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Originally Posted by masairotts
Something that would be a great help to us is how the percentage wolf is calculated in the Czezhs,is it from following the breedine lines or is some other method used.
Paul
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There was recently a discussion on this problem on the Polish section. It seems it's calculated on the basis of the herd books, i.e. dog/wolf puppy has 50% wolf's blood. If the hybrid has puppies with another dog they have 25%, etc. I'm not sure (I'm not a specialist- Margo or Przemek will probably be able to explain that better), but the calculations do not take into consideration the input of wolf's blood in GSDs. But on the other hand, if it's claimed now by GSD Kennel Clubs that GSDs do not have much in common with wolfs,
the calculations could be correct and justified. Since for several generations now the Czechs have been mixed only with other Czechs, the amount of wolf's genetic material in them fluctuates around 25-30%