Rescued Wolf Dog Immediately Recognizes His Long-Lost Brother

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Hidden camera catches shy rescued wolf dog reuniting with his long-lost brother. We talked to Arctic Fox Daily about how challenging it was to bond with this wolf dog — until she learned that he was missing someone very close to him.

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00:00Hey, crazy girl.

00:02Oh, you're good to me.

00:03I actually kept him in my house for a couple of weeks

00:06when he first arrived here.

00:08This nice cushion, and it's still fine, right?

00:11I don't know if I need to panic or not yet.

00:13Oh.

00:13He wanted to be outside so badly.

00:15He was busting every blind in my house.

00:20Jacob came from an abusive breeder

00:22and was extremely traumatized.

00:25Everybody's excited to have Jacob home.

00:28In case you're wondering where 90% of this mud came from,

00:32it's this guy.

00:33I have a pack of six rescued wolf dogs here at my sanctuary,

00:36and it's beautiful chaos.

00:38Oh, my gosh.

00:38I don't know if you guys can still see my house.

00:43I'm trying to take a cute video.

00:45Once he was free in that acre, Jacob really

00:47wanted nothing to do with me.

00:48I'm going to see how close Jacob will let me get today.

00:52Hey, Jacob.

00:53Come here.

00:54You want to come sniff me up?

00:55You can come on your own terms.

00:57It's OK.

00:57However, Jacob loves my daughter, Ella.

01:00All right, guys.

01:01So Ella and I are going to go down and feed the wolf

01:03dogs some treats.

01:05This is just ridiculous.

01:06I'm the one who does all the hard stuff

01:08and raises them and keeps them alive,

01:09and she gets all the love.

01:11She was able to get Jacob to come right up to her.

01:17He's extremely gentle with taking treats from her hand.

01:20I'm good at reading their body language.

01:22Because of this, I was able to be

01:23comfortable with allowing Jacob to form

01:25this relationship with Ella.

01:27Jacob is slowly becoming more and more comfortable with me.

01:30But he's still very suspicious.

01:35I get a phone call from Molly, who runs Walking Wild Rescue

01:38in Ohio, asking if I would be open to taking

01:42in Jacob's brother, Varden.

01:44This is Varden, Jacob's brother.

01:47I mean, reuniting long-lost brothers?

01:49How can I say no to that?

01:52I brought Varden into a little secluded enclosure

01:54within our wolf dog yard.

02:00I really wasn't sure what to expect with reuniting

02:03brothers after being apart.

02:05It's a stressful time.

02:10Jacob was at the side of that enclosure all night long.

02:15He was actually very, very, very, very, very, very,

02:17very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very,

02:20He was actually pawing at the enclosure

02:22where Varden was laying against, which was amazing.

02:25That was really cool to be able to see.

02:27And then came the day to release Varden into the enclosure.

02:32It went really well.

02:36The Walking Wild Rescue did such a good job

02:39at working with Varden.

02:41Varden and Jacob were developing a really great relationship

02:45very quickly.

02:47A couple of weeks after Varden arrived,

02:49Jacob actually took food from me through the fence

02:52for the first time ever.

02:55Varden is helping bring Jacob out of a shell even more.

02:59Varden and Jacob are right there.

03:02I feel honored that I was the one who was entrusted

03:04with not only Jacob, but now his brother, Varden, too.

03:07And it has been heartwarming to be

03:08able to really watch their relationship develop,

03:11even after spending over a year and a half apart.

03:13It feels really good knowing that I

03:15can play my part in giving wolf dogs a forever

03:17safe place to live out the rest of their days.

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