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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

Posted on 03/23/2025 3:59:30 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo

The world’s most expensive — and unique — dog has sold for a fetching $5.7 million. Being the first of its kind, this is pooch is a cross between an actual wolf and a Caucasian Shepherd — which can sound like a sci-fi movie plot.

An Indian dog enthusiast barked up the big bucks for the “wolfdog” named Cadabomb Okami, touted as the rarest dog in the world.

This extravagant pup was born in the US and is only eight months old — but already weighs over 165 lbs and is 30 inches tall.

Being part Shepherd, at heart Okami is a guardian breed — known for its protective instincts and intelligence — that “should never be taken lightly,” according to the American Kennel Club. Knowing this, Okami will make for a good watchdog.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animalhusbandry; breeding; cryptobiology; dogs; helixmakemineadouble
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1 posted on 03/23/2025 3:59:30 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

Wolf dogs are often nutty and wild.


2 posted on 03/23/2025 4:01:17 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ LIFE )
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To: Mr. Mojo

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


3 posted on 03/23/2025 4:01:43 PM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore……)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

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


4 posted on 03/23/2025 4:05:25 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

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

Probably a lovable pup


5 posted on 03/23/2025 4:06:38 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Your oath of enlistment has no expiration date)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

I certainly wouldn’t have an F1.


6 posted on 03/23/2025 4:08:07 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: doorgunner69

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.


7 posted on 03/23/2025 4:10:08 PM PDT by mairdie
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To: Mr. Mojo
“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.

8 posted on 03/23/2025 4:14:23 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Mr. Mojo
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.
9 posted on 03/23/2025 4:14:51 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Mr. Mojo

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.


10 posted on 03/23/2025 4:15:15 PM PDT by Varda
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To: Mr. Mojo
Why would the AKC recognize this as a "breed"?

11 posted on 03/23/2025 4:16:51 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: mairdie
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.
12 posted on 03/23/2025 4:19:08 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin

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


13 posted on 03/23/2025 4:22:46 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: mairdie

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


14 posted on 03/23/2025 4:22:53 PM PDT by ANKE69 ( 🇺🇲 Let's MAGA 🇺🇲)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
It hasn't and it isn't going to. I guess they had a description of Caucasian Shepherds on it's web site.
15 posted on 03/23/2025 4:23:04 PM PDT by Varda
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
Why would the AKC recognize this as a "breed"?

They didn't.

16 posted on 03/23/2025 4:31:50 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Mutts are priceless.


17 posted on 03/23/2025 4:48:10 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: j.havenfarm

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


18 posted on 03/23/2025 4:50:27 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Mr. Mojo

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!


19 posted on 03/23/2025 5:38:19 PM PDT by bohica1
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

He’s going to pee everywhere


20 posted on 03/23/2025 5:39:35 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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