Whatcha think?

[West Augusta]

Coywolf or coydog?



Either way he's big.  He ran through my backyard Sunday morning while I was on the back porch drinking coffee.
Hope to see him again when I have a gun.  That pelt will look good on the wall.
My game camera at the top of the hill got this picture.

[Happy]

I am thinking part dog. Either way good luck and I hope you get him.

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[HookedonHooks]

Definitely some doggo in there! Either way, will be a purty pelt.

[guesswho]

Cool looking critter.

I know it's not, but zoom in on the end of the log in the bottom right.   It looks like a dogs face.

[outdoors]

DOESNT HAVE A COLLAR
GREEN FLAG .........

[idratherb]

thats cool for sure

[larry9988]

Kind of has Collie markings, but looks like a coyote too.

[mgm1955]

Cool looking for sure.

[KentuckyHeadhunter]

It's a foxcoyotecollie.  Very rare.

[HookedonHooks]

More often than not local coyote populations have the intermingled lab mutt, Heinz 57, or did at some point, and this is what throws those white and black fur patterns. Coyotes are dogs, and that's just a nice looking coyote.

[wvspitndrum]

Hope you get a crack at him !! He would look awesome on the wall !!

[renegade19]

He does look cool.  I see coyote, no wolf.  Whack him if you get a chance.

[falltoms]

100 percent coyote.  They come in many shades of color.

[Farmboy27]

Take it from a coyote hunter. 100% coyote. A really cool looking coyote, but coyote nonetheless. When it comes to hybrids, which are actually very rare most places, body definition and build are dead give aways. Color and markings don't mean much on an animal that comes in as many variations as a coyote. I've seen them from jet black to almost snow white and every thing in between. The build, stance, and over all appearance of this (if you ignore the color) is all coyote. Best of luck getting it. Definitely a unique color and would make a great mount or pelt!

[g8rvet]

More often than not local coyote populations have the intermingled lab mutt, Heinz 57, or did at some point, and this is what throws those white and black fur patterns. Coyotes are dogs, and that's just a nice looking coyote.

My understanding is that dogs are wolves (or their descendants).  They are all very closely related (as evidenced by hybrids being fertile - ie an  and horse offspring is not).  DNA markers are more unique in the coyote than the dog or wolf.  Genetically speaking a German Shepard is more closely related to the wolf than the Chihuahua.  I don't know for a fact, but I do not believe that is true for a coyote.