Are NI & Ute's Wolfdog hybrids? Controversial

In my opinion...No!

Because you dont believe wolves were used in the mix or another reason?

If you dont mind me asking

It has been admitted here too, apparently a Timber Wolf x Husky, [ though the Husky mysteriously became a Mal somewhere along the line ], he came from Eddie Harrison. He was used at stud twice so those resulting litters would be 1/4 wolf, don`t know if any of them have been bred from but if they have/will be then they will produce 1/8th wolf hybrids. One litter from him mated with an NI were sold as Utes according to Gnasher, [ the stud also appears to have been `officially` registered as a Ute - open to correction/clarification on that ].
He was used at stud in very recent years, so far from `back in the day` as it were.
So if it`s true. [ as per Gnashers own words ], then yes a hybrid has been used at least twice within NI/Utes.
Given the tapdancing regarding the origins and the TV program regarding Eddie and JKs dogs/hybrids/take your pick, I would think there was quite a bit of hybrid usage originally as well as the aforementioned more recent Timber Wolf input as claimed by the hybrid stud owner.