His colours are ranged from light to dark black-wild colour
(wolfish gray), from light to dark brown-wild
(bush-brown) and from very light-coloured to white.
Typical for this wolf-dog is the very close way he wants to
live with his family. Being so attached to his pack it is quite
impossible to keep him in kennels for long periods,
especially alone. This will destroy his sozialization and
make him panic-stricken. The wolf in this dog makes it
impossible to use or train him as a guard dog: he is lacking
in every kind of egression against people. Meanwhile his
strong personality and will, need an affectionate and continuing education. A lot of patience
makes him a well-behaving dog, but without showing
complete submission as seen by shepherd dogs.
Characteristics
There he is, the actual Saarlos wolf-dog, in whom children
especially recognize the wolf. A powerful, wolf-like,
coarse haired dog. The height of the male dog may
average from 65 till 75 cm and of the bitch from 60 till 70
cm. The Saarloos wolf-dog has to give an impression of an
alert, carefull, affectionate dog, behaviour: reserved against
people and situations strange to him, but this without
showing nervousness or fear.
Temperament
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History
Leendert Saarloos (1884-1969) was an obstinate, but
very enthusiastic man, interested in everything nature could
offer him. Dogs were his primary interest. But Leendert
raised objections against the domesticated dog, because
this dog had lost a lot of his natural qualities and had
degenerated too much. It is not amazing, that he saw
himself challenged to halt the decline of degeneration and
domestication, hoping to improve working qualities at the
same time. To realize his experiments Leendert Saarloos
chose a German shepherd dog of the classical type and a
wolf, because of the resemblance in their appearance. The
German shepherd Gerard van de Fransenum and the
she-wolf Fleur became the ancestors of the breed. After a
long period of stringent selection a new breed was born -
in 1975 officially recognized and given the name of
Saarloos wolf-dog: honour where honour is due.
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