Wolfalike/Wolfdog - whats your breed and why? Discussions

Thought I would attempt to start an appreciation thread for our dogs.

Piccie of your dog, breed and why you chose that breed...

Me The Utonagan/British Utonagan:

I chose this breed as I loved the whole concept of a dog that looked like a wolf, no wolf recent content, not a hybrid nor a wolf. I have always admired wolves since I was a child and have avidly followed the re-intro of them all over the world.
I would have loved to have been a millionaire and bought an island so I could have wolfs on my ground, but realise they are beautiful wild animals and should be left as such. I feel passionately that having a "pet" wolf is like putting a Golden eagle in a cage...a travesty :?

So when I found a lookilike with a brilliant nature for me, loving but challenging it was a dream come true..
I have been a complete anorak ever since...

My family:


Raven: my first Ute, she is my nemisis Always a trier, full of cheek, a mums girl but shes in denial


Pagan: Very sweet nature, quite a sensitive soul, but also full of cheek


Scout : the baby, 5months such a wee sook... and also full o cheek

I own a Full Northern Inuit (Shila) and a NI x Husky (Isis)

I didn't start looking at the breed with the intention of gettin one I was more interested then anything else, I met a bloke who had a "wolf cross" which was actually a very large GSD he found me the info for some kennels I had a look went to see some pups n was smitten with the breed to be honest, It wasn't about owning a "wolf look a like" for me at all.
I just loved the dogs I met and after 4 years of looking and pestering I was bought Shila as a gift from my ex 4 months after that I took Isis on x

Shila


Isis

Lovely dogs

Kiesha age 3 (crossbreed/wolf lookalike catagory)

Kai age 2 (crossbreed/wolf lookalike catagory)

They all look very similar, your breeder certainly breeds to type

(I am just joking btw)

Lovely photo's

Aw nice, why did you get them Liz, whats your story?

Ava age 1 (crossbreed/wolf lookalike catagory)

now now be good ;-)

Oh sorry, forgot that bit
I was looking for a husky and after i done my research decided the 'no off lead rule' would not be something that i wanted in a dog, i like to see them run free so when Kiesha came up she fitted the look i liked. Kai followed about six months later and then Ava about six months after that. All three dogs came to me quite by accident but its a long story.
I would definately have at least one more, maybe next year.

me too love watching them all run, and then come back

They are very addictive too

I have two NI`s.. which i love dearly, but they certainly have issues with their behaviour that was not talked about on any websites or forums before my first 3 1/2 years ago. We bought our first Freya from Backcountry, it was more my son`s dream than mine at the time we got her.. but she's turned out to be my soul mate.. doesn`t leave me for a second in the house but a complete cow around other dogs outside.

Freya


Our 2nd we got from a good friend and breeder.. Sansorrella. They are 1/2 brother & sister sharing the same sire. We weren`t really looking to get a 2nd big dog.. but from the moment we saw him and found out he had blue eyes i wanted him. We were a little worried about the impact of 2 large dogs with the small one we already had.. but our worries were unfounded the 2 bigguns can play as rough as they like and usually leave the littlun out of it (much to her relief) He is a big kissy dope of a boy but again has issues around other dogs when out.. i think this was learnt from his sister.

Noah

does kai fancy living in london with me;-) ;-) hes gorgeous

hi, i have never posed on here before, but liked this thread It got to be the Ute for me, i have always loved wolves and am a lover of the GSD and owned them for years. When i first saw the Utonagan about 5 years ago they took my breath away and i knew then i had to have one some day.I now have 2 and they make me laugh and smile everyday.
This is Diesel, he is easily the most sweetest natured dog i have ever owned. A total honey


and this is Quinn my 7 month old pup. The mischief just pours out of him lol but he a big mammy,s boy. From the minute i saw a pic of him at just days old i knew he was coming home with me

First time postin on ere, so be gentle!!!!!

I have a 5 month old Utonagan called Kayno (he does have a few other well apt names also).





He is the cheekiest wee sod and always pushin his luck, i'm forever findin half eatin socks and loo rolls everywhere but in the next moment he is a big sook and defo a mummys boy.

I see freya has the same position in your caravan as my ute n collie do....keep hintin to OH that i need a static but its fallin on deaf ears

You asked why I chose the Ute over the other wolfalike breeds out there.......Thats an easy one I feel as if the breed chose me!!!!

My OH has always liked the wolf since a young child and said he had seen some dogs about (somewhere) that were wolfy lookin.....well as he is a totally illiterate (sp) on a computer it was left to me to trawl the net and look for wolfy lookin dogs My 1st love was always the gsd as i grew up with them and tried (in vain) to talk him into gettin one.

I stumbled across the Ute by pure chance just over a year ago and got to see alot of these dogs at a local dog show (and NI's) .....and from that moment I was smitten. I was fortunate to watch and experience 1st hand a young bitch growing up from a young pup into a crazy teenager and i just loved her nature and her temprement IMO was just what we were both lookin for.

There isnt a day goes by that I dont have a laugh at the antics of my Ute pup, he drives me mental sometimes to and me old border collie is about to pack his bags n head off to Dogs Trust

Northern Inuit dogs, lots of em, why, because I love em, They arent particularly obedient, we dont do agility or obedience, we dont do great at shows, mainly because i dont practise enough lol, they are my constant companions and my best mates, each has their own unique character and funny little quirks which only adds to the attraction, we spend hours tramping the bogs, finding dead things which are immediately rolled in, not by me, i might add. I originally got my first as a pressie for my OH but he soon became my boy. Heres a few random pics of a few of my loonies

I chose a Utonoagan almost 5 years ago because I loved everything about them - the purported health, temperament, spirit ... everything..

Sadly I would not have another one because although I adore my dog with my whole being, he suffers from epilepsy, it is in his lines and so is Addison's and VWD. I no longer have confidence as to the health of the breed and could not go through what we go through again. I don't mean to offend anyone but there is nobody I trust in the breed either.

Still, I adore my dog and here he is:

I must admit the pup was always supposed to be my OH's but he is definately a mummys boy now (much to OH disgust), but its me that is takin him to trainin classes n shows......if someone had told me a year ago i would be doin all that i wouldve told them they had a screw loose, but i love it!!!!!

There was a while there before my other half finally decided on the ute breed that he was swayin towards the NI they are stunnin lookin dogs, but what did sway it for us was there was a few utonagan owners in our local area and they let us get to know there dogs.

I could look at doggy pics awe day