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Posted: 2/27/2017 12:05:37 PM EDT

That thing could eat you. Looks about 1/2 as big again as a typical German Shepard.

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Posted: 2/27/2017 12:07:43 PM EDT

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That took ballz bigger than mine!!

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:07:50 PM EDT

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That's probably not how I would have handled that situation.....

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:09:09 PM EDT

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This guy gets it.

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:10:59 PM EDT

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Oh and that thing that "wolve's will never attack humans and eat them"? Thats bullshit too.

Nor would I ever want to be surfing around a starving killer whale. I'd bet even a starving "Flipper" would take a fist sized chunk out of your ass.

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:11:22 PM EDT

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120lb Bull Mastiff vs. 140lb 6'2'' Timber Wolf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu5JskY94OM

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:14:16 PM EDT

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To me it just looked like a trapper releasing it. Pretty standard way actually.

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:14:22 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/27/2017 12:16:16 PM EDT

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Wolf compared to coyote.

Wolves be big, yo.

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:17:26 PM EDT

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And to think that ancient man and real wolves teamed up way back in the olden days and became buddies.

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:18:36 PM EDT

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Wolves aren't a joke.

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:20:08 PM EDT

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Didn't know they could be thought to howl on command like this either. Seems friendly enough.

San Diego Zoo - White Arctic Wolf Howling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ayOA63bdiY

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:20:09 PM EDT

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I don't know what kind of "German Shepherds" you've been looking at but my Bear (120 lbs.) is just as big.

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:22:44 PM EDT

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Wolves are yuge.

I remember the first time seeing them at a zoo. Their heads equalled or towered the height of the trainers heads.

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:24:38 PM EDT

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Pix.

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:25:01 PM EDT

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Fuck all that. Where's the gun?

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:27:58 PM EDT

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wolves are big. In Alaska I remember seeing a black male loner near the house that looked like a fucking horse.

coyotes don't bother me.

wolves are to be respected.

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:28:55 PM EDT

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Some of you guys are scared-y cats.

Try leaving the house someday. It can be fun.

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:32:14 PM EDT

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I don't know what kind of "German Shepherds" you've been looking at but my Bear (120 lbs.) is just as big.

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I've owned and worked with GSDs since I was a teenager. I've always heard about these massive 120-150 pound dogs as big as a wolf, but they always seem to temporarily shrink to 90lbs when you put them on a scale.
The biggest GSD on record is 130.

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:34:15 PM EDT

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Yeah, they are big. Don't shoot one at the bottom of a 900ft incline when you're parked up top

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Posted: 2/27/2017 12:34:57 PM EDT

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No!

It's scary out there!

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:36:05 PM EDT

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I've owned and worked with GSDs since I was a teenager. I've always heard about these massive 120-150 pound dogs as big as a wolf, but they always seem to temporarily shrink to 90lbs when you put them on a scale.
The biggest GSD on record is 130.

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Its give or take 10-20 pounds. It depends how much fur weight they shed that day.

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:38:38 PM EDT

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The domestic dog is a cousin of the wolf not it's descendant

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:39:37 PM EDT

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You made it sound like a giant, mutant wolf. I've seen German Shepherds that were about that size.

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:46:49 PM EDT

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And to think that ancient man and real wolves teamed up way back in the olden days and became buddies.

The domestic dog is a cousin of the wolf not it's descendant

Enlighten yourself

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:53:26 PM EDT

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Dags are pretty much just a subspecies of wolf.

Canis lupus
Canis lupus familiaris.

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:54:23 PM EDT

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I don't know what kind of "German Shepherds" you've been looking at but my Bear (120 lbs.) is just as big.

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That thing could eat you. Looks about 1/2 as big again as a typical German Shepard.

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I don't know what kind of "German Shepherds" you've been looking at but my Bear (120 lbs.) is just as big.

I don't know what kind of wolves you've been looking at but they're sometimes found at over 140lbs. The largest on record is 175.

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:55:25 PM EDT

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This.

Posted: 2/27/2017 12:59:45 PM EDT

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Wolves are yuge.

I remember the first time seeing them at a zoo. Their heads equalled or towered the height of the trainers heads.

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The pack at the Woodland zoo in Seattle aren't much bigger than a german sheperd. All females?

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:01:37 PM EDT

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And..bring a gun so you can kill and grill.

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:01:54 PM EDT

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Some get big.

