Well, the day I was dreading has arrived.
Yesterday I received an email asking to use my males as stud dogs for "Aatu Tamaskans" . Of course I refused! I had always thought Tamaskans were completely free from wolf genetics...but I learned, I was wrong.
http://www.tamaskanbreeders.com/History_update.html
This "kennel" in the US contacted me for stud use:
http://www.conchurtamaskans.com/
And I found this pedigree linking back to her dogs:
http://www.the-no-wolf-tamaskan-fabl...PolarSpeed.pdf
Oskari is this dog:
http://www.wolfdog.org/dbase/d/10973, and this line was bred from a kennel called "Polar Speed" in Finland.
I soon found these kennels as well, all breeding from the same lines:
http://www.takaritamaskans.com/
http://albatamaskans.webs.com/ourboys.htm
* This kennel now has puppies in 4 states in the US, as well as Wales, Austria and Germany - all are called "future breeders" on the TBA website.
The breeder told me in her next email that she had found other breeders (CSV, I assume) that had agreed to help her with their "breeds" goal to improve genetics by adding more Czechoslovakian Wolfdog blood. I don't know where this "help" comes from...but please, I beg whoever, if you are reading this - don't do this to the CSV in the US! It is too new here, it can cause so many problems for our breed in the future.
I don't think these Tamaskan breeders realize what a real wolfdog can be like...they are selling their dogs as the perfect, easy, loving family pet that isn't good for guarding because it gets along with everyone...
Sad regards,
Marcy