What is it like owning a domesticated Russian silver fox?

First, the “domesticated” Russian Silver foxes are not domesticated at all. They have been selectively bred for “tameness” which is a very different thing. You have no idea what sort of behavior you'll get. read more

So this is what it is like owning a “domesticated” fox. Juggling a never-ending series of problems every day that you would never encounter with a cat or a dog. Worrying day and night that you’ll lose your lease, or your house, or your fox. read more

The Soviet (and later, Russian) study out there in Siberia did eventually breed a domesticated silver fox (read: a red fox with silver fur) that's pretty close to our dream fox. read more