Dogs have been kept for many different purposes since they were first domesticated from wolves about 12,000 years ago.
Further back, he claimed to be descended from wolves.
He was raised by a shepherd family under the promise that their sheep would be saved from wolves.
They are here distinguished from ordinary wolves "looking for food."
Having already survived one attack from wolves, it was not even afraid of them.
Attacks from wolves against young moose may last seconds, though sometimes they can be drawn out for days with adults.
Ordinarily, an active man had little to fear from wolves.
The caribou also have a harder time escaping from wolves in deep snow.
These were the fellows that I had considered to be reduced "from wolves to lambs"!
"Werewolves are slightly different from real wolves," my double said.