Talk:Saarloos wolfdog

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Please include a redirect from "sarloos" and "sarloos wolfdog"

Assessment comment
Substituted at 21:57, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Quality
Hello All, this page has 55 watchers, receives on average 235 visitors each day, came into being in 2004 but is still only rated at Start class in quality. In 2010, somebody called for citations to support the information provided. Is there not one editor our there who has an interest in this breed and who could help cite some of the listed information from somewhere? I would then be happy to remove the "citation requested" template and raise its current quality rating. Regards, William Harris  •   talk •   21:47, 5 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Yes, I have now done that, after nearly 3 years of waiting. William Harris •   (talk) •  11:04, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Saarloos Wolfdogs having the "most" wolf DNA of all breeds
The article claims that the breed has the highest wolf percentage of any breed. However, the 2016 source: "Ancient Wolf Genome Reveals an Early Divergence of Domestic Dog Ancestors and Admixture into High-Latitude Breeds" doesn't mention the breed in the article and the real "source" seems to be an image it has in the article. Furthermore, they tested only 48 dog breeds. It doesn't seem to mention the Czechoslovakian Wolfdog, which is an FCI recognised breed and typically tests as high, if not higher than Saarloos Wolfdogs on average. (The Saarloos has roughly 25% whilst the Czech has roughly 27%+). I can't find a proper breed register for Saarloos Wolfdogs, but www.wolfdog-database.com has recorded blood percentages (which are highly accurate, but theoretical and may have slight variations in reality). Given that the Saarloos is undergoing an out-crossing programme, the amount of wolf-content in the breed is likely to be further diluted. I dispute that the Saarloos Wolfdog has more content than any other breed, but even if that were true, the out-crossing programme is likely to change that very soon. The article itself already claims that the Saarloos Wolfdog has a "quarter wolf blood". A better source is required to make the claim that the Saarloos has more grey wolf content than any other breed and that source must also consider the Czechoslovakian Wolfdog, or else it can be disregarded since it is not comprehensive. 2600:6C44:6C00:383D:B080:25FB:A56D:2AAB (talk) 00:16, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Refer reply at Talk:Dog.  William Harris Canis lupis track.svg talk Canis lupis track.svg 08:54, 4 August 2020 (UTC)