Ahote (pronounced Ah-hoe-tay) passed in March 2016. Ahote is a mix of eastern timber and arctic wolf. His mother was a black phase eastern timber wolf, and his father is a white arctic wolf. Ahote’s name, in the native American Hopi language, means ‘The Restless One’.
Ahote’ was born April 26, 2006, and weighed about 90 lbs.
Ahote was a favorite among the pack, and lived with Takoda, Sierra and Bandit at our facility in Jackson, New Jersey. He was very protective of his pack, especially when rescue puppies arrived at our facility.
His diet consists of 80% raw chicken and deer, bones included. This is supplemented with vegetables, pork neck bones, marrow bones, bacon, biscuits and treats. It is known as the BARF diet (Bones & Raw Food). He cannot eat certain dog foods, such as kibble –– kibble is composed mainly of vegetable matter, and the digestive system of a wolf cannot handle large amounts of vegetable matter.
Ahote’ was bottle-fed as a puppy by humans and has been very well socialized with people ever since. He considers people to be a normal part of his environment and is quite comfortable around them. Lately, however, he has developed an affinity for open-style footwear, especially children’s, but only if live feet are present inside. He likes to bite down on them, a little too hard sometimes, and we are presently working on dissuading him from this particular fetish so that in the future children will be able to return to their parents with their feet intact.