If I was a neighbor of a wolf-dog hybrid I would be interested in aggression statistics. I have started reading about dog aggression on a site called "dogbitelaw.com".
There is a study on all reported dog bites to humans from 1982-2006 and it has this on wolf-dog hybrids.
"Wolf hybrids, German shepherds, and huskies.........almost never inflicting severe injury on adults--but it would be a huge mistake to assume that these seemingly similar patterns reflect similar behavior......Relative to their overall numbers, wolf hybrids are accordingly 60 times more likely to kill or maim a child than a German shepherd...In the German shepherd mauling, killing, and maiming cases I have recorded, there have almost always been circumstances of duress: the dog was deranged from being kept alone on a chain for prolonged periods, was starving, was otherwise severely abused...None of the German shepherd attacks have involved predatory behavior....
Every one of the wolf hybrid attacks, however, seems to have been predatory. Only four of the fatality victims were older than age seven, and all three were of small stature. The first adult fatality was killed in the presence of her two young sons, whom she was apparently trying to protect. The second was killed while apparently trying to protect her dog.
Most of the victims were killed very quickly. Some never knew the wolf hybrid was present. Some may never have known what hit them. Some were
killed right in front of parents, who had no time to react.
Unlike German shepherds, wolf hybrids are usually kept well apart from children, and from any people other than their owners. Yet they have still found more opportunity to kill and maim than members of any other breeds except pit bull terriers and Rottweilers, each of whom may outnumber wolf hybrids by about 10 to 1...."
I think this article makes several key points. A tremendous amount of canine behavior IS breed related. And, there is a lot of predatory wolf in these hybrids. I would not want one living next to me if I had small children.
The pictures posted above are beautiful, and I can see why some people are temped to own them.
George
There is a study on all reported dog bites to humans from 1982-2006 and it has this on wolf-dog hybrids.
"Wolf hybrids, German shepherds, and huskies.........almost never inflicting severe injury on adults--but it would be a huge mistake to assume that these seemingly similar patterns reflect similar behavior......Relative to their overall numbers, wolf hybrids are accordingly 60 times more likely to kill or maim a child than a German shepherd...In the German shepherd mauling, killing, and maiming cases I have recorded, there have almost always been circumstances of duress: the dog was deranged from being kept alone on a chain for prolonged periods, was starving, was otherwise severely abused...None of the German shepherd attacks have involved predatory behavior....
Every one of the wolf hybrid attacks, however, seems to have been predatory. Only four of the fatality victims were older than age seven, and all three were of small stature. The first adult fatality was killed in the presence of her two young sons, whom she was apparently trying to protect. The second was killed while apparently trying to protect her dog.
Most of the victims were killed very quickly. Some never knew the wolf hybrid was present. Some may never have known what hit them. Some were
killed right in front of parents, who had no time to react.
Unlike German shepherds, wolf hybrids are usually kept well apart from children, and from any people other than their owners. Yet they have still found more opportunity to kill and maim than members of any other breeds except pit bull terriers and Rottweilers, each of whom may outnumber wolf hybrids by about 10 to 1...."
I think this article makes several key points. A tremendous amount of canine behavior IS breed related. And, there is a lot of predatory wolf in these hybrids. I would not want one living next to me if I had small children.
The pictures posted above are beautiful, and I can see why some people are temped to own them.
George