Do you think there is any Mal in the NI?? Controversial

He is gorgeous

I'll try to get a few different pics of him together, he does look different in his winter and summer coats. I think I have another confuser, lol.

Actually, I've decided he doesn't have a breed, he's just a giant heffalump.

Winter coat


Summer coat




Younger

Mine don't have SA either..

Digger is lovely..what a gorgeous face!

Im talking about experience with the breed itself. Not whats in books.

I hate the term Seperation Anxiety its used as an excuse for alot of other problems. I would say 99% of dogs I have fostered Ive been told they have SA when in reality they do not, its normally lack of exercise :-(

Thanks guys, I love him whatever he is

He definately looks like an Ni but you can see GSD and Sibe in him. No mal though.
Hes lovely though

I would say he is a cuddlemonster, yum

What I don't get is where he gets his size from though. He's around 31 inches at the shoulder and am going to get him weighed when I get a chance. He's filled out (3 yrs old in May), but not overweight.

lol, absolutely

WOW the photos are deceiving about his height!

Maybe thats were the Mal part went to then?

I agree with Lionhund hes a cuddle monster! Digger would love playing with him LOL

Gemmsie
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Wasn't there some question as to mastiff in them too?? could be a size thing there

Not that I know of, but wouldn't there be other characteristics (will have to look them up to be honest, not expert enough to know about mastiffs).

I can't quite see the resemblance between this and Lupi.

Very few Malamutes are this height (when measured properly), the UK standard gives the upper height as 28".

Lupi is, to be fair, large for the (NI) breed too.

The only real time he was accused of having malamute in him was with a person who had owned a wolf x malamute in Canada, and thought Lupi was the same breed. Guess that would be a wolamute technically these days, lol.

Plus a dog food delivery person.

There's only 2 others I have seen as big as your Lupi and one of them had a questionable parentage xx
Lupi is a cracking dog though and those pic's dont do his size any justice believe me he's a big boy

Edited to add im not saying Lupi has questionable parentage in the slightest sorry x

Never said there was..but I know there was talk of them being bred in somewhere

I didn't think you were hun! But he's even bigger now, coz he's filled out.

think it was Tibetan mastiff that may be in the NI
which may explain some of the soft ears that do not come from the sibe/mal/gsd mix


BTW Lupi is gorgeous, I think people who have not met NI in the flesh, don't realise the size of the dogs

edited to add

I have met a fair few male NI the size of Lupi, my Talli is too