Can of Worms: Update on Mutara dogs?

Gypsy Wolf · 29-05-2010, 03:34

Hi all,
I am sure I am opening a can of worms by bringing this topic up, but I strongly believe that only transparency and honesty in breeding will help us improve our breed...
I would like to know what has happened in regards to the "Mutara" dogs? There is not a whole lot of "official" information (at least in English) can find on the subject - and most of the information I do have is subjective - statements on this forum that may or may not be accurate or true.
From what I can gather, at some point in the last few years, a GSD mix and a North American wolf were bred, with the intent to expand our gene pool. This seems to have happened in an Italian kennel, with the pups registered as Vlcaks and later shown and titled as such.
Though I do agree that sometimes new blood needs to be brought in for certain breeds' gene pools (here in the U.S. the Basenji and Canaan dog folks have brought dogs in from their native countries without papers to widen gene pool) I can't imagine why it would be a MIX (better to use a papered, pure-bred GSD to be able to trace lineage, I would think) and a North American Wolf (weren't the Carpathian wolves selected as they have better character traits than the NA wolves?)???
Most of the posts I found were dated 2003 - it's 7 years later - what has happened? Officially? And in Reality?
As a fancier and consumer, if you will, I would not want a Mutara or anything even close. Too much "unknown" for me. I want a REAL, pure Vlcak, with a history I can trace back to it's inception, and see for myself the dogs Karel Hartl himself chose to breed together. I want a VLCAK, not a wolf hybrid...

29-05-2010, 03:34	#1
Gypsy Wolf Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Florida & Minnesota U.S. Posts: 252	Can of Worms: Update on Mutara dogs? Hi all, I am sure I am opening a can of worms by bringing this topic up, but I strongly believe that only transparency and honesty in breeding will help us improve our breed... I would like to know what has happened in regards to the "Mutara" dogs? There is not a whole lot of "official" information (at least in English) can find on the subject - and most of the information I do have is subjective - statements on this forum that may or may not be accurate or true. From what I can gather, at some point in the last few years, a GSD mix and a North American wolf were bred, with the intent to expand our gene pool. This seems to have happened in an Italian kennel, with the pups registered as Vlcaks and later shown and titled as such. Though I do agree that sometimes new blood needs to be brought in for certain breeds' gene pools (here in the U.S. the Basenji and Canaan dog folks have brought dogs in from their native countries without papers to widen gene pool) I can't imagine why it would be a MIX (better to use a papered, pure-bred GSD to be able to trace lineage, I would think) and a North American Wolf (weren't the Carpathian wolves selected as they have better character traits than the NA wolves?)??? Most of the posts I found were dated 2003 - it's 7 years later - what has happened? Officially? And in Reality? As a fancier and consumer, if you will, I would not want a Mutara or anything even close. Too much "unknown" for me. I want a REAL, pure Vlcak, with a history I can trace back to it's inception, and see for myself the dogs Karel Hartl himself chose to breed together. I want a VLCAK, not a wolf hybrid...