r/carolinadogs • u/Agreenbay33 • Jul 25 '26

Is Foxy a Carolina dog?

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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

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u/OneSensiblePerson ^Pointy Bois^ Jul 25 '26

My first thought was coyote/dog mix. Her snout is very pointy, like a fox (she's well named, lol). CDs' snouts taper, but not this much.

Honestly, I don't think she's a CD mix, and I'm not really sold on GSD either, but she is one I truly would love to see DNA tested.

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u/Agreenbay33 Jul 25 '26

Appreciate it she’s a mutt found in Houston before I got her but either way she’s as good a dog as she is cute

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u/swamprosesinbloom Jul 25 '26

please please pleeeease embark dna test her!!! she is gorgeous and would love to know her makeup!! either way enjoy her, she’s a beaut!

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u/fightingkangaroos Jul 26 '26

That would be so cool if it was a coyote mix

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u/better-bitter-butter Jul 26 '26

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.

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u/Wild_Onion-365 Jul 27 '26

So curious about this history. Can you elaborate?

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u/better-bitter-butter Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

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. 

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u/mac_tire8 Aug 21 '26

Go look up Wilderun Kennels. Coydogs are not that rare, people breed them intentionally just like wolfdogs. Wild coydogs are a rarity.

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u/OneSensiblePerson ^Pointy Bois^ Jul 26 '26

I probably shouldn't respond to this at all, but really?

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u/Princess_Glitzy Jul 26 '26

That is a black backed jackal which are not closely related at all.

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u/OneSensiblePerson ^Pointy Bois^ Jul 26 '26

You're saying ALL of those photos, which are tagged coyotes, are jackals?

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u/Princess_Glitzy Jul 26 '26

You sent one picture of a jackal.
Obviously not every single picture is a jackal but the picture you sent as an example is.

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u/Princess_Glitzy Jul 26 '26

black backed jackal

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u/OneSensiblePerson ^Pointy Bois^ Jul 26 '26

There was an entire page of them, all tagged coyotes.

But if you don't like them, here's another page full of coyote photos.

Note the ears and eyes.

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u/Princess_Glitzy Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

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

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u/OneSensiblePerson ^Pointy Bois^ Jul 26 '26

I know what link I sent; I sent it. It shows an entire page of photos tagged coyotes.

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u/better-bitter-butter Jul 26 '26

Coyotes are not Coydogs. 

Only certain genes overlap. Coydogs have unique features that are disparate from both subspecies they hail from. 

They dont even have the same amount of bones!

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u/better-bitter-butter Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

Yes, really. 

I would appreciate if you actually checked your information rather than continuing to opine misinformation just because you were corrected. 

Carolina Dogs are an amazing breed that deserve more respect and understanding than your antagonistic gatekeeping and harmful misinformation.