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My puppy was just a little over 3 months old when those photos were taken, while the OP's dog is an adult, so yeah, mine is a lot smaller right now, lol. Size variance is about the same as that of a Siberian Husky, 30-50 pounds typical for females and 40-65 for males.

Here's my buddy, "Hector", now 4 1/2 months old, shortly after I got him. He was born into a wild pack in east TX. Yes, Texas. The name, "Carolina Dog", was given to these dogs by the first biologist to study them in-depth and recognize that they weren't run-of-the-mill feral mutts, Dr. I...

According to the canine genomic study, the Samoyed is not as ancient as breeders have long claimed, at least, the modern version of the breed isn't, and it's quite different from the original dogs from Siberia. The Samoyed has had a lot of herding breeds integrated into its gene pool over the...

That's NOT a "Shepherd x Husky mix", lol! Shelters seldom accurately ID dogs, and most dogs of this breed that wind up in shelters or rescues automatically get "Shepherd x Husky" or "Shepherd x Lab" labels put on them. Congratulations, you've got yourself a Carolina Dog, aka "American Dingo"...

There is a hypomelanistic morph that occurs in these. Tom Crutchfield in Florida has a hypo Indo-Chinese King, no black on it at all, and it's that same greenish tone that you illustrated.

Why is the dog crying? Is it confined to the porch and cannot leave the porch? Can you tell if it has food or water? Some dogs DO just make a lot of racket for no valid reason whatsoever. My Chihuahua comes immediately to mind as a dog that really, REALLY loves the sound of his own voice...

Wolfdogs should NEVER be left alone! They are simply too sociable an animal, too hard-wired to be part of a group, and leaving them without companionship is detrimental to their mental well-being. If the owner is away for more than say, an hour each day, the animal needs to have the...

Second that! It is disturbing to think of how many people suffer unnecessarily and undergo painful, and again, unnecessary, medical procedures for "spider bites" that are really something else entirely, thanks to a doctor's tendency to jump to conclusions. I had a large, painful lesion on my...

It's an Aphonopelma sp., not sure of which, as there are anywhere from 3 to 5 species of Aphonopelmas in CO, depending on which taxonomist providing the information, lol. The most common is A. hentzi, and indeed, this looks a lot like my A. hentzi, so I'm going to say that's a distinct...

Too late. Homo erectus is very much alive and well, and occupying powerful positions in the US and state government. Homo sapiens, the "thinking man", is now a highly Endangered Species.

Second that! I bought a high-powered rechargeable LED headlamp(up to 5000 lumens and four hours full power) off Amazon, and it really works great for spotting Wolf Spiders, Fishing Spiders and other spiders that hunt by sight, since their eyes are highly reflective and you can spot them from a...

I had a female Kukulcania hibernalis for 17 years, and she was already an adult, gravid at that, when I got her, so I have no idea how old she was actually. These spiders grow very slowly comparable to female Aphonopelma sps., so it would take a female several years to reach a large size. I...

Singers do appear to be an older breed than the Dingo in Australia, suggesting that the Southeast Asian people who traversed the Indian Ocean made it to New Guinea before Australia, and moved into Australia from that island. Most-recent DNA studies of Australian Dingoes shows them to be...

All of the dogs in this remarkable family are capable of producing some of the most spine-chilling sounds ever, very un-doglike noises that belong in some horror movie. Dr. Bryan Frye once kept a trio of Dingoes, which he described as "dog-shaped wildcats", and that is exactly how I have...

Basically they are just smaller versions of Akitas, for real, lol. I kept Akitas before my experiences with the handful of purebred Dingoes in the US, all of which are extremely inbred because they-or rather, their ancestors- were imported to the US before the Australian government decided that...

Intestinal parasites, especially whipworms, can cause all of the symptoms you described, as can Coccidiosis and Giardia, and I will bet on all three being very common where you live, Snark. An adult cat will usually be able to "throw off" the latter two, but intestinal worms will stay, and...

I agree, and have always believed the same thing. Australia prohibits exports of native species and in many instances, won't let Australian citizens keep such animals, but at the same time, they billions to KILL many of those same animals as agricultural pests! I can't get a Dingo imported...

I believe that there are some trapdoor species found in the Upstate of SC, but this isn't one of them. Pretty sure this is one of the "grass spiders", Agelenopsis sp. prob. gracilis, which are also known locally as "funnel web" or "sheet web" spiders. They are very common in the Upstate...

Are you SURE that you're observing caudal luring in the Hog Island Boa? Boas and many python species will wriggle or twitch their tails when they are stressed or angry. It's not quite the stiff tail-shake of a Colubrid or even rattle-less pit vipers, but it means the same thing. When you...

The same thing that would happen here in the South-the dirt bag doing acting casual about shooting and maiming an animal would get beaten to a pulp! Real hunters do not hate animals, but they do hate to see an animal suffer. That's something that anti-hunters cannot grasp. They don't hunt...