"Wolfdog" Magazine!

[michaelundinaeichhorn]

Originally Posted by Fede86

If you are sure Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs ARE indeed wolfdogs, I guess the answer is obivious...

Well, as I work with European wolves every day in a very close way I am sure CSW are dogs. From the character point of view they are true dogs. They made a great progress in this direction since the last decade. So I am not sure if they are wolfdogs in the sense of this magazin. That was the reason for the question.

[Fede86]

Originally Posted by michaelundinaeichhorn

Well, as I work with European wolves every day in a very close way I am sure CSW are dogs. From the character point of view they are true dogs.

Something we completely agree about!

But the magazine is about wolfdogs, not about WOLVES, and it deals with wolfdogs with different wolf blood content, from very low (a category you could put the CWD in) to very high.

I'll tell you one of the reasons why I bought the magazine:

I can find some characteristics in the CWD character/behavior that I find "similar" to those american wolfdogs seems to have and that require to be dealt with the same way. Socialization for example, they may be easier to socialize if the bloodline is well bred, but still the socialization they require is generally more extensive and different from other breeds. Another example, the way they respond to training, I find it more similar to what they describe about american wolfdogs than to GDS, but then again, I guess it depends from the bloodline/family... If I learned something about CWD in the years I've known the breed is that they are not quite an homogeneous breed yet, personally I find great variations on temperament, aptitudes and so on...)
Take for example the Resource Management Theory. Many people say it's an obsolete method to deal with a dog, because dogs are not wolves and the resource management is something you learn from "wolf society". I may agree or may not, depending on the breed. I may find rediculous to apply resource management to a Bull Terrier, but I personally think it's quite an effective way to deal with a CWD.

In the end, I would probably find the magazine (and also Nicole Wilde's books) useful and interesting even if I had a Laika or a Canaan Dog.

[hanninadina]

Funny you mentioned Laika and Canaan Dog, Bob Wayne the world well know genetic Prof wrote in april 2010 that in canaan dogs is wolf inside, like in Saluki, Basenji of course, Akita, Malamute, Siberian Husky.

And Laika, sure everybody knows, they have wolfblood too inside, personal telling from Prof. Dr. Pierotti to me.

Christian

[Fede86]

Originally Posted by hanninadina

And Laika, sure everybody knows, they have wolfblood too inside, personal telling from Prof. Dr. Pierotti to me.

yes, they did introduce some wolf blood into the breed

[Angelika]

Thank you very much for your answers, Fede

[Gypsy Wolf]

As a dog trainer, I think domestic canine behavior is nothing more than stunted (less developed) wolf behavior. It seems to me that the further away from the wolf phenotype, the less wolf behaviors are displayed. Aside from that theory, I do feel strongly that resource management is effective in ANY situation. It is easily understood even by a perhaps "less intelligent" breed - as it is a basic drive.
I decided to go ahead and subscribe - at worse I may learn nothing new (though I truly believe you can learn something from everyone), at best I may find some information and resources I did not have before.
Either way, I am sure to see a ton of photos that will, no doubt, be esthetically pleasing to my eye...

[hanninadina]

sounds open minded, that is what wolfdogs need, such people.

Christian

[valentina]

Originariamente inviata da michaelundinaeichhorn  - 
And is it possible to get just one of the magazines
or do you have to buy a whole years edition?

Fede - I'm not sure, I didn't try to find out 

Michael, Ina .... is it possible? Did you ask at "editor"?

[hanninadina]

The making of the wolfdogsmagazine is that everybody who wants one has to subscribe. One edition is not possible.

Christian

[michaelundinaeichhorn]

Originally Posted by valentina

[/html]Michael, Ina .... is it possible? Did you ask at "editor"?

No sorry, I didn´t bother because I am not much interested in this kind of magazine as we have plenty of direct contacts and in my experience the owner´s description very often doesn´t corellate much with the reality outstanding objective people see, so I prefer to ask those or get my impression directly myself. We also don´t read dog magazins very often, at some point you have read it all before and we are into all this since a very long time.

But I don´t think it´s possible and it is difficult enough to get any direct contact.

Greetings
Ina