European Wolfdogs

[avgrunn]

Ok, the black and white wolfdogs are really beautiful, though as Rona said not quite European , but the rest of the pack? The female looks like a vlcak, though I guess not so wolfish as they would like her to be and the male looks like some sort of variation on saarloos. I don't get it but their web site is awesome

[vila]

No I think the name "European wolfdog" suggests they're trying to market wolfdogs to people from Europe (and be the go-to breeder of wolfdogs in Europe) and not to name the "breed". In the USA they are easy to obtain, now I guess they'll be easy to obtain here also. The two bloodlines serve to differentiate the product - larger american wolfdogs being more exotic and probably higher priced than the european wolfdog that is smaller.

[avgrunn]

Originally Posted by vila

No I think the name "European wolfdog" suggests they're trying to market wolfdogs to people from Europe (and be the go-to breeder of wolfdogs in Europe) and not to name the "breed"

Exactly

Originally Posted by vila

The two bloodlines serve to differentiate the product - larger american wolfdogs being more exotic and probably higher priced than the european wolfdog that is smaller.

Yes, and their european wolfdogs are not as wolfish looking as their american

[yukidomari]

Originally Posted by vila

The two bloodlines serve to differentiate the product - larger american wolfdogs being more exotic and probably higher priced than the european wolfdog that is smaller.

a little confused since they seem to be breeding mixes of the two types?

[Rona]

Originally Posted by vila

larger american wolfdogs being more exotic and probably higher priced than the european wolfdog that is smaller.

I suggest elephants. Even more exotic and much bigger

[avgrunn]

Originally Posted by Rona

I suggest elephants. Even more exotic and much bigger

Good one

[vila]

Hahaha, then they would be called European elephants, and people would be confused and complain - there is no elephants in Europe! hehe

As far as the 2 bloodlines go, for now it seems they are not planning to mix them (only breed american type with other american type wolfdogs etc.), so the american and european "look" stay different, ...makes more sense.

[yukidomari]

Originally Posted by vila

As far as the 2 bloodlines go, for now it seems they are not planning to mix them (only breed american type with other american type wolfdogs etc.), so the american and european "look" stay different, ...makes more sense.

That's not what it says here about their 'American' boy: http://www.europeanwolfdogs.com/English/Polar.html

'He likes to play with Raven and Faust and we hope to pair them up in the future'. Faust is one of their 'European' females...

[vila]

Damn, I only saw the planned litter for this year Raven x Polar. It would make more sense to me to keep the lines separate, but what are you gonna do... :/

[michaelundinaeichhorn]

Originally Posted by yukidomari

That's not what it says here about their 'American' boy: http://www.europeanwolfdogs.com/English/Polar.html

'He likes to play with Raven and Faust and we hope to pair them up in the future'. Faust is one of their 'European' females...

They just did, there is an announcement on facebook. Polar x Faust, "accepting deposits now". The same sentence that you find on most Hybrids-sites....

[Rona]

Originally Posted by vila

Hahaha, then they would be called European elephants, and people would be confused and complain - there is no elephants in Europe! hehe

See your point. Why not bizons then? There are both, European http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_bison and American http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bison
Definitely bigger!