From what i no, wolf and wolf hybrids are hard to train and usually don't make good pets because of their instinctual hyarchy nature. Is there any sure way of knowing whether or not he has wolf in him, and if he does should i be worried about it?
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Bad info, I disagree.
Wolf and wolf hybrids are pack animals and very, very clannish - which means they must be part of the human family. I cannot begin to to stress that must enough. I have read horror stories of these dogs being chained up and having to be put to sleep.
That said. I have owned two wolf hybrids. They were both very,very smart and well behaved. We made both of them part of our family and my ex husband trained them both. One was hit by a car, so she was not living with us that long.
The other was a great escape artist - I had to put her in a cage and then lock her in using a wrench that she could not remove from the cage. She would open the door if it was not locked. T
She lived in the house with us, but when she had her only liter of puppies we put them in a coop to keep them out of the house during our work time. Some time after it was built, we found her climbing over the six foot fence so we knew we were beat and did not try to keep her contained any more. We had her spayed.
Having said that I will tell you a little more. Fluffy, our rough stuff Fluff as we nicknamed her, had eyes that glowed in the dark. She loved all of our kids, she helped find the lost hamsters when they got loose in the house and never harmed them. She did catch a mouse outside once and it was kind of gross, but that was the worst thing I saw. She played tag with the neighbor's cat. She was the BEST dog we had and we all miss her. She lived a long and good life.
No lies, here. Other people have had problems with their wolf hybrids, but we did not and I think it is because we already had another dog when we got her and both were part of our family.
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- You already have the dog and love him. So nevermind what they said about wolf hybrids. Just do your best to train him. I'd stick with telling people that he's husky just incase wolf hybrid is on the BSL where you live.
- A DNA test will tell you & no I wouldn't worry just take necessary precautions. I would look up a wolf hybrid breeding & talk to them about training etc if he is part wolf.
- I wouldn't worry at all. You had him this long so he is fine...
My in-laws have a Malamute/wolf hybrid. They got him from a breeder who races in packs. He is a great dog most loyal dog i have ever seen he was hard to potty train and he does dig an awfull lot but I think that is the Malamute in him..Any who its okay. Dont worry about it. - Well, does he like to hunt and kill birds or cats? I had a part wolf and chow and he was stubborn.... played stupid, but I knew he was very smart, and he was very easy to potty train. (a sweet heart to me and other people) but very loud and hard to control, and he had an independence about himself, not the type that would like to cuddle (kept to himself, except when I had food, lol), and he was very dominant because we also had another dog that was lab and pit bull mix and he was a biter, but was afraid of Harley(aka the chow wolf) and Harley never bit a human being. I loved him and he made a great pet for me. I unfortunately had to get rid of him because the neighbors kept on complaining about him (they said he was too loud, lol), and the police loved him too, lol (he was a little charmer). Oh and he was fixed, so I wonder what he would have been like if he wasn't, lol.
I don't think that you should be worried about him being part wolf. - It really depends on what percentage of wolf is in him. For example 10% wolf is going to retain more dog instincts and modern dog traits then lets say 50% wolf or higher.
The wolf hybrids I have been around that were 50% and higher really had a much more hectic personality then the 10% hybrids. - DNA Test WILL NOT show if your dog has any wolf in him or not...in fact the DNA tests are only proving to be more of a joke than anything else (and an expensive one at that). DNA testing does not work on wolf dogs. There is no way to be 100% sure as many times people breed GSDs and Malamutes to get a VERY wolfie looking offspring that they pass off as wolf dogs.
This pic is a Malamute GSD cross see how wolfie it looks, people could easily say OMG thats a wolf no doubts! But it's 100% dog.
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Alaskan huskies (being a mix of many times Shepherd and Mal or Sibe) sometimes end up looking wolfie...
Both of my wolf dogs have to be kept in check and do test me for alpha on occasion. They were more willful than even my Siberians to train, but it's not impossible. They, like my Siberians, are very pack oriented, can try to be houdini's (no escape artistry isn't strictly for the wolf dog...), they actually parallel the Siberians in many ways, but in many ways they can not ever be treated as "just another dog".... - Adam I would suggest going to yahoo groups and joining one of the wolf/wolfdog email lists there. WDZ, WDA, or WDC.
for the rest of you, dogs and wolves are the same species and were reclassified as such in 1993. Hybrids is a misnomer and as such you do your canines a disservice in continuing a stereotype.
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