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Wmwendler
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« Reply #60 on: September 04, 2012, 04:07:37 pm » |
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Skiddish behavior in a dog does not say coyote or wolf in the breeding at all to me. There are lots of dogs that act that way, it certainly does not mean they have coyote or wolf in thier recent back ground. Yes all dogs originated from the wolf a LONG time ago. But that was 1000s of years ago. Much has happened since then and it is not the same thing as having a wolf in the recent lineage.
I once tried to raise a coyote pup and it was a total failure. I have talked to others who have tried it with similar results. Yes, I too once bought in hard to the sensational idea that having a coyote cross hog dog could create a super hog dog. The coyote pup was young enough not to fear me much when I found it, other than the natural survival instinct type wearyness that even domestic dog pups have when they first see a man. So i figgured it would be easy to tame. I figured wrong. The pup only got wilder as it got older, dispite allot of easy handling. It never acepted the dogs and the dogs never accepted it. Eventually you realize all you have is a wild animal in a kennel, and have to give up the sensational idea. Raising wild animals like wolves and coyotes, and taming them up enough to be able to sufficiently work with is hard enough, expecting them to have the instincts to become usefull hunting/working/herding dogs is just absurd. Looking back, it was a foolish idea, but we all live and learn at some point. Sure wolves have hunting instinct, but they hunt to survive, to eat. They dont hunt for anyone other than them selves. They certainly dont have refined herding instincts that are usefull to a stockman. They will always pickout the weakest animal to take down, and they will be done hunting once they get full on meat. None of those traits would contribute to a stock working dog and very little to a hunting dog. At most a sucessfull hunt behind a wolf or wolf cross would be to bag one individual out the target group, most likely a young or injured one and it would be partially eaten when you get there. Not a success at all in my opinion.
Then there is the other side of the story. wolves/coyotes and dogs mix like oil and water. Purpose breeding of domestic dogs can be hard enough. Let alone trying to cross wolves and dogs.
Waylon
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