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The breed was created to be a hardy, self-reliant companion and house dog. [20] The Dutch Kennel Club recognized the breed in 1975. To honor its creator they changed the name to "Saarloos Wolfdog". In 1981, the breed was recognized by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI).
The two Dutch parent breed clubs for Saarloos wolfdogs researched possibilities to improve the breed's health by increasing genetic diversity. The first meetings with the Dutch kennel club were held in 2010. Following these meetings, Wageningen University and Research was asked to investigate the degree of interrelatedness of the population ...
These stately and majestic wolf dog breeds make a great addition to your family pack, but you'll look twice and wonder: Is it a dog or a wolf? The post 17 Dogs That Look Just Like Wolves appeared ...
The Irish Wolfhound is a breed of large sighthound that has, by its presence and substantial size, inspired literature, poetry and mythology. [3] [4] [5] One of the largest of all breeds of dog, the breed is used by coursing hunters who have prized it for its ability to dispatch game caught by other, swifter sighthounds.
Tamaskan dogs are a breed of dog from Finland that have been selectively bred to resemble a wolf or wolfdog. [citation needed] Although their exact origins are uncertain, these mixbreed dogs were primarily arctic breed crosses of Alaskan Husky, Alaskan Malamute, Canadian Eskimo Dog, German Shepherd, Labrador Husky, and Siberian Husky. [1]
The wolf Lejdy of Ohrada Zoo in Hluboká nad Vltavou gave birth to the last line of the new breed, the father of the puppies being the German Shepherd Bojar von Shottenhof. Since that time, breeding has been carried out only in closed populations and the developed breed referred to as Czechoslovak Wolfdogs. [citation needed]
The Calupoh is a canine breed native to Mexico, a hybrid of dog and wolf.It was developed in the 1990s in a cultural heritage project intended to recreate the ancient Mexican wolfdogs mentioned in pre-Columbian texts and depicted in Mayan and Aztec artwork. [1]
The Central Asian Shepherd Dog, also known as the Alabay, Alabai (Turkmen: Alabaý, Kazakh: Төбет) and Turkmen Wolf-Hound (Туркменский волкодав), [2] is a livestock guardian dog breed. Traditionally, the breed was used for guarding sheep and goat herds, as well as to protect and for