Wolf genes don't mysteriously disappear. If you pair a wolf and a dog, and then again pair two puppies from that litter to a wolf and to a dog, obviously the other will produce puppies with more wolf genes, and the other will produce pups of lower wolf content.
As it comes to breeding wolfdogs to wolfdogs over many generations, you can basically go either way: selecting for or against the wolfy traits (= wolf genes).
Personally I believe that in CsV, there are breeders who select more for the doggy traits, such as the working abilities/trainability, and also those who select mainly (if not only) for the wolfy traits, such as the looks.
The wolf% on paper is only theorethical (mathematical calculation). Genes don't work that way, but morely, as you noted yourslef, it is a lottery.
But if you consiously select FOR certain traits, (ie BREED), you will -to some extent- be able to manipulate the lottery.
And then, I think we also have to remember that peoplel aren't always honest, and undoubtably there are breeders who have recently back crossed CsV to wolves & other higher content wolfdogs for the desired wolfy looks. So the theorethical (mathematical) wolf%'s calculated by the given pedigree information, is not always accurate in reality.
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03-12-2011, 21:59
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