#wolfdogs do have some health testing but I don’t know how in depth it is

[isthedogawolfdog]

do you have any posts you can link me on purposefully breeding of wolfdogs? I'm.... skeptical of that being a good idea and I'm just wondering how correct I am in that instinct and then any more information about it out of curiosities sake would just be interesting to read

This post is of purposely bred poodle and wolf crosses for a scientific study. Besides that I’ve got a couple posts around here that should generally be in the wolfdog tag.

With wolfdogs being bred in general it’s mainly super sketchy. If the animal actually is a wolfdog (which most of the time it’s not, just some husky mix or something along those lines) that it more than likely came from some backyard breeder. My main issue with it is that the vast majority of people that get wolfdogs don’t know what they’re getting into, often resulting in issues with the animals behavior or them being too intense for the owners to handle. This could result in them being surrendered or euthanized, in fact, roughly 200,00 wolfdogs are euthanized per year, and most of them are put down under the age of two!

I think what I’m trying to say is I’m mainly against breeding wolfdogs because I don’t think all the ones put down justify the few that are actually put into good homes. I guess you could say something similar with most dogs, but the difference is those are dogs who’ve had decades of breeding and information on them, whereas wolfdogs don’t even have a rabies vaccine.

Anyway I’m rambling. Definitely don’t take my word for everything and look into things yourself! Sorry I don’t have enough info for you, but I think the International Wolf Center has some info on wolfdogs that could be worth checking out. Are there good wolfdog breeders? Perhaps. But I have yet to see any.