Dan,
Cute wolf.
Just a word of advise on letting the dog outside. My neighbors have a yorkshire terrier, very similar in size. I was mowing the yard this summer and looked upto see a hawk in mid dive at the yorkey. I screamed and the hawk pulled out of its dive and flew away. had I been turned an mowing the opposite direction, the dog would be gone.
I think you live out in the country, so something to think about. Dogs don't have the instinct to watch the sky like a squirel does.
Randy