Mine never did bark. Barking is vulgar behavior to wolves. She would howl if she felt mistreated (nail clippings, baths) but she loved being brushed head to toe.
She could gnaw down a full beef femur in about half an hour. Her habit was to crush the bones into little bitty splinters and lick those up, and used her toes to hold the bone like we use our fingers.
Nope...mine was never a watch dog. He lived to be 14 and I can’t remember him barking. Howl...you bet, he sure wasn’t mute.
And he was probably the best hunter I have ever had. Not trained of course. When he finally decided to hang around home as he aged, no creature invaded his domain. I am in a rural area so there were lots of critters he took care of. So maybe he was a watch dog of sorts.