Got two wolves loaded onto a longboat and made it back to base with one of them. The other died from a sea monster. I'm not sure exactly how or why. It seemed like it hit him and drug him off the boat.

Also lost several pup. I thought the wolves were getting injured at first, then I realized that it was pups being born on a moving boat and (I assume) staying in place. I had a similar problem the first time I tried to push off the boat and realized that "stay" was relative to the land, not the boat!

I did learn another way to get the wolf off the boat. I saw a boar nearby where I landed and agroed him toward me and the wolf (on the boat near me). The wolf jumped off the boat and killed the boar along with a couple of pesky neaks.

I'll probably try another trip with a few more and hopefully get at least one more back.

Oh, this time I tamed a new pair of wolves on a much smaller mountain without drakes, and I also built a shack next to the boat and escorted the wolves one at a time, just in case. The mountain is next to plains, and I saw a couple of fulings, but they were not a problem.