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My friend has a German Shepard named Kerwin. He's black, with brown legs, and is extremely furry. ( and cute ) I could almost bet that he has wolf in him. He looks just like one. We were walking in the woods behind her house and I saw him back there, and for a second I thought he was a wolf! I'll try to get pics soon! Anyway, what do you think?

Cool, very cool. I hope your friend has knowledge of wofdogs...well anyone owning a dog must have knowledge of the wolf...it helps alot in raising them...

I did a workstudy of dog training and behavior for about 3 years at a place that used to be called Animal Instincts/CSABR now its ABRT<<<clicky. The owner (who left when I was there0 had two wolf mixes that were pretty much wolf and not much dog. She didn't call them "hybrids" and got mad when someone did because the wolf is just a main breed of the dog species. The domestic dog came from the wolf a breed bred from what people liked...I would describe the process but it's too long lol.

ANYWAYS she took her wolves to librarys and did presintations to educate people. She let them know that wolfdogs are very smart and need alot of land to romp around in. Now it may differ from mix to mix but raising them as a pup is hard. They chew everything lol

Where I'm getting at is that many people are probably going to argue here about owning a wolfdog... I believe you cannot have a wolfdog or any type for that matter as a "pet" they have to be part of the family/pack. There are some places where you have to have some sort of lisence to own a dog with wolf in it and some don't. If you are going to own one, make sure you're educated in how they act and what thier behavior is and how the social structure is going to help...like I said I hope your friend is knowledgable about this. There are so many people that get a wolf for a pet and they blame the animal for acting naturally...

Many German Shepherds are black with some brown; though most are black and tan. And some German Shepherds do have long fur, its called the "Long-haired German Shepherd". ;] But it is possible that the dog can be part Alaskan Malamute, or a slight chance of wolf/

He has to be part wolf. BTW, I can't get a dog or cat, or my fav. animal, a horse. my dad and I are allergic.

do you have a picture of him by chance?

well many dogs can look like wolves even pure bred huskies, german shepherds and the mistaken so called wolf dog (forgot the name but there was a forum about it starts with a "U") but it could be possible maybe you should your friend to ask the breeders and normally when you get a puppy you meet the puppies parents if they are a certified breeder unless it was shipped then they would send you pictures of them or a site for you to go on and or papers.

Well German sheeperds can has got a lots of colors of the fur. But wolves are NOT pets.Look at this:
http://stampsbysassawj.deviantart.com/a ... 1-68860407

erm a main colour of German Shepherds can be black, tan, brown, and white ... thats not a wide variety

Um. yes GSDs come in tons of colors. Black & Tan, Sable, Dark Sable, Liver, and I can go on and on. =]

It's probably just a German Shepherd mixed with husky or something. German Shepherd Dogs can be very large, can come Long Haired, aswell with a large dark saddle and tan legs. The dog you are talking about sounds Bi-Colored to me.

I'd need a picture before I can judge, however.

That would be Utonagan, and yeah, they are very wolfish appearance-wise. Same with Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs and Saarloos Wolfhounds.

I think it is possible that your friend's dog has some wolf in him, though a lot of German Shepherd Dogs can look strikingly wolfish. But I agree with Bunny, I need to see a photo before I can judge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitz

Look like any of these dogs? It's probably not a German Shepherd.

Actually, all dogs have some wolf in them believe it or not. Since they are in the wolf family (something like that).



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I'm sure Xina's friend would know the breed. Don't you think Xina would have been told what breed it was?

It is very possible, but it depends on most. Does he howl?