I meet with this again and again - operating with numbers such as wolfcontent of % of wolfblood to characterize such complex things as behavior of a wolfdog. This is complete bullshit!
The percents might work on first generations (if you thought that behavior is a continuous variable which mixes perfectly), but as soon as you start mixing F generations together the things complicate, and once you select for a certain trait, you'll get completely different results! Look at the exterior! Common 23%-wolf CSW will look 90% like wolf and the rest is not GSD-like, but more dog-like, even the worst-looking wolfdogs can be easily distinguished from GSD, better than best-looking wolfdogs from wolfs. Selection was done on the character too, and in the beginning of the breed it was much harsher than the selection on looks. The result is a wolfdog - not wolf at all, and not GSD. I would sooner compare wolfdog to cat than to either wolf or GSD.
What is wolfish in the behavior of CSW, is the constant awareness of their surroundings (except in deep sleep), the ability to think for themselves and learn quickly, becoming bored by repetitive tasks, and their ability to communicate so intensively. But this is not an opposite to GSD, it is just normal behavior that is not atrophied by domestication.
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