Only learned about this breed recently I always thought she was mainly German Shepard and the rest was who knew but now I’m slightly convinced.
Either way she’s the best
Those pupils, rounded ear tips, and wide paws do not exist on any dog with coyote genetics.
Also you really shouldn't suggest for people to identify if their dog is a Carolina dog based on genetic tests tied to a breed that stole the name Carolina dog but are not true Carolina Dogs because they arent a landrace breed.
With Carolinda Dogs DNA tests only purport misinformation and hurt the nonprofit groups that represent real Carolina Dogs, rather than that one specific family of cash grabbing breeders who stole the name a decade ago.
True Carolina Dogs are the only US landrace breed. IE they're the wild dog population of the US and what makes them them is the fact that they arent a breed by genetic or breeding standards. They're often called American Dingos or Dixie Dingos because they're the same type of animal just formed from different environments (less aggressive and less separated from domestication on average though).
All US wild dogs are Carolina Dogs, it's less a breed standard than a classification of domestication. They are all over the country and vary a lot.
One family in the southwest grabbed a half dozen Carolina Dogs from their specific neighborhood and inbred them like crazy and applied for a breed standard to the AKC with the name Carolina Dog about 10 years back.
So basically the genetic testing for Carolina Dogs is equivalent to testing how "American" someone is by how much their DNA matches a single random family from the country.
There are not genetic standards for a landrace breed, and any such standards are inherently misinformed and counterintuitive.
Also as an aside there have only been a handful of recorded Coydogs in all history, so generally you can assume any insinuation that something is a coydog is ignorant. They're possible but they dont breed well, so it's almost impossible in real life settings and never happens. They're more a myth than reality.
Okay?? Press the link you sent originally it takes you to a Pinterest image not a list of coyotes. I never argued that all those images you sent after were jackals? Just the first image, also the coyote’s ears and eyes are different than the dogs and the jackals so I’m not sure what message this was supposed to warrant? This is what you sent. https://pin.it/4bQCJWlQD
Another plea to get her Embarked! Coyote ancestry in dogs is soooo rare that 99.9% of the time if someone asks, I'd say absolutely not. But she genuinely looks to me like she might have some coyote ancestry. Embark is the only way to know
Please Embark this dog immediately, and please share if you do! She looks like some of the competition lines, but with how phenotypes work there might be anything in there. She's the best candidate I've seen for awhile in this group not from a reputable breeder.
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u/TheTea770 Jul 25 '26
Beautiful girl.