Spectrum News 1: Can Wolfdogs Help With Mental Health Issues?
Wolf Connection Team September 14, 2026
When she was 17 years old, Fairuz Azra was looking for connection as a high school student, and she found it in an unlikely place.
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Jacques Marie Mage: The Wolf Is A Mirror
Wolf Connection Team August 13, 2026
John Calfa III of the Wolf Connection Podcast on Creating Space for Dialogue, Healing, and Reciprocity.
CBS Mornings: California wolf therapy helps teens learn forgiveness, acceptance and trust
Wolf Connection Team October 10, 2024
Teo Alfero, the program’s founder and CEO, says Wolf Connection’s methods are research-based and supports what Indigenous tribes have long-recognized: Humans and wolves have worked together for quite some time.
Good Day LA: How to maintain positive mental health with the help of wolves
Wolf Connection Team September 18, 2024
A unique type of therapy is taking place in Palmdale. It’s called wolf therapy and it allows these animals to interact with at-risk youth and others who are dealing…
TODAY: Troubled teens get help from an unlikely source: Wolves!
Wolf Connection Team July 12, 2024
Watch an alternative to a more traditional rehabilitation program where students at Wolf Connection graduate from an 8-week curriculum that includes emotional healing and job training.
The Dodo: Wolfdog Being Sold For Drugs Can’t Stop Staring Into His Rescuers’ Eyes
Wolf Connection Team June 30, 2023
They were selling the wolfdog for drugs. Meth to be exact. They’d get at least a thousand dollars’ worth — maybe more — for the sale of the wolfdog.
Forbes: Airbnb Invites Wolf Connection® to Host Their Los Angeles Experience
Wolf Connection Team April 18, 2023
Airbnb is betting big on their Experiences. And it makes sense – travelers want that experience that takes them deeper into a destination.
Sober Recovery: Through the Eyes of the Wolf: Recovery with Wolf Connection
Wolf Connection Team April 18, 2023
Recovery isn’t so much about self-improvement as it is about self-acceptance. Accepting the poor choices one has previously made in addiction, the consequences of one’s actions…
Spectrum News: How wolves are helping at-risk youth reconnect with themselves
Wolf Connection Team April 18, 2023
There’s nothing like going out for a hike in the Antelope Valley to see picturesque views of rocky hilltops, and hearing the chirping of birds and howling of wolfdogs…
The Antelope Valley Press: Wolves, teens forge ‘connection’
Wolf Connection Team April 18, 2023
Not long after Teo Alfero got Tala, his first wolfdog, his life changed. So, too, would the lives of other wolfdogs Alfero rescued or was called to help. More importantly,
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NPR: Abused Wolves And Troubled Teens Find Solace In Each Other
A strong gust of wind is answered by a chorus of wolf howls in Southern California’s high desert. Wearing hoodies
May 12, 2024 No Comments
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California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Rescued Wolves Help Female Reentry Effort
Rescued wolves are shaking their negative stereotype while helping participants do the same in CDCR’s Female Community Reentry Program.
November 25, 2023 No Comments
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Psychology Today: The Misunderstood Wolf Meets the Misunderstood Addict
Struggling to regain the emotional function they have dulled by years of substance abuse, recovering addicts are turning to an
March 12, 2024 No Comments
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