Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs said to be Man Killers

[Mirkawolf]

Originally Posted by Margo

Sure the published facts were not good for our breed - I read our dogs are shy (?), agressive. Saarloos compared to CzW are "social" (my favourite word now ).
Just imagine - in that time most articles published in Polish dog magazines were reprints from French, German (simply said West European) magazines. And there was always the same: "Saarloos good, CzW bad". Many people were surprised I buyed CzW because they were sure Saarloos is perfect dog for work (because people from Search and Rescue groups use them for rescue people).

I am really tired of all these fairy tales, how Saarloos is great, working and SOCIAL! Since I moved to Belgium, I´ve met quite many of them, and most of them do not behave like great or social and I could not speak about working at all!
The only sort of "normal" Saarlooses I´ve seen so far were owned by Christa from Holland.. All the rest of Saarlooses that I saw at dog shows or other occasions were shy scared poor things. How can somebody love animal behaving like that and be happy about him being shy, is a mystery for me. And most of their owners really think, that´s how the dogs should be! Because of the wolf in them! But hey, it is such a nonsense. Of course, wolf is shy of a man, but that´s because normal wolf does not ever get socialised to humans, he lives in the wild. But of course, the wolf is not affraid of the environment, that he knows! And so if a wolfdog is raised in a family, then it would be only normal, if he is socialised to humans and is not affraid of the things, that surround him!

I am sure there must be more Saarlooses, that are normal ie socialised and behaving like normal dogs, but unfortunately their owners probably do not propagate them much. Pity.

And CSW is a man killer, because it did not lost it´s working abilities, because you can train it defense and because the dog can guard you, your house or garden? Blah. Every normal dog can do that.. So what is the problem?

We really do not need guys like Christopher to "propagate" our breed.

Mirka