Here's some tracks from a pack on the elk refuge. My boot is a size 13 for reference.

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:02:10 PM EDT

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I don't know what kind of wolves you've been looking at but they're sometimes found at over 140lbs. The largest on record is 175.

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That thing could eat you. Looks about 1/2 as big again as a typical German Shepard.

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I don't know what kind of "German Shepherds" you've been looking at but my Bear (120 lbs.) is just as big.

I don't know what kind of wolves you've been looking at but they're sometimes found at over 140lbs. The largest on record is 175.

I'm pretty sure the hunting record was reset with a wolf well over 200 pounds, taken in Canada.

ETA: possibly fake

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:05:24 PM EDT

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I've owned and worked with GSDs since I was a teenager. I've always heard about these massive 120-150 pound dogs as big as a wolf, but they always seem to temporarily shrink to 90lbs when you put them on a scale.
The biggest GSD on record is 130.

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Well, according to the scale at the vet clinic, Bear weighed in at 119 lbs. (I rounded up. So sue me!

) the last time I was at the vet with him. The wife and I have changed our two dog's diet since then to Blue Mountain Healthy Weight (?), so he may have lost a few pounds.

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:06:52 PM EDT

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Well, according to the scale at the vet clinic, Bear weighed in at 119 lbs. (I rounded up. So sue me!

) the last time I was at the vet with him. The wife and I have changed our two dog's diet since then to Blue Mountain Healthy Weight (?), so he may have lost a few pounds.

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That sounds quite unhealthy for a German shepherd.

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:06:54 PM EDT

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I'm pretty sure the hunting record was reset with a wolf well over 200 pounds, taken in Canada.

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There's some pretty big wolves running around near Yellowstone too.....

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:08:58 PM EDT

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That sounds quite unhealthy for a German shepherd.

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Vet wasn't concerned. Funny, he doesn't look heavy (fat). He's just big...built like an artic wolf, not a timber wolf, kinda tall and lanky.

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:09:57 PM EDT

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Good of that park ranger, that thing is scary.

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:11:35 PM EDT

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Vet wasn't concerned. Funny, he doesn't look heavy (fat). He's just big...built like an artic wolf, not a timber wolf, kinda tall and lanky.

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He sounds more King Shephard sized IMO, but of course you can always breed something that seriously strays from breed standards.

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:15:13 PM EDT

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Yeah, they are big. Don't shoot one at the bottom of a 900ft incline when you're parked up top

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In the first pic, I thought it was a black bear for a second.

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:15:15 PM EDT

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That sounds quite unhealthy for a German shepherd.

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I've seen some mutt police dogs that look like GSDs that are much bigger.

Not sure what they're bred with.

Hmm..GD says Shiloh Shepherd or King Shepherd...

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:16:10 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/27/2017 1:19:00 PM EDT

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Wait...wolves wag their tails? They just went down a notch.

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:21:09 PM EDT

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Crazy how he freed him like that. No way I would do something like that unless I had a large sidearm on me and another dude spotting me.

Beautiful animal. Not to be trifled with for sure.

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:21:51 PM EDT

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He sounds more King Shephard sized IMO, but of course you can always breed something that seriously strays from breed standards.

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AKC papers show him as a plain ole German Shepherd. He's a big, loveable lug. I've seen Kings and Bear doesn't look like them, but you never know. He's the biggest male GSD we've had. All total, the wife and I have raised 3 female and 3 male GSDs.

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:22:14 PM EDT

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Could be a king shepherd - those things get huge 90 - 150lbs

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:23:27 PM EDT

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One thing to remember is that a bullmastiff's fur lays flat. For bulk, what you see is what you get. A wolf's fur is poofy, making it look bigger than it is.

But yeah, the wolf is damn tall.

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:26:32 PM EDT

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That's a malamute.

They are genetically dissimilar to normal dogs, and a bit wild, but wolves they are not.

Posted: 2/27/2017 1:26:44 PM EDT

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The pack at the Woodland zoo in Seattle aren't much bigger than a german sheperd. All females?

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Wolves are yuge.

I remember the first time seeing them at a zoo. Their heads equalled or towered the height of the trainers heads.

The pack at the Woodland zoo in Seattle aren't much bigger than a german sheperd. All females?

Animals naturally shrink in time in captivity due to lots of inbreeding and a very controlled diet. You also lose a lot of the survival of the fittest aspects of pack animals in a controlled environment.