Get outta my way! Dog growls in protest as coywolf stops the traffic to let other pack members cross road
- Border Collie Sam growls at pack of wolves crossing the road as he wait in car
- Canine watches alpha wolf stand in middle of road and wait for pack to pass
- The footage was captured in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada, on December 20
This is the comical moment a dog growls in protest at a pack of wolves crossing the road as he watches them from inside a car.
Footage captured in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada, shows the border collie poodle named Sam bark as the alpha coywolf stands in the middle of the road and waits for the other pack members to pass.
The canine continues to show his frustration as the wolves continue along their way into the woods.
The border collie poodle named Sam barks as the alpha coywolf and his pack cross the road in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada
The alpha wolf stops the traffic and watches the rest of his pack cross the road safely
During the clip, which was captured on December 20 last year, the alpha wolf walks onto the street and acts as a crossing guard as the rest of the pack passes safely.
Sam begins to bark as the pack slowly make their way across the street and startles the alpha wolf.
As the car begins to edge forwards, the border collie growls once more as he watches the pack make their way into the woods.
Sam’s owner told Viral Hog: ‘Sam is a nutty border-collie poodle cross that travels with us everywhere.
‘On our frequent crossing of Algonquin Park in Ontario, Canada, we often need to slow to stop for a range of animals, from porcupines to moose, and in this case, for a pack of Coywolves.
‘The juveniles are fluffy beige and their alpha is the grey one – acting here as a crossing guard for his family, standing boldly in the centre of the road to catch my attention and get me to stop.
The young members of the pack slowly cross the road as the disgruntled dog watches on
The alpha wolf begins to follow the pack off the road and into the nearby woods
‘Once everyone had passed, he allowed me to continue on.
‘Sam was mostly upset he did not get to join them for a frolic in the woods. His wild nature expressed in almost human language.’
Coywolves are a type of canid that descend from coyotes, eastern wolves and grey wolves.
The hybrid species typically feature a thick coat, long legs and bushy tails and reach up to five feet in height.
The wolves, which can be spotted in southern Ontario, Quebec and throughout the Maritime provinces, will often feed on everything from berries and seeds to small mammals and will spend most of the year in their dens.