"Wolf" captured in Dallas neighborhood

Myfoxdfw ^ | 6-11-12 | Fil Alvarado

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Bring back compound 1980!

Come again. ***

Woops! That should be compound 1080!

[hosepipe]

[ A dog is a wolf is a dog is a wolf is a dog......... ]

I see yer point...

BUT an Ostrich is not a Chickadee... is not a Pheasant.. is not a Hummingbird...

[Red Badger]

Those are different ‘species’ of birds, all avian, but incompatible DNA for the most part. There are many different types of ‘chicken’, but they are all ‘chickens’, what we would normally call ‘races’.

We have many, many types of ‘dogs’, but they are all descendants of domesticated wolves, from millenia ago. They still have the same pattern of DNA, and so will still mate and produce viable offspring.

Man has crossed horses and zebras, but they produce infertile offspring, just as horses and donkeys produce sterile mules. These are true ‘hybrids’..........

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

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[jpsb]

"About what were they wondering?

lol,good catch!

[Salamander]

“About what were they wondering?”

Why so many people can’t figure out the proper usage of the term “hybrid”?

:)

[ZULU]

Uhhhhh... he looks less dangerous than a lot of dogs I have seen. I would trust him before I trusted a Rottweiler or Pit Bull or a fila bralisleiro.

And hybrid wolves are not illegal in most jurisdictions.

Much ado about nothing - just something more for the Control Police to use to regualte the peasants.

[pallis]

He looks like a puppy that needs to be fed and loved.

[the OlLine Rebel]

(I didn’t read all)

How do they know for sure it’s a hybrid, and not a pure wolf? Or coyote?

I don’t know why people neglect husky-type spitzes when discussing wolf-like characteristics. You can’t get more “wolf” than Siberians and the like. If this truly is a hybrid, I’d guess wolf-Siberian. No way German Shepherd (why does everyone think GS look like wolves - but never huskies, FGS?) or Collie or Akita (although spitz breed).

[tarawa]

We have a 120-lb Alaskan Malamute. Everytime we go anywhere with him, we always get asked if he is a wolf. O course, we also always have people wanting to take their picture with him. There are probably more photos of my dog floating around the internet and on peoples cameras than I care to know.

[Dysart]

I thought this was discussed here in the past. And I think it was about the wolfdog, too. Anyway, not all hybrids are sterile, if each species has not diverged too far, then they will be fertile. So, sterility is not a condition of the hybrid classification. A wolf and a dog, which obviously hasn't split too far apart, can produce pups, but is still a hybrid technically.

It's just that we commonly see sterility in hybrids that it seems like an essential component.

[Dysart]

Joe, isn’t there a vet or two or biologist on your list that can speak to the hybrid issue? I’m 99.99999% certain of my take, but a dvm’s or biologist’s input would be great.

[the OlLine Rebel]

vetvetdoug (see above)

[Dysart]

Tanks

[BigEdLB]

I knew a German Shepherd. She was a friend of mine. And that Wolfdog is no German Shepherd...

[vetvetdoug]

Dogs and wolves can mate resulting in offspring that are capable of producing more offspring. The USDA refers to them as “Hybrids” In Tennessee and Mississippi wolf/dog hybrids are illegal because of the unpredictable nature of the animals. I don't trust coyote/dog or wolf/dog hybrids as they can be intelligent, dangerous and unpredictable. The hybrids also do not react to medicines as do the dogs and paradoxical reactions can occur with many of the common drugs when used in the hybrids. I'm no expert but have always referred to the “wolfdogs” as hybrids that are not sterile.

[Dysart]

Thank you for your input. And it’s interesting that hybrids tend to have paradoxical reactions to drugs. I would imagine that would make them very difficult to treat!

[Churchillspirit]

LOL!

[potlatch]

Lol They wonder, as they wander, about which pet they shall eat!