Beautiful animal! I believe the reason they are so smart is because they have to be able to survive now days. Domestic dogs don't have to be quick with their thoughts or actions, although some are. But for an animal that has not had the self reliance bred out of it, to be smart is to survive!
Some through chance or other occurrence wind up inter mingled with us, for some open minded people it is an eye opening experience, for others it is just disturbing.
I know what you mean about being hard to watch her go, it feels as though you failed her, even when you know the worst is coming!
Then you always have moments that make you remember how they acted and responded to certain things. Like last night we had a guy come to the house, selling meat from a truck! I went out and talked to him and Weasel came over from watching us to smell him and introduce his self. The man reached down and petted him and asked me what kind of dog is he, I replied to him that he isn't. The guy was confused and asked what I meant that he isn't, I said he isn't a dog, he is a wolf! The man stood up straight and asked me if that wasn't dangerous, I asked him if he thought it was dangerous when he walked up! He said he guessed not, but still didn't pet Weasel.
What made me think of Shadow was the guy was black and for some reason we could never figure out she did not like black people, and he would have never been able to get out of his truck with her there!
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