Czech wolf dogs

Off the top of my head I know that until 2008 they had to be licensed in this country but DEFRA have since decided that anything over a certain number of generations away from pure wolf counts as a normal domestic dog.

Unlike the inuit/utonagan types they seem to have been created for a purpose and are more 'reliable' than other wolf lookalikes, for want of a better term.

Have met several people claiming to have a wolf hybrid of some sorts but sincerely have my doubts that there are more than a handful in this country and even less of the proper Czech wolfdogs.
 
There are very, very few 'real' Czech wolfdogs in the UK.

Here's a blurb on them from Linda Shaw:
Czechoslovakian Wolfdog. An FCI recognized Czech breed developed from a cross between the European wolf and the GSD, supposedly to produce a larger, healthier, super shepherd. While similar to some Czech line GSDs in appearance, this dog's temperament, incorporating as it does the wolf's highly developed flight response, makes it unsuitable as a working dog, although some take part in obedience and low level IPO sport. It is a light wolf grey in colour.
Science is now revealing that the domestic dog has evolved a genetic capability to recognize human gestures and intonations of voice, an ability not possessed by the wolf. This would suggest that crossing the two might not be such a good idea.

Full link here, apologies for repetition:
http://www.shawlein.com/The_Standard/13_Breed_Type/Breed_Types.html
 
Kitsune said:
Nothing to add but StevieG - please explain that gorgeous thing in your avatar!! :D
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That 'gorgeous thing' is my pride & joy. Nico is 5 now and the 4th GSD we have owned. He really is virtually perfect. Love GSDs and have had them all my life
 
stevieg said:
What do you know about these?

Do you have one or do you know anybody who does?
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I see them at shows on the continent. Also the Sarloos Wolfdog (Sarlooswolfhund), a Netherlands wolf-dog hybrid. Both breeds can be trained for search and rescue, and the Sarloos is sometimes used as guide dog for blind.

Quite apprehensive in enclosed spaces though. People I know who have them say you must never have just one as they are so pack orientated. Very agile, they have a beautiful light gait at trot. The Czech wolfdog has alot of GSD about the face, whereas the Sarloos is much more wolf like in head and expression.
 
I've met a sarloos (or so I've been told that's what it is, I never heard of them before that). To be honest, that sort of dog isn't my cuppa tea ordinarily. I'm a smaller dog person, something that I can cuddle on my lap. But this big chappie would have done the job just nicely, and would have been able to accomodate the entire family in a oner! Really sweet gorgeous dog.
 
Kitsune said:
How haven't I spotted him before?! Is it wrong to demand photographs - his own thread maybe? :D
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Lol. He is a handsome beast though I do say so myself. He was bred for showing but I only took him once. It might have only taken me an hour to get over the acute embarrassment but I laughed for weeks!! :D
 
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The cover star bit is a cheat. A friend did a mock up for me but love the photo of him.

He is by Astana Santo at Sorento who I believe was placed as a youngster at Crufts but didnt do a great deal as an adult.

His temperament is superb. We have had many GSDs but he really does seem to incorporate all the best bits from all of them.

Love him to bits.
 
I was going to say the middle pic looks so like our last girl and Santo was a full repeat mating of her mum and dad.

I think Santo went Best Dog or BoB at Crufts one year but I'd have to check. And he got an 'excellent' rating from a very old friend of ours :D
 
Lovely lad, and good to see he is one of those German bred slopey backed cripples! :D

In case you haven't read some of the previous GSD threads, the above was a joke, mine are all German bred .
 
Here's our old lass so she would technically be a sister of Sorrento (repeat mating)

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Those pics she would have been about 8 or 9, she aged really well and was still going for huge mountain hikes at ten with not a grey whisker, it was a big shock to lose her.

She wouldn't have been 'my type' in terms of that I like 'em a little rough around the edges :p my current boy put that in my pipe and I am now smoking it :p but she honestly had the nicest, calmest, most friendly nature I have ever seen in a GSD and won over a lot of people who were terrified of 'Allasayshuns' :) you could have given her to anyone to walk, from a child to an old lady.




He did go Best Dog in 2004 :)
 
MurphysMinder said:
Lovely lad, and good to see he is one of those German bred slopey backed cripples! :D

In case you haven't read some of the previous GSD threads, the above was a joke, mine are all German bred .
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OMG!! I was nearly on the ceiling after that first comment. I thought 'Here we go again!'
Good job I stayed on the floor long enough to read the rest of it :D
 
Thanks, it was taken on a crappy mobile phone, would you believe, and yes, despite all that lovely German breeding, she turned out to be a 'chunky, old fashioned, big boned' type :p

We had the choice between her and her brother, our friends got them from their breeder in Nottingham, they were both nine months and neither were going to make the show ring (well, once and that was a story that will go down in history, I had to pay the handler in Deep Heat) and the owner called 'SIT' to the male, but he stayed standing and she sat down, so we took her home :p
 
Yes we bought ours from the Nottingham area & I believe the Sorento kennels are nearby.

It's funny how you chose a particular pup in preference to it's littermates isn't it?

I feel another thread coming on! :)
 
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