Some wolf dog breeders will misrepresent the amount of wolf that is in an animal? Most puppy millers are selling low content wolf dogs as high content? This animal to the left is an Alaskan malamute and was sold to an uneducated person as a mid content wolf dog. How could you tell the difference? Education is one way. Take a couple of years and learn all you can about the wolf and wolf dogs.

The problem with people selling lows as highs is; your neighbor has a wolf dog who is misrepresented as high. You in turn would like the same type of sweet gentle soul your neighbor has, who is mostly dog but you don't know that. You take the time and find a breeder and only this time you end up with a high content animal that you think you can keep in the house and he will behave like a good woofer.

Some breeders are changing the name of their animals in order to sell them? They are trying to pass them off as an ancient or rare breed of dog and tell you that you can have one of these animals in an illegal state. This is wrong. Do you really think you could pass off a pure wolf as an animal with another name? Animal Control and your vet are not complete idiots. They will know it is a wolf no matter what you say or what piece of paper you supposedly have. Don't fall for this, it won't work. A skunk will still stink even if you change his name to daisy.

These "rare breed" registries were created so a breeder could say her animals were higher content than they actually are. Beware of these people, they use the most unscrupulous practices. 1) Keeping their animals in small pens. Some are only 10 x 10. 2) They will tell you they don't have to do eye cert., PennHip and OFA because the animal is a wolf dog. 3) Some of them have 98% wolf dogs which are actually pure. The reason they have them listed as 98% is to avoid USDA licensing.

Unless you have papered animals with verifiable lineage you just won't know what they are. This is why the registries are so important. With the registries on the breeder page you have to prove what your animal is with lineage. This means records. You cannot just send them money and your word.

There are facts here you should consider. If you buy a wolf dog from an irresponsible breeder he may not work out. If the breeder won't take him back then you have two options: 1) try to find another home for him, a most difficult task. Or 2) take him to the shelter where he will most likely be put to sleep. Most shelters don't adopt out wolf dogs even in legal states. Most wolf dog refuges are full and they don't normally take low to mid content animals. There are also the people who say they rescue but in reality they will take your animal to a puppy mill or they are collectors themselves.

These are the facts in the wolf dog world. You could also contact a few breeders and ask them questions. The only dumb question is the one not asked. It is also recommended to get references. A good breeder will also want references from you to make sure their puppy is going to a good home.