for anyone interested don't forget nicoles new book is available as an E-Book or a paperback

and we will be posting all links in a minute. Thank you everyone for one of the fastest hours ever!

Nicole Wilde And could I ask that if any of you like the book, to please post a review on amazon. It helps.

Mike Hurley Thanks Was very cool of you.

Jemma Whitford thankyou for taking time to chat with us

Louise Jones Pawsitive DogTraining Plus, anyone who has the chance to see Nicole & go to her

seminar-GO! She's amazing! Saw her last year in Ireland

Christine Holmes Spriggs Bennett you write beautifully--I can tell by the goosebumps I get in some of

the passages!

Julie Ryal Brewer Thanks Nicole Wilde 

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