Part feral.......Meaning?

Babyblue5290 · Nov 9, 2005

Sorry for making yet another thread, but I was wondering what does "part feral" mean? I know what feral is, but I don't think I understand what "part" feral is. Is it where they let their dogs run free, but they still call them theirs?

I've seen this put on dogster pages a lot and it made me curious.

SummerRiot · Nov 9, 2005

it means wild..

feral = untame, wild

Could mean a wolf, fox, coyote..

Babyblue5290 · Nov 9, 2005

SummerRiot said:

Yeah, that's what feral means but what about part feral? So part wild right? but how does that work? I mean how can you have a dog that's part wild and part house companion?

BigDog2191 · Nov 9, 2005

A Wolf X comes to mind... I think really meaning it can be a good house pet but it's also very unpredictable.

SummerRiot · Nov 9, 2005

well.. feral would mean pure wild so pure wolf, or pure fox..

so part feral would mean part wolf or part fox...

bubbatd · Nov 9, 2005

Sounds reasonable !

Dizzy · Nov 10, 2005

No, no no

A WILD animal is just that - WILD. So think FOX, WOLF, HEDGEHOG etc

a FERAL animals is a DOMESTICATED animal that has gone wild/living wild.

Dizzy · Nov 10, 2005

I guess part feral is therefore when little fluffy has an encounter with the wild (yet domesticated - so NOT wolf/fox) dog that lives in the fields behind the house!

It is different to stray remember!

Dizzy · Nov 10, 2005

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral

Manchesters · Nov 10, 2005

Cats are considered to be feral in many states, versus domesticated. Part feral is an idiotic statement put forth by an idiot!!!!! Roflmbo.

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