Talk:Czechoslovakian Wolfdog/Archive 1

Copyright problems
It appears as if large portions of text have been copied to this article from other places, I'm going to remove two, which were copied from http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/czechoslovakianwolfdog.htm. Fightindaman 23:45, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Copyright problems - solved
The text which you can see on http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/czechoslovakianwolfdog.htm has been also written by me. I'm also author of the main photo there. You can see on the bottom of the page text saying "Thanks to Margo Peron for providing Dog Breed Info with this information.  Kennel "z Peronówki". Now I want to submit more detailed version of my article to Wikipedia. Please let me know if it is not enought - should I add any additional information to Czechoslovakian Wolfdog to be able to post my text here....?
 * I'll send a couple emails and see if everything checks out, if it does then I'll put up a link to them verifying that the text is legitimate. Fightindaman 00:55, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Note
The page originally located at Czechoslovakian Wolfdog/copyright has been moved to Talk:Czechoslovakian Wolfdog/copyright. Khatru2 07:57, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Czechoslovakian is wrong name
Adjective should be Czechoslovak, like:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Constitution_of_Czechoslovakia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.36.29.71 (talk) 15:33, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Appearance
How big (heavy) does this dog typically get? Marmocet (talk) 21:57, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Accoridng to the UKC standard - about 57 pounds for males, 44 pounds for females. Draggar (talk) 14:16, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Communication
"Czechoslovakian Vlčáks have a much wider range of means of expressing themselves and barking is unnatural for them; they try to communicate with their masters in other ways."

this needs some clarification/examples. Does this mean they howl rather than bark, or use body language or..? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.221.200.61 (talk) 17:07, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

They use body language (primarily) but can also use some quiet vocal communications (grumbling, whining, etc..). Draggar (talk) 14:14, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Photographs
Several photographs of this breed appear on wikimedia, perhaps someone more familiar with the breed can add more photographs here and information.  cReep  04:01, 23 April 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by CReep-cReep (talk • contribs)


 * I added an image from that page, although I'm not familiar with the breed specifically. – anna  16:58, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm adding a couple of ours. Draggar (talk) 21:39, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Translation
In my research into the Czech language the word "Vlčák" seems to translate into "alsatian" and not "German Shepherd" (that translates to "německý ovčák") - can we get some clarification on this from someone fluent with Czech? Draggar (talk) 21:43, 11 August 2011 (UTC) -It is innacurate: common name for German Shepherd is "ovčák". "vlčák" refers only to Czechoslovakian wolfdog (at least in Moravia) Jakub — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.197.155.184 (talk) 15:33, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Nemecky ovcak (Německý ovčák) = In Czech is official name of German shepherd dog and means literally German shepherd. Vlcak(Vlčák) - pronounce it as  vlchaak= wolf dog and in Czech it is a slang word for GSD. That is since GSD resembles by its look a wolf. Not to mistake by "Czechoslovakian or Czech or Slovakian wolf dog" in Czech which is separate breed. This is common mix up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlpineK9 (talk • contribs) 15:12, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Images
I think that there are probably too many images here. Generally you only want to put in images that add to the article. Perhaps you can pick two that you like the best and remove the others? Fightindaman 01:00, 24 February 2006 (UTC)


 * As helpful hints, what is usual for dog-breed articles would be images of dogs with obviously different coat colors (although it looks like that might not apply to ths breed?), or participating in activities (my favorite) so people can see the dog in action, or face-on shots of the head so that people can get an idea of what's going to be looking at them :-), or anatomical details of interest, stuff like that. And captions are more helpful if they say something like "Wolfdog with gray coat; they also come in chartreuse"  or "This dog's mask is pale grey and extends to the tip of his nose" or like that--  whether the dog is male or female isn't really of use in looking at most photos.    So I definitely like the full-body one in the breed box, and maybe one of the two existing head shots unless there's something usefully different that a caption can point out about them.Elf | Talk
 * Signed for archive purposes only.  William Harris  &#124;talk 07:58, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

"Wolf-dog hybrid" comment
With the reclassification of dogs as a subspecies of wolf, that kinds makes the "wolf-dog hybrid" comment inaccurate. I think a more accurate wording would be "wolfdog breed". Also, the plan was to "enhance" the German Shepherd for the tasks that were required. Draggar (talk) 20:32, 23 August 2011 (UTC)