Do NI's/UTE's etc look more wolfy than the recognised breeds? Discussions

Do you think NI/UTE type dogs look any more 'wolfy' than the long established breeds like the Siberian Husky, Alaskan Malamute, Greenland Dog etc?

Just curious as to what people think

Some do, some don't!

I'll second that!

NO! They look like the crosses of the breeds they are.

i voted for yes, because the "good" ones do, the Bad ones just look like GSD xs & look a lot Less wolfie than the average sib etc, however the "good" ones & very wolfie!!!!The most wolfie looking that ive seen on here (off the top of my head) is Claudeens Lola & some of "werewolf"s dogs.

I voted no as there are other breeds that are consistent in type that look more wolfy and I wouldn't include the huskies or malamutes in that but other breeds.
As Mishflynn has said above some of the NI do definately look wolfy, where as others do look more like the breeds that have produced behind them. But then this is going to happen as consistency has not yet happened. This will take years of tweaking as in any breed.
To be fair i am basing this answer on the pictures I have seen on here and on the web, so a small quantity of the breed itself I would imagine

I don't think you can generalise. Some look very wolf like, but some do look like crosses as you say.

Don't like em much do ya Borderdawn

Dont have a problem with the dogs themselves at all loki's mom, never have, what I dont like if people making them out to be the very thing founder breeders say they are not! Stated as NOT being bred to look like Wolves, can you believe that? True it is, even said on here by the founder breeder!!

I will say that the Utes seem to have a "type" and do look like a breed in most cases rather than a crossbreed.

Off subject but I have to ask Dawn, how many Utes have you seen?

Course they were bred to look like wolves. Loads of sites say that. I was researching the breed with a view to getting one but got p***ed off with all the debate surrounding their origin.

Apart from those on here, a fair few at companion shows, one that I board and a couple at ringcraft. All very much the same with regard to their coat length and texture, head shape and size of the overall animal.

And NIDs ?

Please dont call me a liar! I SUGGEST you read the threads on HERE where Julie Kelham categorically states the NI was NOT bred to look like a Wolf! Ill await your apology!

Plenty! Game fairs, companion show, Northern Inuit show ;-) and I board a few, well they say they are NI's they look like crossbreeds. One lived near me too, he's dead now, had cluster Epilepsy and suffered brain damage.

Difficult question Azz because most look like GSD crosses, so do GSD crosses look like wolves, well, no, they look like crossbreeds.

Thanks for your input. I will disagree though ref type. I would say that Utes and NIDs are at least in the same place ref type if not the NIDs being ahead. My opinion of course, each to there own. I do think there is an issue with people calling certain dogs NIDs that are certainly not NIDs

Apologies for going off thread.

I do think each person's persepective of what a Wolf looks like makes up their mind ref whether the dogs resemble wolves or not.

No probs Werewolf.

if anyone dares to, could you put up a pic of your dogs & we could say if it looked wolfy or not. I can understand why you wouldnt want to , putting your babies up for critism, but i think it would be interesting to see how many real wolfy types there are