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Do/would wolves recognize their names?
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 2:19 pm
by victortiti89
Do wolves living in sanctuaries or working/interacting with people "know" and react to their names? Dogs do, but does it mean wolves know this as well? Thank you for taking your time to read this...
Re: Do/would wolves recognize their names?
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 3:29 pm
by DaniBeez
Commenting on this so I can remember to respond later when I get home. Unless someone beats me to it!
Re: Do/would wolves recognize their names?
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 4:03 pm
by ViperBrains
Hm....interesting question,
I've heard that wolves, even if you start calling them a certain name at birth, they will not respond/recognise to that name later on. But this is only what I've heard, maybe they do. I don't work at a wolf sanctuary, I don't even work with real wolves at all so I really can't give any helpful information.
Re: Do/would wolves recognize their names?
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 2:56 pm
by roguemoon
From personal experience, yes. I've been up close with wolves at two wolf centres and a few different zoo's. Wolves, much like many other mammals, can learn and respond to their names very easily. Just like dogs, they learn to associate the word with themselves (and they usually know it means food too ). They can also relearn a new name even in adulthood.
Wolves are pretty intelligent and can learn a lot of basic commands as well such as sit, lay down and shake.
Re: Do/would wolves recognize their names?
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:01 am
by Invar
Yes. I've known a few. They knew their names.
Re: Do/would wolves recognize their names?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 8:12 pm
by Koa
Locking thread to prevent repeated answers as it seems the question has been answered already.
Topic locked.