Hiya,
Anneka here again.
I am on one to one speaking terms with a DEFRA rep and also their importantion vet and they have told me that a Czech wolfdog is NOT considered a hybrid, so it seems as though there has been a lot of confusion going on here.
They asked me how far back the wolf original breeding went and I took them online to the wolfdog page which explains the original ancestry and breeding line of the German Shep with the native European wolf. The DEFRA rep asked me to wait one moment and discussed this with the head vet. She then came back on the phone and told me that the Czech would not need a dangerous dog liscence and I could easily import one in if I should wish to do so and they would not impose any 'wolf' liscence or regulations on me.
I am serious about getting some over and have met some of these dogs already in person. I find them extremely friendly and human loving dogs with no wariness to strangers. They were licking me all over my face.
I have just heard that male ones are a bit of a handfull when they are growing up due to being more destructive. They do not have the baby/child killing 'trigger' mechanism in their brain that true F1 and F2 american wolf hybrids have, as they have had so much german shep put back into them and bred down that they look wolf, but act more German Shep.
Perhaps we should think about addressing the breed name, as if simply putting 'wolf' in the name is causing confusion to ill-informed individuals then pehaps it should be changed to Czech Shepherd. I have met inuits far more warey than Czechs. They are highly intelligent and extremely responsive to training due to the Greman Shep content. I would feel it a shame to change the name though, as we should not be scared to defend this dog and by changing the name is kind of doing a cowardly 'cover-up' which isn't needed.
I am curious to whom some of the dog people are all talking to at DEFRA about this dog not being allowed in, as I have now spoken to over 6 of them and they were almost laughing about this down the phone. They are pretty relaxed about this.
I imported a dog from Canada last year and am very experienced with the DEFRA passport regulations. As long as the dog is happy and well socialised in the other country, then it should be a much better option than quarantine.
I think we should just start getting them over. Relax, declare them for what they are, which is not a hybrid, but a dog which has been bred from a high content of German Shep for over 40 years now. I would class a wolf hybrid as an F1 - F10. DEFRA said that after 40 years of breeding they would not even come close to being considered a wolf. They told me that after reading all about the breeding of this dog, that even a 1% would not even stop it's importation.
Love Anneka
(Let's try and help this breed as it's a stunning example of a healthy natural looking dog and I'd love to see it's quality improved. They are the best example of a wolfy dog I've seen so far. I've had enough of pekinese and ill-bred unhealthy dogs. They are fit, natural, primitive looking creatures. Lets get them over and use reputable UK breeders and stock from top EU breeders to combat any health problems within the breeding such as hip displasia from bad German Shepherd lines
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