World’s most expensive dog is the first breed of its kind — and it came with a $5.7M price tag

NY Post ^ | March 18, 2025

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Wolf dogs are often nutty and wild.

[McGavin999]

Don’t be surprised if someday the only thing they will find is a bloody arm with chew marks.

[j.havenfarm]

Yeah I like the wolf pretty well bred out of my dogs

[doorgunner69]

Imagine picking up the dog shiite from him on walks....

Probably a lovable pup

[Jamestown1630]

I certainly wouldn’t have an F1.

[mairdie]

Try an Irish Wolfhound. Even as a babe, they make puddy lakes rather than puppy puddles. And gain 10 lbs/week. Best lapdogs ever. They just never think to look where they’re landing before they collapse.

[mikey_hates_everything]

“An Indian dog enthusiast barked up the big bucks for the “wolfdog””

Poor thing is just going to be an accessory until the guy gets bored of it. Hopefully it doesn’t end up in India. Too hot for a Caucasian Shepherd and a wolf.

[Myrddin]

I had a Collie/Wolf cross. Acquired in Washington state when I was in 3rd grade. An excellent, loyal, very intelligent pup. 120 lbs and fast as lightning. He eventually passed at about 11 years of age.

[Varda]

Caucasian Shepherds are a breed. Crossing them with wolves makes the offspring a hybrid not a breed.
Wolf crosses are notorious for wacky behavior. Some are OK but too many are majorly unstable.
The guy who paid big bucks for one is a sucker.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Why would the AKC recognize this as a "breed"?

[Myrddin]

My dad had a Russian Wolfhound when he was a teen. I suspect that is why is had no concerns about the Wolf/Collie cross we picked up in Washington state. He was free to roam the neighborhood in Federal Way. Not so when we returned to San Diego or Virginia. It took the same chain that the San Diego Zoo used around the elephants feet to keep him tied out in the yard. We tried the lesser twisted wire chains. He pulled them apart like cheap yarn.

[Jamestown1630]

I don’t think a Wolfhound has any similarity to a Wolfdog.

[ANKE69]

LOL !! I hear you. 😄
I have the same dilemma with my 2 Great Danes.

[Varda]

It hasn't and it isn't going to. I guess they had a description of Caucasian Shepherds on it's web site.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Why would the AKC recognize this as a "breed"?

They didn't.

[Organic Panic]

Mutts are priceless.

[Organic Panic]

This reminds me a Russian who breeds foxes. He took the most tame and bred them with the others. Then after a few generations they got floppy ears, spots, and saggy tails. Very interesting...

https://youtu.be/17NuX8SXwn8

[bohica1]

You couldn’t pay me to have one of those wolf/dog hybrids. We had neighbors who had 2 German shepherd/wolf dogs. They kept them in a chain link pen about 8 or 9 feet high. Those dogs kept climbing out of that pen till the owners put chain link across the top. We had goats. Two of them gave birth to 2 babies each. Those crazy wolf/dogs dug under their pen, came onto our property and killed the baby goats and one of the Mom’s. Chewed the other Mom up pretty good but she lived.

We called animal control. They told us if we ever saw those wolf/dogs on our property again we could shoot them since they destroyed our livestock. We told the neighbor what the animal control officer told us....and said we would do it if their “dogs” ever came on our property again. Wasn’t long after that they got rid of those crazy wolf/dogs. I was glad to see them go!

[11th_VA]

He’s going to pee everywhere