Are wolf-dogs legal?

[asterix]

My avatar is a picture of a Pyrenean Mountain dog that is a breed used to guard sheep. They are very large indeed - bigger than the sheep they guard - and some of them have eyes that look very wolf-like, a light yellowy colour.

Although not dangerous to passers by, they are apparently very protective of their pack. They do not make good pets because of their size and also they love to be outdoors and unconfined. The Pyrenean shepherds take them out with the flock and just leave them there knowing that they will be quite happy just staying with the sheep.

Pyrenean Mountain Dogs are highly intelligent but do have a stubborn streak which can lead to problems if the handler is not consistent and loving. They must be trained from an early age with a firm hand as they are far too strong when fully grown and would, by then, be too independent.

 

[XmisterIS]

Becs - I doubt it! I get the impression that he may well have bought it off pikeys.

Cat - definitely not a Malamute! Malamutes are fluffy and friendly, this thing was long-legged, rangey and raggedy-looking, bigger than a malamute too.

 

[Fnaar]

Irish Wolfhound?

 

[Riding in Circles]

Becs - I doubt it! I get the impression that he may well have bought it off pikeys.

Cat - definitely not a Malamute! Malamutes are fluffy and friendly, this thing was long-legged, rangey and raggedy-looking, bigger than a malamute too.

Must be a horse then, I have a friend with a Malamute and the dog will stand on his hind legs with his paws on my shoulders and look me straight in the eye and I am 6'4", his breath stinks mind you.

 

[XmisterIS]

Lol! None of the above. I know a wolf-hound and malamute when I see one, this thing was definitely "wolf", but without the "hound" bit!

 

[Panter]

He could smell your fear. generally wolves even in the wild are not dangerous to humans, sounds like the dog was just playing with you and you got spooked too much, should have smacked him across the snout and he would have backed off.

Or shredded him...

 

[asterix]

Lol! None of the above. I know a wolf-hound and malamute when I see one, this thing was definitely "wolf", but without the "hound" bit!

So not a Pyrenean Mountain dog?

 

[XmisterIS]

Nope, not one of those! Having googled "grey wolf", I'd say it looked most like one of those, but the colouring was a little different. I am sure it was a wolf.

 

[swee'pea99]

What a scary experience! Well done for escaping with everything intact. I wouldn't go back if I were you.

What worries me is the prospect of your numpty acquaintance taking the beast out for a walk where it gets a bit overexcited and goes into full wolf mode. Like you say, an animal like that could very easily kill another dog, a child, almost anything really. If it *is* legal (and it seems to be) it bloody well shouldn't be.

I'm a dog lover/dog owner but that's not man's best friend - that's a loaded gun in the hands of an idiot.

 

[asterix]

Your friend's name isn't Baskerville by any chance?

 

[jim55]

by the sound of it a husky ,,eyes like david bowie by chance?the most wolf like animals iv seen ,,a big husky is bprimal and tbh theyr just dogs but they look a bit scary

 

[Inertia]

I watch Dog Whisperer quite a bit and he actually did a special on it, I got the impression he didn't think they were a good idea. definitely not if you weren't preprepared to put the work in on them.


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]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfpQVjYFcSE[/media]

 

[Panter]

I watch Dog Whisperer quite a bit and he actually did a special on it, I got the impression he didn't think they were a good idea. definitely not if you weren't preprepared to put the work in on them.


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]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfpQVjYFcSE[/media]

Did you see the episode where he "corrected" a wolf dog by kicking it, upon which it promptly leaped up and bit him

 

[Inertia]

Did you see the episode where he "corrected" a wolf dog by kicking it, upon which it promptly leaped up and bit him

lol no, but he definitely isn't a wolf expert, the actual wolf expert 'corrected' Caeser a few times

 

[Panter]

Good to hear

I'll watch your posted vid later, the internet connection is too slow here to play it.