Lots of recent news lately about eastern coyotes having large percentages of grey wolf in them. That makes sense.
It's also well known thatthe red wolf basically has almost bred itself extinct because the small ones have bread with coyotes, and large coyotes/ wolves have been shot off, so know we have red wolf yotes. k. that makes sense.
so have we established scientifically, I mean, both above examples have been proven with DNA, That wolves and coyotes can bred, for more than one generation, resulting in crosses that aren't strictly 50/50%, and hybrids that are indeed fertile? I think we have.
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DOGS ARE WOLVES. DOGS ARE WOLVES. YOU ALL GET A CAR (Oprah)!!
I don't think it happens often, but it is happening more and more. Full grown coyotes can be anywhere from 25# to 50# ..reports of larger ones are likely have some wolf/ dog in them. Dogs can be full grown from about 5# to 200#... it's not hard to imagine that a 100# shepherd/ huskey/ malemute would not find a 40# coyote a threat, and may breed her. Cannes are pack animals. they like companionship, and group efforts. I think it is BEYOND proven that coydogs exist. Look at the color variations thread, I've seen pictures on the net. Coydogs can and do happen. They're not like saskwatch!
Same dog as above, look at the coloring..:
look at the tail o nthis thing:
Here's a slideshow from sundance ranch (who evidently breeds them) and pictures of many of their coydogs:
http://www.coydog.us/sundanceranch.html
Just google "coydog" and click images!!