I had a similar experience to babyracer37 actually...
When I was little I went to a shop called "Wolf People" with my family in Northern Idaho. They had a small wolf run in the back of the shop that was all fenced in for wolves they took care of. Being really shy I didn't want to put my hand against the fence the first time, but on the way back from visiting family we stopped back at the shop and I got to put my hand through the fence. I remember being really nervous as wolves after all are much larger than dogs and I was only twelve, but he just licked my hand and I saw his eye's look into mine for a brief instance and it really was magic.^_^
I just loved wolves after that and I went all wolf crazy to the point where I decided that I, was infact, a wolf!