http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/02/0208_050208_foxes.html

I think I'd like one of those over a dog  

I have personal experience of "urban" foxes accepting food from the hand, without tearing it off!  but on balance I recon wild animals are best left wild. Then again if you have the 45 years to spare and the inclination........nice looking creatures though.

Quotebut on balance I recon wild animals are best left wild.

How do you think we got dogs, cats, ferretts, mice...the list goes on . They were all domesticated at some point, just have to start somewhere. At least this way its done in a controlled environment.

OK dogs in parts of the world have been mans companion through evolution ... as long as man was man, cats have been domesticated under 2500 years ... Horses, elephants, pigs, cows etc all predate cats ... Sorta they all evolved together and ended up being symbiotic ... Fox ... might be a relative og dog, and yes wolves are also dogs relatives and share quite a bit of the symbiosis with man ... so might be domesticable ... OK try it with a hyena ... should be fun ...
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Srinath.

i always thought hyenas were small, then i saw that picture of a dude walking one around somewhere in africa.  i'll see if i can get the pic. those things are huge

EDIT: they also have pet baboons on leashes.  they can kill people in a heartbeat
not the pic i was looking for...

QuoteOK try it with a hyena

just about any living animal with resonable level of brain function can be domesticated. some of the lower level animals just get use to us.

OK My bad ... I have to talk to my friends wife, I thought she said Hyena's cant be domesticated ... maybe she said Hyena's are closer to dogs than cats ... Like they have dog type legs and paws, not cat, inspite of their spots like Leopards ...
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Srinath.

ya they are definately in the canine family

I'm going out on a limb here...  But I believe that any SOCIAL animal (one that will sometimes group together in the wild) can be domesticated if imprinted to humans early in it's life.  Meaning if the animal "groups" or herds, flocks, mobs with its own kind and you get it VERY young, you can make it a pet.  Am I right here?

BTW, it's 75 here today and I just got back from a NICE long ride with the wife.  Ah, I hope spring is here for good this time...

OK I also didn't quite read or understand it ... domesticated is different from trained ... I have no idea ... domesticated is ... OK wont kill ya if you take your eyes off it ... trained is obeys few commands etc ...
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Srinath.

QuoteEDIT: they also have pet baboons on leashes. they can kill people in a heartbeat
not the pic i was looking for...

:lol:   So ridiculous it's funny. That would totally suck to be attacked by a leashed baboon.

I want a domestic Fox with blue eyes they look good

i think my wife is a fox......

yeah.

Quote from: jserio on June 21, 2008, 10:32:10 PM
i think my wife is a fox......

i think she is too. WTH does she see in you though 

they are everywhere around here, them and coydogs..domestic dogs bred with coyotes

Coyotes and those "coydogs" should be shot on sight before they "get outta control" but ....about those foxes..........how much are hides going for in Maine for fox? I'll bet in the winter "up there" they have some nice coats and bring a premium price. Exellent.
But leave the "coydogs" and coyotes for the buzzards. Let'em rot where they drop after you waste'em.  All God's creatures are looking for a meal.

Quote from: frankieG on June 22, 2008, 01:37:26 PM
they are everywhere around here, them and coydogs..domestic dogs bred with coyotes

hey frankie, have you got those tame ass black squirrels thee in NB? you know the ones which will eat out of your hand?

yes we do but they are grey

i went to cornwall ontario not long ago, and they would sit INCHES away from you, and eat out of your hand. ( even tried to steal my cubano  ), im thinkin evidently canada doesnt have much of a squirrel hunting population Eh?