It seems like I get 3 hard bites to their 1 in a close mellae, unless someone has a freezer breath.
My downfall is My wolf is a total berzerker and will pursue an enemy right into its den and as hard as I pull and twitch the stick, will not peel away to survive (he has the same obsession with creatures, even bulls lingering around a fight scene and runs away to kill a squirrel when my comrads need me.)

I just learned tonight that if Alpha has opened a gate I can press the gate button while backing away and sometimes break free.