GERMAN SHEPHERD/ WOLF HYBRIDS

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by Rik on 30 December 2008 - 05:12

What is the reason for this type breeding. It can in no way improve the GSD and it can't possibly improve the wolf.

How many of you have driven past houses with pit bulls chained to a car axle, pounded into the ground. As far as I am concerned, these people are the lowest form of humanity. (well, a bit ahead of pedophiles).

And you know what, those of you who think you have accomplished something grand by crossing a wolf and a domestic animal are on the same level. I don't care if it is you or your sweet ole grandmother.

Rik

by Yvette on 30 December 2008 - 15:12

Wow! I read & stop to think about this thread. I do agree a wild animal should be in the wild.

But this stuff about permits are BS. It just a peice of paper people!

I new of several Hybrids both in Maine & Massachusetts. No one had permits. Some looked like Malmute & others looked like GSD. Thier temperments gave them away. Nothing happened to these animals.

Same as Pit Bulls here. You need permits & insurance on them. My old timer (90 yr. old woman) client had 2 from a

shelter. I don't think she had that type of paperwork on neither dog. If she did she would of told us. She had these dogs as companion pets. They both were very well cared for. Recently she did have to bring them back to the shelter, but the reason was her health nothing these 2 did.

My cousin has 2 pit pups. No permits or insurance, again just loving pets.

Both families are doing the right things to leash thier animals when outside & to have them spayed & nuetered.

Some times you get people that know they are suppose to have paperwork, but do not get it.

I am a guilty party to that too. I am not suppose to have a GSD. But, I do. It is the home owner's insurance thing.

GSD are at the top of the list of dangerous dogs.

I had the chance to think about my home & my dog. I know my dog better than any insurance company.

If they do not know about it, we will keep her. BTW, I got her, she was on her deathbed 9 1/2 yrs. ago.

Everyone here loves her.

Just a thought?

If you had to have permits tomorrow to own a GSD & had several. Would you get a permit?

The same permit as to owning a Hybrid?

For my answer, It would have to be no. I have owned her for too long. I'd rather be hanging out with her in her senior yrs. to bother.

by jc.carroll on 30 December 2008 - 17:12

All the hybrids I've met, none of the owners have ever had permits. some ofthe placed did require them by law... but...

...It's one of those things: a law unless enforced isn't doing any good.

by RDH on 30 December 2008 - 19:12

I think its stupid to have a permit to own a dog. 9 times out of 10 its the owners fault not the dog. I hate it when apartment complexes and other places put an ordiance on a particular breed.

by dusty70 on 18 February 2009 - 19:02

I read some posts about military and breeding hybrids and wanted to chime in. Just logged in for the first time to share my story of a hybrid I grew up with! He was a male named "Dusty." I was about five years old when my family adopted him as a pup. We lived in Augusta, GA and my father was in the military and had just returned home from Vietnam. We did live on a military base and Dusty was found with his mother and her pups in a din in the woods (on or off base, I don't know). The guy that found him said the mother was injured or dead and that he heard the pups and rescued them. My teenage sister brought one of the male pups home and we adopted him. He was all white with dusting of tan on his back and ears. I've never seen a dog that resembled him. His body was long and he had big ears and huge paws. His neck was very thick too! The vet told my parents he was definately wolf/shepherd mix and they immediately had him neutered. Dusty was a very loyal dog but I remember him being VERY aggressive towards strangers. We considered him "wolf" not dog and part of the family. I never considered him a pet. One incident happened when a woman from my mother's Church group walked in our house with several other women. She was the only one wearing a coat with animal fur around her neck. Dusty was in a back room and somehow got out of the room and cornered her against the wall showing his teeth and snarling/growling and I remember seeing him salivating! When the woman moved a little, he lunged at her neck with opened mouth bearing all his teeth. Luckily, my older brother was able to tackle him to the ground before he got her and she ran out the door with the other ladies. After that incident, my parents kept Dusty on a heavy duty cable/runner on a harness out in the yard for fear of him escaping our fenced yard. The runner allowed Dusty to go into the wooded area behind our house and that is where he preferred to spend most his time. He was also mostly banned from being indoors. I really loved Dusty and trusted him but I was only a child. If there was a storm, my family let Dusty stay in the house. He slept under someone's bed. There was an incident where someone was attempting to break into our house and Dusty saved the day! A person knocked on our door late at night when my parents weren't home. Dusty was indoors that day. When we did not answer the door, the person started jiggling the door handle and Dusty immediately secured the house. He let off a low growl and all hair raised on his back. I don't remember him EVER barking. He was hunkered down low and ready to pounce. My brother got all us kids huddled on the couch under a blanket and he called the police. Dusty was up on furniture and even jumped on the kitchen counters growling and snarling at the windows as the person apparently jiggled those too? The police showed up as my parents drove up. Apparently, there had been someone in the area the police were looking for and I believe Dusty saved our lives! We eventually moved to California and Dusty stayed in a tall, chain link fenced yard. He mostly stayed in his dog house because of all the sun in our yard. When my dad was stationed in the midwest a few years after that, we kept him in a high fenced pin as he was growing more aggressive. It seemed pointless to have him caged like that. He was not neglected but locked up for sure! He was considered the "guard dog" at that point. My dad found a good home for him in the country with a man that raised shepherds. It broke all our hearts to lose him but I felt better knowing he'd get good care! My uncle had a purebred Shepherd named "Major" and he was very gentle and easily controlled. The contrast between the 2 dogs was like night and day! I visited a "Wolf Sanctuary" here in the midwest a few years ago and had the opportunity to listen to them howl during their night feeding. It was like Dusty's howl and memories flooded back. These animals should be

by dusty70 on 18 February 2009 - 19:02

(cont. from my message from before) I believe the wild wolves should be kept seperate from the domestic bunch.

by Donaticus on 05 April 2009 - 08:04

"It is a stupid idea!!!

If the person actually had a dog/wolf in Petsmart they are stupid also. Only a fool that does not truly understand what they have would take one of these hybrids in to a place with as much commotion as a pet store or any other store, especially during the holidays.

The real issue here with the wolf/dog hybrids is that you have taken a wild animal with its fear of man (this is a part of how it survives) and you cross it with a dog that through evolution has no fear of man. You have created a wolf that does not fear man. This is very dangerous, especially for small children that the hybrid may view as prey. To answer those who might ask the question about all wolves potentially viewing children as prey I agree with you, except that we have not invited all wolves to live amongst us. Wolves stay away for a reason.

The wolf/dog hybrid is an animal that has a brain that has travelled two very seperate paths and is now trying function as one. It makes for a very un-stable animal."

OGBS.....thats your post........ so your saying the German Shepard is a "Stupid Idea" and is "Unstable?"

And yes this is a trick question. And NO I don't think Wolves/Hybrids are for the masses but they are just fine with the respecting owner.

*Hint* *Hint* the german shepard has only been around for a little over 90 years. How did it get here? Did they beam in from Mars? Nope they came from.....

Conlcusion----- I have wolf hybrids.... and it seems you have more of an attitude then they do.

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