MrRING
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Thought this was an interesting site:
http://wolfhybrid.us/
http://wolfhybrid.us/
Wolfhybrids are canines that have been bred with wolves in captivity to produce a wolf like canine with a dog like behavior depending on the wolf and dog content. The modern term to address these animals is “wolfdog”. However AC, and many other organizations still refer to them as wolfhybrids. Ill just use the terms more comfortable for them. They are the people who need to understand the positive side of these animals. There is also another reason I will continue to use the words “wolfhybrid.” Since I’ve been around these animals for over 10 years now, I cannot count on one hand the people who have “wolfdogs” that even know, or care what the dog is in their animal. They only want to talk about the “wolf” in the dog. Its unfair to the dog, and its unfair to the “wolfdog.”
Anytime anyone mixes dog with wolf it is of utmost importance to know the complete background of the dog. If people are going to take a perfect animal such is the wolf, and add dog to it without knowing if the dog has genetic defects or any other problems in its background, they are going to ruin the wolf. Captive raised wolves did not start out with genetic defects until people started adding dogs. If those people would have cared at all, they would have made sure the dogs did not have defects. And until I see people actually caring about, discussing, and researching the dog in the backgrounds of their “wolfdogs” I will continue to call them wolfhybrids. It may tick some of you off, but it really ticks me off that the dog is never discussed. When I see it brought up daily, discussed daily and all the dogs in the mix have been checked by a professional for defects only then will I change the wording to include “dog..” Or why don’t we call them “dogwolves?”