Aries joined the Big Pack in the Sky on August 14th, 2024.
He passed at 3 years old due to secondary infections resulting from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Aries was born on April 8, 2021, and arrived at Wild Spirit on December 31, 2022. In the beginning of December 2022, Wild Spirit was asked to make a miracle come true by taking in five high-content wolfdogs in need of urgent rescue after their owner passed away. At the time, we were beyond our maximum capacity, with not a single empty enclosure for new intakes. While we wanted nothing more than to save these animals’ lives, we weren’t sure it was possible with our limited resources…
Fortunately, we weren’t alone in wanting to see this rescue through, and in a matter of days an entire team of people from across the country had agreed to assist us in going to get the animals AND putting up five new enclosures once we got back home with them! Thanks to this massive show of support, we made plans to retrieve the animals, meeting up with half our team in Kansas while the other half stayed behind to work on constructing the new enclosures.
After arriving at the owner’s property and seeing the animals for the first time, it was clear they were all experiencing extremely high levels of stress following the loss of their owner, and as a result of our presence as well. As such, we quickly came up with a game plan for getting the animals out of their enclosures, vetted, and into the rescue van as quickly as possible. Thanks to the experience and teamwork of all involved, this process went off without a hitch, and within a matter of hours, all five wolfdogs had been seen by the vet and loaded for transport!
Before leaving the property we learned of three additional high-content wolfdogs also living on-site (one who has since passed), surprising everyone in our group as they hadn’t been mentioned in previous conversations. We decided to ask the owner’s wife whether they needed placement as well. She said they did but she hadn’t thought to ask due to their age, assuming we wouldn’t want them. We advised that while we didn’t have any empty enclosures at the moment, we would be willing to come back for them as soon as possible if placement was needed. She agreed, and we made plans to return for them as soon as we’re able.
Of the five Kansas rescues, Aries was the baby, and easily the most social of the group. Aries is also a relative of some of Wild Spirit’s former pack members including Dakota, Savannah, Forest, and Brutus, and he shared their same love of people once he fully settled in.
Personality
Flurry was unusually social for a wolf. He enjoyed being pet, meeting new people, and his Ambassador work in general. He was also quite the dramatic fellow; insisting on having things his way, or else he would protest for eternity!
Relationships
Buckle in, because Flurry’s relationship history is quite the rollercoaster! Flurry first lived with his brother, Frost, and a female high-content wolfdog named Sassy. Sassy was removed due to a scuffle, and Frost tragically passed away from a genetic heart condition. Flurry then moved in with an older female named Shakti. She passed soon after, but Flurry then found his match with another rescue named Ally. They got along well until Ally joined the Big Pack in the Sky on January 29th, 2018. Flurry then had a brief companion in Naia, before her puppy energy proved too much for him. Lastly, he spent his retirement years with his sister, Alice.
Likes & Dislikes
Above all else, Flurry loved being the center of attention. He especially enjoyed making other rescues jealous. He was also our champion scent-roller, hilariously shoulder diving into both good and bad smells.
Flurry very much disliked when his Caretaker opted to visit with others before him, or even worse, took other rescues out for walks instead of him! Flurry would loudly voice his unhappiness until the other rescue was back in their enclosure, and Flurry felt his point had been made.
Fun Facts
Flurry was one of the few rescues who was born on site along with littermates, Teton, Shasta, Trinity, and Frost. Flurry spent much of his life as an Ambassador, meeting many people, including some of the cast of Game of Thrones! He once received a standing ovation at SI Yankees Baseball Stadium, and has been featured on TV and in Rolling Stone magazine.
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