Wolf

[harmony]

Let me add something I think, people get animals they should not have! My question is do you feel that insure? I am a proud gun owner with barking dogs! But I have seen where people are sold dogs with wolf mix "getting that something extra" and you would be better off with a barking dog and a 45 . I would never in my life get a wolf to protect me!! But I would a GS for my kids when they play outside

Well what a showed is a wolf mix we call him baby "Bear", and he loves to hunt

[carmspack]

looks like a dog , a large sable gsd - no wolf would have feet like that -- been around too many , babies , adults -- hands on , face to face -- we have CatWorld just down the road Media / Carl Tordiff, Animal Co-ordinator, and Wildlife Educator, Sarah Law from Jungle Cat World, Orono Ontario, show 5 year old Alec Eder this Artic Wolf at Springtime in Paris festivities Lions Park, Paris, Ontario on June 4, 2011.

DNA will tell you what you have

[Syaoransbear]

I don't believe you are lying, I just believe you were misled or possibly the person who bred your dog's parents were misled about what their animals were. I just see absolutely no wolf traits and I see very strong german shepherd traits in your dog. It's extraordinarily common for people to think they have a wolfdog because of breeders lying or breeders being lied to, but really they have a dog that's a mix of german shepherd and/or various northern breeds. And the personality of a northern breed throws people off too because northern breeds have similar drives and behavioral traits to wolves, except it's very watered down compared to wolves.

I'm not trying to be rude by correcting you, I just can't sit by and let people stay uninformed about their animal because it hurts so many other animals. Because I'm sure your dog is a great dog and people who meet him probably think wolfdogs really act that way, so they go out and get one. Except what they get turns out to be a real wolfdog and they have no idea how to handle it and someone ends up getting hurt, and the wolfdog ends up being euthanized all because of misrepresentation. And then wolfdogs start getting banned, and more wolfdogs are euthanized.

Here's a good source for learning how to identify wolfdogs:
Content and Phenotyping - Wolf-dog Education...

And if you are on facebook, here's some facebook groups where you can post pictures of your dog and have experts tell you if you have a wolfdog or not, and if so they can tell you what % of wolf. They also have little games where they post pictures of wolfdogs, wolves, or dogs with known lineage and people can guess the content of the animal.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/stop...epresentation/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wolfdog101/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/WolfdogCompanions/

And check out this site to see if wolfdogs are illegal or require special requirements in your state. It would be very sad if you told the wrong people he was a wolfdog and he was taken away.
HybridLaw.com - State laws regarding Hybrid cats, wolves, dogs and other animals

[harmony]

Get a hold me foul ones and we will go to a vet and take blood and look at teeth (ur cost). It was so scary when I took the main male in timber and gs (time of rescue, person died), big big boy and old, he died shortly after his owner, thing was always so sad, I felt lucky enough I was the only one brave enough to touch him

[harmony]

That beast did not live much after his owner died, would not hurt a soul either, just looked like it. I still feel lucky I got to see him to the end, and he looked like a monster!

[Faelan]

I don't believe you are lying, I just believe you were misled or possibly the person who bred your dog's parents were misled about what their animals were. I just see absolutely no wolf traits and I see very strong german shepherd traits in your dog. It's extraordinarily common for people to think they have a wolfdog because of breeders lying or breeders being lied to, but really they have a dog that's a mix of german shepherd and/or various northern breeds. And the personality of a northern breed throws people off too because northern breeds have similar drives and behavioral traits to wolves, except it's very watered down compared to wolves.

I'm not trying to be rude by correcting you, I just can't sit by and let people stay uninformed about their animal because it hurts so many other animals. Because I'm sure your dog is a great dog and people who meet him probably think wolfdogs really act that way, so they go out and get one. Except what they get turns out to be a real wolfdog and they have no idea how to handle it and someone ends up getting hurt, and the wolfdog ends up being euthanized all because of misrepresentation. And then wolfdogs start getting banned, and more wolfdogs are euthanized.

Here's a good source for learning how to identify wolfdogs:
Content and Phenotyping - Wolf-dog Education...

And if you are on facebook, here's some facebook groups where you can post pictures of your dog and have experts tell you if you have a wolfdog or not, and if so they can tell you what % of wolf. They also have little games where they post pictures of wolfdogs, wolves, or dogs with known lineage and people can guess the content of the animal.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/stop...epresentation/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wolfdog101/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/WolfdogCompanions/

And check out this site to see if wolfdogs are illegal or require special requirements in your state. It would be very sad if you told the wrong people he was a wolfdog and he was taken away.
HybridLaw.com - State laws regarding Hybrid cats, wolves, dogs and other animals
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Dog profile for Chrono, a male German Shepherd

Thanks Syaoransbear for posting such educating and thought out responses! Great links I must say

[volcano]

That is a gsd.

[mego]

I'm going to have to second the post above that I'm finding your posts a little hard to follow

[Jack's Dad]

Good going Harmony. You have livened things up.

How are you doing? Hope all is well.

[harmony]

Yep well, what is said is said! Believe what you want! Not hard to tell! And , what part did you not understand? Should I put that in CAPS for you? LOL

Why do you want to kick someones butt because you have dog problems or do not know a breed? I will do teeth and blood and this boy any day at ur cost