A swarming frenzy of hungry piranhas!

Not so long ago, I visited a litter of working line puppies.

Yap! Yap! Yap! Yap!

These short-haired beauties were sooooooooooo happy to see me!

Yap! Yap! Yap! Yap!

Their black paws jumped up onto the fence in a desperate attempt to get to me.

Yap! Yap! Yap! Yap!

Long tails wagged feverishly back and forth.

Yap! Yap! Yap! Yap!

And when I entered their pen, a sea of bouncing black blobs of fur rose up to greet me.

There was no way I was going to walk any farther into the kennel other than a few steps because the puppies were like a swarming frenzy of hungry piranhas!

Jumping,

Biting,

Barking,

Whining,

Happy,

Puppies!!!

And if I tried to move them off of me with my hands, their tongue motors started and the licking hordes began.

It was no use pushing them down.

They just jumped right back up, clamoring onto one another for a chance to meet the new human visitor.

Huh… kinda like this:
https://youtu.be/hhQfDh9Sdbo

But yesterday morning, after a long night in their outdoor cedar cabin space, the six-week-old Luck of the Irish litter puppies greeted me by sitting quietly at the gate looking up at me.

They willed me to be with them, their bright yellow eyes drilling their message into my soul.

And when I opened the gate, do you know what they did?

They didn’t jump on me, bark at me, bite my legs, or whine their desire to be near.

Instead, they did the most casual, natural, respectful thing to do.

They moved back away from the gate, sitting quietly as I entered their pen.

When I closed the gate, they came over and bit at my shoes.

Not with a frenzied, panicked-stricken energy.

But with a calm, gentle energy.

As I walked over to the metal chair in the far corner of their pen, they waddled after me.

I sat down and so did the puppies.

Only Patrick jumped up on my knees, but he did so with a calmness, placing his paws there as if asking permission to approach.

I did not pet him right away, but instead guided his feet to the ground.

When each pup was sitting nicely, I picked them up, one by one, and held them in my lap for some special one-on-one attention.

Each puppy had a chance to be near my face, the place on a human where puppies naturally want to greet another creature.

Sniffing the scent of another’s breath gives them a vast amount of information about that person’s well being.

Licking the mouth of another creature means respect and submission in the canine culture.

We sat together; whispering, cooing, kissing, and hugging.

This true connection to a furry one’s inner soul is a blessing I wish everyone could have.

It is called “Lap Therapy™”.

But for a human to be able to reach the very essence of a canine’s true spirit, a person must interact with a dog that can be calm enough to share it.

It’s an intimate exchange that not just every dog can give.

Now, there are rare dogs in many different breeds that have this special ability to connect on a deep level with a human.

You may have had the privilege of being around one in your own life.

But never before has an entire breed been developed, where the majority of the puppies possess this uncanny ability to calmly connect on a deep, personal level as a true companion.

For over 35 years, my mother, Lois Schwarz, and now myself have systematically altered working line dog breeds, molding them generation after generation through standardized temperament testing and recorded observational data, choosing only the puppies with a keen awareness of the emotional energy around them.

This has led to the world’s first large breed of companion dog, an almost unimaginable link to something greater than ourselves.

Oh sure, we have lofty outward appearance goals to replicate the exact bone and body structure of the extinct, prehistoric dire wolf…

It’s what we are most known for.

But we began working on the dire wolf replication aspect of the breed ONLY AFTER the unique large breed companion dog temperament had been perfected.

And, if you know anything about the genetics of breed creation, you know it’s a constant battle to keep what’s been established while continuing to improve the breed toward its ultimate goals.

Lucky, indeed, are those five families who have chosen one of these special Luck of the Irish litter puppies to enter their lives.

In another few weeks, they, too, will be able to experience the thirty-five years of dedicated work that has gone into these amazing dogs.

I can’t wait to hear all about it!

If you want to learn more about the intricate science and meticulous research that has gone into this incredible new dog breed, check out my Dire Wolf Project book:

https://www.amazon.com/Dire-Wolf-Project-Creating-Extraordinary/dp/1950333019

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P.S. The DireWolf Express will be leaving the station hand-delivering these lucky puppies to their new homes at the beginning of June. Look for more information on that in the weeks to come.

Also, the Monster Movie litter, out of Cookie Monster and Jesse, hopefully will be joining us the first week of June.

Find out more about this highly anticipated litter here:

https://direwolfdogs.com/litters/64/

Jennifer Stoeckl is the co-founder of the Dire Wolf Project, founder of the DireWolf Guardians American Dirus Dog Training Program, and owner/operator of DireWolf Dogs of Vallecito. She lives in the beautiful inland northwest among the Ponderosa pine forests with her pack of American Dirus dogs.