Temerity (that was not her name at the time) was brought in to the City/County Animal Shelter in Aspen Colorado as a stray that was found with a Black Lab, fending for themselves near a cabin in Redstone Colorado. The shelter has a policy of not adopting out wolfdogs. They usually are destroyed. She was then brought to the Aspen Animal Hospital to be put down. At the end of the day the veterinarian and a vet tech noticed that they still had this last procedure to do - euthanize the shelter dog. They both walked back to the kennel together to find Temerity. The vet tech and Temerity locked eyes. She turned to the vet and said, "There is no way were putting her down." He agreed. She then went to the shelter manager and asked him if she could take possession of Temerity, and find her a home at a Wolf Sanctuary. He agreed to this because he really didn't want her destroyed either.  (read more about Temeity)