Manitou huddles with his mom, Kyla, as they alert on something down the hill. He's not quite sure yet what to think about the snow, and mom is very protective of his safety yet. Kyla has a scab on top of her head from a fight with one of the rescues we had.

Kyla's mother, Kapu, was the first wolfdog I had. She was very low percent, but was bred to a near-pure wolf named Zabo who was very tall. Kapu and Zabo can be seen here:

A snow dusted Manitou looks to see who is coming out of the house this time. He's decided the snow is just fine and has been running and rolling in it. We were then living in a hand built log cabin on the side of a hill, in Ohio. We had no running water, but did have electric...