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[ambersaigh]

     So, I've had this puppy for two days now, and she totally doesn't listen to me.  She craps everywhere and makes a lot of noise and doesn't listen and is, generally, a puppy.  I have tried The Great and Glorious Generic Term of Training on her just like with my other dog who is PERFECT and, though rescued, guaranteed not to have heard a word of

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[miss_teacher]

causing possibly irreparable damage to two sets of gene pools

Ray Coppinger, in his book Dogs, says that some sledders try to tell people their sled dogs are part wolf, and it's amusing because he says that actually makes them worse! Sled dogs were bred to be the best at pulling for long distance and wolves suck (to paraphrase). So I think it's funny when people think adding wolf to the mix makes it so much better.

I personally do not understand the appeal. Dogs can be hard enough, why add real wolf blood to the mix?! It must be a status thing...to say you have owned a wolf before. Ridiculous.

[mbif]

Mushers are an odd lot on the whole and get a kick out of the out-of-staters who will eat up anything they say without question. xD It's like the folks who tell newbies that our mosquitos will carry away their babies.

[miss_teacher]

Doh...here I am talking to *you* about sled dogs :)

[miss_teacher]

Only at least *this time* I remembered you live in Alaska.

[xxdevixx]

You know, I have Salish orca tattoos and I have teh orca background on my 'pooter AND cellular phone BUT you don't see me going out and buying a goldfish/orca hybrid

..... but now that I think about it.....

But seriously, I'm not one to typically agree with perpetuating stereotypes, but I think we can all agree that it would be in everybody's best interest if this common mutt wolfdog of hers goes crazy and mauls her face off.

[paigemom]

You know, I have Salish orca tattoos and I have teh orca background on my 'pooter AND cellular phone BUT you don't see me going out and buying a goldfish/orca hybrid

Shirt, meet mouthful of tea. Tea, meet shirt.

[hedgemom]

Genetically speaking, there is no such thing as a "low content" wolf hybrid.

Simplistically, after you get past the first dog and wolf crossing, your chances of getting nothing but dog in the gene pool gets higher and higher. There are dog genes and wolf genes and they don't blend into magical melting pots with each gene being 1/5 wolf. Once you get past the first breeding, you have no control over which genes go where.

Which is also why labradoodles and other hybrids are such a laugh.