Breeding mixes - the other side of the spectrum.

[draggar]

Originally Posted by yukidomari

So.. this is just your simple assumption, then?

From my point of view, it doesn't make sense.

Plus, that's also accusing CZ kennels of inaccurate pedigrees..

Why doesn't it make sense? Well as far as I know, the CsV project was not to create a new breed, it was an attempt to make a better German Shepherd Dog. If they could have succeeded in incorporating the progeny of the outcrosses into their GSDs, the experiment would have been considered successful. It wasn't.

So they crossed Carpathian wolves with GSDs to make a "better gsd"?

Sounds like your statement supports my claim.

Originally Posted by Vaiva

Everything is seen so well from USA, isn't it?
Well, there is one thing that is not money - it is decency A non "cash strapped country" like UK still breeds liver or blue colored GSD, while in these "poor" countries people have clubs that forbid breeding GSD with no IPO training No matter about the money.

Back to topic - GSD are not wolfish dogs, they have no character similarities to CsV, so even if there is a wolf, it does not make real influence to the breed. What is this discussion about really?

Well, as far as I know Czechoslovakia wasn't a rich country at that time, they were under Soviet occupation so most of the money went to the Soviets. So they had ot make the most of what they had. Offspring from the project who didn't make it in the vlcak project could have stayed in the GSD project, sold to other people, and bred.

I look at it the same way why we look at the Belgian shepherd and why they're so versatile. Belgium was never a rich country so unlike more well off countries (like the UK (well, techncially England) for many years who could afford one dog for guard work, one for hunting, one for herding, one for companion, the Belgian shepherd became a dog that was good in many aspects.

Originally Posted by Hanka

Hi Draggar, I read your text a few times and I don´t understand. Dou you mean in this family of GSD is czech. wolfdog? Why?

It is highly suspected in some DDR nd Czech line German shepherds that there is wolf in there.

Originally Posted by Rona

Let's agree there are lots of beautiful cities all round Europe + in the UK, naturally

So true. My wife and I are trying to plan a trip to Europe sometime in the next few years. Belgium to meet up with Kiri's breeder, then the Sieger tour with Fred Lanting, then over to Czech Republic and Slovakia to meet up with vlcak people. I've always wanted to see Prague. It looks like one of the very few cities in the world that has truly kept it's history and culture (but I hear it's the new Amsterdam, though?).

[yukidomari]

Originally Posted by draggar

So they crossed Carpathian wolves with GSDs to make a "better gsd"?

Sounds like your statement supports my claim.

Sure, as I understand, that was the initial goal of the outcross project. Which also as I understand was considered a failure. .... It didn't make a better GSD. And I think persons who understand the nature of a wolf today, would know why, in regards to the wanted temperament of a GSD.

Course.. I've no proof to the contrary, just like you've no proof to the affirmative, besides some unnamed persons who 'strongly suspect' so..

[Vaiva]

Originally Posted by draggar

Well, as far as I know Czechoslovakia wasn't a rich country at that time, they were under Soviet occupation so most of the money went to the Soviets. So they had ot make the most of what they had. Offspring from the project who didn't make it in the vlcak project could have stayed in the GSD project, sold to other people, and bred.

Yes, living in Lithuania under soviet occupation, Czechoslovakia looked like a nice dream But still it doesn't mean people there had no decency. Offsprings from the project, who weren't "suitable" were simply killed (at least most of them).

Does your disrespect for a breed come from thinking that there are similar mixes also in today's GSD? Or it is because you think that people, who created the breed, were liars and cheaters, so thay also allowed GSD-wolf mixes to become pedigree dogs?

[draggar]

Originally Posted by Vaiva

Does your disrespect for a breed come from thinking that there are similar mixes also in today's GSD? Or it is because you think that people, who created the breed, were liars and cheaters, so thay also allowed GSD-wolf mixes to become pedigree dogs?

Yes, I have so much disrespect for the breed that ti"m trying to form a UKC club for them, I made a website just for the vlcak breed, we have one of our own and have been fostering another on and off for over a year now (and over 6 months non-stop now). I've also educated a lot of people about the breed and always refer to them as "vlcaks" and not "wolfdogs" because of the negative connotations and legal aspects of "wolf dogs" here in the USA.

I'm also trying to get ethical breeding standards set here in the USA for the breed (including several health certifications, DNA for parent to puppy testing, and so on) as well as taking a lot of time and money out of my own pocket to help develop resources (including an American based vlcak database / registry).

I'm also working with others so that a vlcak rescue "in the ready" so if it's needed we can get it into action quickly.

Yes, I have so much disrespect for the breed that I let Luna sleep on our bed and cuddle with either Pollux or Luna (or both) while watching TV. I've also taken a lot of time to help stabilize Pollux's temperament issues as well as taking every Saturday afternoon to take Pollux just so he can take some sleeve bites in schutzhund (which he loves to do).

Seriously, does that sound like someone who disrespects the breed?

[Vaiva]

Originally Posted by draggar

Seriously, does that sound like someone who disrespects the breed?

Well, this side sounds nice, but we also know a part about Pollux the movie star and his breeding, no matter about the character...

[Vaiva]

Originally Posted by wolfin

i think like a sarlos ))
yes I agree - not place for this and .... hystory is hystory, live is live

But Saarlos was not ment for military service, so that is why it is the way it is. But if it would be a breed still made for military purposes?

[wolfin]

Originally Posted by Vaiva

But Saarlos was not ment for military service, so that is why it is the way it is. But if it would be a breed still made for military purposes?

i think used malinua

[GalomyOak]

I guess a more modern approach would be Sulimov's dogs?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulimov_Dog

And they are successful, I think?

[Morian]

we tried to discuss it here

[GalomyOak]

Originally Posted by Morian

we tried to discuss it here

Is it the same thing though? I thought the dogs in that discussion were wolf/GSD crosses used for military work? The dogs I have seen in the news stories here are husky/jackal mixes, used only for sniffing bombs.

* Nevermind, it is still early here. I didn't read the 2nd page. I must wake up. :P

[Morian]

jackal/laika i think. sulimov dog is so called shalaika. i heard that they are in use in airports (explosive detection), but... there is no extraordinary result still

[Rona]

Originally Posted by Vaiva

I am sure you had to be a pioneer

Not really Every time there was new enrolment announced, I was absent from school But I did play the piano at the October Revolution anniversary celebrations

the biggest trait they all share is that they are very intense and complicated in their personality, more so than other breeds, I guess. Each one is a puzzle. It's clearly not something everyone is prepared for that buys one. And this after many decades of very controlled breeding...I love the enigma we have now with the CSV, but recognize it's fragility too if breeders of the future aren't careful

I agree, Marcy It's so hard to answer questions like "Are they good with kids?" or "Do they bark or howl?" or "Are they friendly to people" or "Do they escape from their owners?" etc. Once, when I tried to be exact, I heard "You own the dog but don't appear to know much about the breed character"

[Silvester]

Originally posted by Vaiva:
"So in fact socialisation helps from shyness, but still does not make them "normal""

Yeah Vaiva that´s surely correct - but I was ONLY writing about shyness.
And that was the only question about what was asked in connection with the shalalaikas...( sounds like "balalaika", so I la-la-like it !)

I´m sure that also these dogs have some differences in behaviour to "normal" dogs, just like a lot (or most) of our vlcaks.

Greetings to Vilnius , Uli