Wolf lookalike breeders Controversial

Could I ask if any owners of cwd, sarloos or crosses of these dogs have had any experience of training and working these dogs. i.e competitive obedience, agility, working trials, schutzhund etc.

This is a genuine question and in no way a dig at the dogs or owners.

Might take them a month or so to answer..about the same time as it takes you to NOT come up with all my nasty quotes about your dogs that you CAN'T find cos they don't exist

Oh yeh pmsl

ABBIE

My Saarloos X guys are still young and I dont have any intentions of doing any of the above activities with them so cant help from an experience point of view.

Anecdotally, so far though, my view is:
Schutzhund work- no chance they will bark yes but ALWAYS back off from confrontation.
Agility-yes in familiar situations
obedience and working trials-unlikely

From what ive read the CZW dogs probably perform better in all these fields

Thank you for your straightforward and honest reply.

You are right about the Czechs.

Haven't had mine long enough yet but we will be aiming at the obedience and agility areas.

LOL yeah..still waiting for that..

Of course..lies aren't unusual are they

Hi Sandra,

Hope things go well for you-sounds fun. I met a few CZW crosses while visiting Charlie's place-lovely dogs. They certainly seemed more forward than the Saarloos but thats the limit of my experience.

Are they good off of the lead?

Wow these wolftype threads certainly get heated dont they... I went to check out a few websites on these dogs, and all I can say on the matter is, I think the dogs in the pictures look stunning!
As for the breeders having a lot of dogs on there websites, in there kennels etc.... really does it matter??? Some of the top show kennels in this country have far more dogs that that! you dont see the likes of them being slated on here, so why are the wolf dog breeders getting all the flak?

B.T.W I dont own any of the wolf type dogs being discussed, and I am not looking to own one ( my house is only small and the 4 dogs I already own is more than enough at this moment in time).
But I do admire the looks of them.

Mine have done non competitive obedience with my local dog club.

Brier and Skye have done agility, I will admit, Brier is not very good, she's too aloof! Skye is quick but can make mistakes through being over keen.

Hiya am glad you like the dogs ;-)

Don't get me wrong I love me dogs and would NEVER exchanged them for the world!! But I also must admit I am a bit jealous of thoughs that have pure Czechs cos I love em and would v much like to have one myself I like the Saarloos too but are a bit too shy for my liking

They are nice looking dogs but not my cup of tea at all x

Well we all like our cup of tea diff dont we

Yeah i have just milk in my tea lol
I think after my 2 i want a easy dog

oh no I want a dog that keeps me on my toes and thinking, full of life etc, I dont do easy lol

I must admit as much as i'd love a easy dog i think i'd need another challenging dog otherwise where's the fun in life?

Jem stop it, I agree lol